Tag Archive for: politics
Dr. Shane Scott: “COVID is not going away.” What you should know.
Featured News, General News
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…
Tupelo man says home overrun by homeless, asks its removal from demolition list
Featured News, Government & PoliticsTupelo, 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,…
2019 Christmas at the Museum, December 14
HappeningsMingle 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…
Some work complete on industrial park enhancements
EconomyWork 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…
Body of missing man Scott McQuary found Tuesday morning
Featured News, General NewsMembers 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…
Doggie Dining: Coming to a restaurant near you?
LeisureJACKSON, 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…
Gobble, Gobble — Wobble, Wobble— Happy Thanksgiving!
Opinion“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.…
Career & Technology Day, May 13, to include job fair
HappeningsThe 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 in running for music series grant-here’s how to vote
LeisureNEW 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…
NAMS Howlin’ on the RIver Color Run set for October 31
Schools
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…
Congressman Trent Kelly: “Pray for our country.”
Government & PoliticsNew Albany, MS- We are about to elect a US president who is despised by half the people in the country. Not since Lincoln in 1860 will we have elected a president who is as vehemently hated by so many. No matter who wins on November 8, there…
Why I am voting for Theo Epstein for president
OpinionThe two major political parties have again failed the American people.
The quality of presidential candidates served up by both Democrats and Republicans during the last six election cycles has been mediocre at best. This year they've outdone…
Fashion-forward Circuit Clerk’s office: “Business as usual” for upcoming election
Government & PoliticsNew Albany, MS- Like election officials all across America, those in Union County have been intensely busy for several weeks preparing for the general election, now just a week away.
Election related business in Union and all other Mississippi…
Opinion: Hillary Clinton makes me want to hurl…invectives
OpinionNew Albany, MS- I began this response to Steve Patterson's "Invective" opinion piece shortly after reading it--yes, every word of it, some parts more than once.
Well, "pardon my French," as they say. There is a well understood, often used…
INVECTIVE: an opinion by Steve Patterson
Opinion
Is it possible to gain the Presidency of the United States through the use of invectives alone? Can the Leader of the Free World be selected based entirely on the volume and meanness of insults? Does adolescent name calling really…
“A dirty, rotten, low-down game”
Government & PoliticsNew Albany, MS- Saturday afternoon I attended the ribbon cutting for the opening of the "Trump for President" headquarters here in New Albany.
In spite of the uproar that started a day earlier over a recording of Trump's lewd and juvenile…
Steve Patterson: Bucket List? – Cuba!
Opinion
I don’t know exactly when it happened or why. I only know it happened. Why have my dreams, yearnings and ambitions retreated and become smaller? Why did my “Bucket List” become so short? You know, the list of things you want…
Local Republicans prepared for state convention
Community, OrganizationsNew Albany, MS - The officers of the Union County Republican Committee met Thursday afternoon in New Albany to prepare for the party's state convention Saturday, May 14th, in Jackson.
GOP county delegations will meet starting Saturday morning at…
We need a U.S. Congressman who will accumulate some serious seniority
OpinionMississippians will vote Tuesday in primary elections to nominate candidates for President of the United States and for four Mississippi seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Expectations for voter turnout in Mississippi vary greatly.…
Voters will decide Sheriff and other top Union County offices Tuesday
Government & PoliticsVoters in Union County and throughout Mississippi will vote Tuesday, Nov. 3rd, to choose candidates to fill most state and county office for the next four years.
This article is only about elections for Union County offices and only for those…
Four of five county supervisors will be new next year
Government & Politics County Board of Supervisors turn over
Starting in January all but one of the five members of the Union County Board of Supervisors will be a new face.
Long-serving Supervisors Danny Jordan of District Three and Benny Rakestraw of District…
Voters must be prepared for confusing ballot on November 3rd.
Government & PoliticsAs a service to our readers, NAnewsweb.com has obtained and posted a sample Union County ballot for the November 3rd general election.
The five-page sample ballot, obtained from the Union County Circuit Clerk, is a combined ballot, meaning…