Archived, searchable submissions of opinion on topics related to the North MS area, as well as political commentary and state, national, and worldwide current events, etc. Includes Editorial Opinion, Guest Authors, Letters to the Editor, even occasional fiction pieces.

New Albany, MS Gobble gobble, Patterson home open at Thanksgiving

Gobble, Gobble — Wobble, Wobble— Happy Thanksgiving!

“Praise God from whom all blessings flow...” --The Doxology    There is something very special in the air. It’s an air of gratitude, an air filled with the fragrance of hope and Thanksgiving. This year’s bounty has been harvested.…
NEMiss.News Dr. Shane Scott at IMPC, COVID-19

Dr. Shane Scott: “COVID is not going away.” What you should know.

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  NEW ALBANY, MS - “COVID is not going to go away,” a prominent northeast Mississippi physician told NEMISS.NEWS last week. “I suspect it is going to be one of the illnesses, such as the flu, ordinary head colds and strep, which…
Northeast MS Homeless at Tupelo library

Tupelo man says home overrun by homeless, asks its removal from demolition list

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Tupelo, MS - The first Tupelo City Council meeting of the year, January 7, 2020, was not without drama. Mr. Frank Agnew, an area homeowner, went before the council in an attempt to save his property. The home is currently in a state of disrepair,…
New Albany MS. Christmas at the Museum 2018

2019 Christmas at the Museum, December 14

Mingle and Jingle with Santa, enjoys crafts and holiday refreshments on Saturday, Dec. 14, from 10 until 12 noon at the Union County Heritage Museum for the annual Christmas event. Part of the holiday season that has become a tradition is…
concrete pad

Some work complete on industrial park enhancements

Work is partly complete on projects to attract more industry to Union County. A concrete pad for a shell building and a nearby industrial access road have been done. Steel was expected to be going up soon for a 100,000-square-foot shell building…
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Body of missing man Scott McQuary found Tuesday morning

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Members of the Union County Sheriff’s Department found the body of 49-year-old Scott McQuary Tuesday morning in a sand pit off County Road 14. The case was under investigation Tuesday but Sheriff Jimmy Edwards said no foul play was suspected…
New Albany MS Doggie dining in MS

Doggie Dining: Coming to a restaurant near you?

JACKSON, Miss. – Beginning Friday, November 1, 2019, a new Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) policy will allow "doggie dining." Restaurant patrons will be able to dine with their pet dogs under certain conditions. Patterned…
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Career & Technology Day, May 13, to include job fair

The New Albany School of Career & Technical Education is planning Career & Technology Day for May 13. This year plans are being made to add a job fair component to the event for New Albany High School juniors and seniors, as well…
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New Albany in running for music series grant-here’s how to vote

NEW ALBANY, MS - Sponsored by Levitt Pavilions, the national nonprofit behind the largest free concert series in America, the City of New Albany hopes to qualify as one of the 15 winning organizations competing in the Levitt AMP Grant Awards. What…
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NAMS Howlin’ on the RIver Color Run set for October 31

Walk, jog, and run your way toward a healthier life while raising funds for New Albany Middle School! The color run is open to EVERYONE in the community and we encourage you to join us. The My School Color Run will feature…
Editorial graphic

Wish list for community shorter, but more ambitious

About this time most years I put together a sort of wish list of things I would like to seen done for or by the community in the next 12 months. Happily, I can say the list may be shorter this time than in some previous years. Officials…
New Albany, MS Second Amendment rights

Opinion: Second amendment dramatically affirmed

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We had yet another incident earlier today, in Texas, in which a lone gunman with a firearm killed innocent people. It seems few weeks go by without a solitary gunman killing people in some public place in America. Each of these shocking events…
New Albany MS Hosemann's local option gasoline tax

Hosemann’s “local option” gasoline tax

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News and Commentary: What about Delbert Hosemann’s “local option” gasoline tax? Would a local option gasoline tax help fix neglected streets and rural roads and dangerous – or closed -- rural bridges in northeast Mississippi? What…
New Albany MS Washpot Ham Steve Patterson

Steve Patterson: The Miracle of the Christmas Washpot Ham

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The sun peeked out quietly over the fallow cotton fields and surrounding woods, slowly spreading its warmth over the entirety of Cotton Plant. Winter had closed in much more quickly and severely this year in Union County, cutting short autumn’s…
Fred's sign

Loss of Fred’s still may prove to be win for city

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It appears likely that the city will be able to purchase the former Fred’s building from the businessman who bought a number of the buildings in bankruptcy court. It’s lucky the building became available but it was up to New Albany officials…
New Albany MS Vic Hanson, Donald Trump as Chemotherapy

Vic Hanson on Trump: A sort of Chemotherapy

[su_quote]"That which does not kill us makes us stronger" ---Friedrich Nietzsche [/su_quote]   We thought some NAnewsweb.com readers might enjoy reading a perspective on Donald Trump by a serious scholar who is accustomed to…
Anderson Grocery

Mourning the loss of the country store

Life is full of regrets large and small, and one is that I never got to interview Ms. Helen Anderson. Ms. Anderson, who died a few days ago, ran at Jug Fork what was probably the last true country store in Union County. She had done so for…
community development director

What Does Supporting Local Really Look Like? A Main Street Perspective.

To the editor: We’ve all heard the term “support local.” It is promoted throughout the small business landscape and celebrated by consumers on social media platforms around the nation. But are we really supporting local in a way that…
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Some changes may need to be made to alderman system

There have been increasing comments made to us this year about the absence of elected officials at some civic and other public events. The comments we have heard have been focused more on city than county officials. Of course, all elected…
New Albany MS Letter to Editor

Ed Meek and the Ole Miss ‘Finishing School’

It was the mid 1990s and our sons were looking at colleges. My husband Bodie had been Head Cheerleader at Ole Miss in the Archie days, and to tell you the truth, every single person I ever met who graduated from or even had some small affiliation…
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RANT: gubernatorial choice: Hood or Reeves?

The important issues in the Mississippi governor's race are buried under a rubbish heap of simplistic and strident attack ads. Whether via loud television commercials or gaudy junk mail, we are inundated by buzz words and half-truths. We hear…