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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…
missing man mcquary

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.…
Union County Hallelujah Trail

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…
Union County Hallelujah Trail

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…
Union County Hallelujah Trail

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…

Archaeologists hope to get DNA from last slave ship in US – National & International News – TUE 28Dec2021

Archaeologists hope to get DNA from last US slave ship. Fauci: Mandate vaccines for domestic air travel. Iran nuclear talks resume, again.

Happy 151st birthday, Union County

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The current courthouse is the county's fourth. The first wooden building was where Regions Bank is. It was replaced but burned by an arsonist and then then two buildings in accompany photos came along.

Museum event produces wealth of Union County sports memories

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Anyone who knows of a person who should be included in the display is asked to obtain a nomination form from the museum.
NSMiss.news Nancy Pelosi

So, Mississippians, you think you know who you will be voting for on November 3rd?

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    Some of you think you will go to the polls on November 3rd and vote for Joe Biden for president and Kamala Harris as vice-president. More of you probably think you will be voting for Donald Trump and Mike Pence. Strictly…
NEMiss.news Convicted murderer loses appeal

New Albany couple’s convicted murderer loses another appeal

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This past week the Mississippi Court of Appeals denied a multi-part motion by Albert Lee McDonald for post-conviction relief related to a 2005 crime spree that left two people dead and three hospitalized. About 5 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 17,…
NEMiss.news MS in Statuary Hall, Washington DC

Steve Patterson: It’s time for Jefferson Davis and James Z. George to come home!

  [su_quote]" The reason you will not say it is, when you say it, even to yourself, you will know that it is true." --William Faulkner, "As I Lay Dying"[/su_quote]   Almost fifty years ago I was privileged to serve on the…
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Faith in the future: Hope isn’t cancelled

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Christians and Jews both celebrate traditions important to their faiths in the spring. Easter falls on the first Sunday after the first ecclesiastical full moon on or after the vernal equinox.  Passover is a spring festival, tied to the night…
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…
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 Baloney is not cheap

Steve Patterson: “Baloney is not cheap!”

[su_quote]If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed. --Adolf Hitler[/su_quote]   Alabama’s Governor George C. Wallace once appeared on a Sunday talk show during his heyday as a demagogic segregationist.…
Civil War imagery

The evolution of Civil War images discussed at Museum Moments

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Civil war images, both drawings and photographs, were the topic of the Museum Moments program Nov. 15 at the Union County Heritage Museum. Historian Rebekah Rinehart's presentation included a slide show of the work artists and photographers…
Union County Hallelujah Trail

If your church is 100 years old, it should be on the Hallelujah Trail

Museum celebrates spiritual history of Union County with Hallelujah Trail  The Hallelujah Trail is one way that the Union County Historical Society and Heritage Museum will commemorate the Mississippi Bicentennial in Union County. The project…