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.

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…
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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…
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.…
New Albany MS Steve Patterson Grandma's Porch

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…
New Albany MS Steve Patterson Grandma's Porch

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…
New Albany MS Steve Patterson Grandma's Porch

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…
New Albany MS History: Emmett Till body site

Steve Patterson: “Lest We Forget”

"and ye shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free“ John 8:32"   Twelve years ago this month I experienced one of the most impactful afternoons of my life. After having spent a week walking in the footsteps of “the…
New Albany MS A Republic, Independence Hall

“A Republic, if we can keep it.” –Steve Patterson

[su_quote] “Are we rolling downhill like a snowball headed for hell With no kinda chance for the flag or the liberty bell Wish a Ford and a Chevy Would last ten years like they should Is the best of the free life behind us now Are the…
New Albany MS Steve & Chicken at home

Steve Patterson: How to break bird dogs of killing chickens, and good folks of voting Republican!

(Author’s note: I wish I could say no chickens were harmed in the writing of this essay, but that would be a flat-footed lie.) The phone call came while I was eating a big plate of boiled okra and fried pork chops, smothered in gravy, at…
New Albany MS Old Jews bumper sticker

Steve Patterson: Hanging out with some very old Jews

[su_quote]"America’s public policies of the last 6 decades have not only ignored poverty, but criminalized it!" --Steve Patterson[/su_quote] I have been spending a lot of time with friends lately, a motley crew of old Jews. Not high school…
New Albany MS Chicken Shit School of Journalism

Meek’s millions go from Ole Miss to CREATE

We are delighted to learn that Ed Meek's millions have been moved out of the Ole Miss journalism school and transferred to the CREATE Foundation of Tupelo. We have said before that we believed Meek was treated shabbily by the Ole Miss Chancellor…
New Albany MS Rant Magnolia Civic Center

Rant: Magnolia Civic Center

After long-festering dissatisfaction with the operations of the Magnolia Civic Center (MCC) The New Albany alderman decided it was time for a change. One could reasonably say that the plot has thickened significantly since publication of…
New Albany MS the evil in us all

Steve Patterson: The Evil in us all

Have you seen Evil lately? Do you know where it lives? How big it is? Is it educated or illiterate, rich or poor, gregarious or bashful? Is it Muslin, Christian, or Jew? Is it hideously ugly or stunningly beautiful? What color is Evil? Is evil…
New Albany MS Davis Rd deaths

RANT: Political infrastructure games take actual human tolls

Three young Mississippians, two of them just 16 years old, died Friday from injuries sustained in a car wreck just inside the New Albany city limits. The two 16-year-old boys were heading south on Davis Road. Witnesses said the teenage driver…
New Albany MS Mississippi Cares

MS Hospital Association’s “Mississippi Cares”

Timothy H. Moore President/Chief Executive Officer Mississippi Hospital Association (MADISON, MS – August 16, 2019) Vice President Pence, when he was Governor of Indiana, enacted a conservative brand of Medicaid reform for his state.…
New Albany MS Letter to Editor

Letter to Editor: Should citizens carry weapons to combat mass shootings?

Editor's note: NAnewsweb.com received this opinion piece from one of our readers. As always, we solicit thoughts and opinions from our community. In the wake of the mass shootings that have recently taken place in both Texas and California,…
New Albany MS Tate Reeves & Waller runoff

Rant: After embarrassing himself in primary, will Reeves’ millions yet prevail

Although he spent millions more dollars and is better known than his opponent, Tate Reeves could not muster a majority to win the Republican nomination for governor. Reeves won 48.9 percent of the vote. Former Supreme Court Chief Justice…
New Albany MS Steve Patterson Grandma's Porch

Steve Patterson: Sundays on Grandma’s porch

With a nod to William Faulkner and O. Henry, guest author Steve Patterson recalls poignant lessons learned on Grandma's porch.   I well remember my grandmother getting up so early Sunday mornings the sun was not even up, so the horizon…