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

Gobble, Gobble — Wobble, Wobble— Happy Thanksgiving!

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Guest Author Steve Patterson wrote this special Thanksgiving Day post in 2019. We hope our readers will enjoy reading Steve's Thanksgiving thoughts as they give thought to their own blessings.
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 Baloney is not cheap

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 Baloney is not cheap

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 Baloney is not cheap

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…
Northeast MS news Tupelo orders social distancing

Tupelo government orders “social distancing” restrictions on restaurants, other retailers 

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Tupelo MS - With respect to the coronavirus pandemic, the City of Tupelo has ordered "social distancing" restrictions on when and how restaurants in Northeast Mississippi’s largest city may operate. For the short term the city’s proclamation…
Northeast MS news MS state of emergency declalred

Anxious-looking Reeves declares state of emergency, asks churches not to meet

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Northeast MS -Governor Tate Reeves announced a state of emergency Saturday afternoon, March 14, along with plans for dealing with the coronavirus pandemic in Mississippi. The governor appeared nervous as he read his statement from a teleprompter…
Northeast MS news decisive leadership needed

Opinion: Decisive leadership needed in COVID-19 crisis

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[su_quote] “In any moment of decision, the best you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.”--Theodore Roosevelt[/su_quote]   Northeast MS -Crisis calls for…

Opinion: Steve Patterson, “What Balderdash is this ?”

New Albany, MS - I know Joe Biden. Joe Biden is a friend of mine. Joe Biden’s mental acuity is not in question. It is cruel unfounded politically motivated nonsense to say otherwise. Nothing could be further from truth than the pseudo rambling…
New Albany MS Ideology in the extreme

Opinion: “After me, you come first”

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New Albany, MS - Government, whether local, state or federal, is responsible for using its citizens' funds appropriately to perform its constitutional duties. Through manipulation of these public duties, pockets are lined and power is gained…
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 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 Political candidates lack substance

Steve Patterson: “Who’d a thunk it?”

  [su_quote]“Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics will not take an interest in you." --Pericles[/su_quote]   Back in the day, when someone stated the obvious, a frequent response was…
New Albany MS Seasonal workforce legislation

Kelly introduces seasonal workforce legislation

New Albany MS- Seasonal workforce Paperwork Reduction for Farmers and H-2A Modernization Act: Washington, DC: U.S. Representative Trent Kelly (R-MS), in coordination with U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), has introduced the Paperwork Reduction…
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.…