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…
A legacy of giving benefits students at New Albany Elementary School
Community, SchoolsJan McMillen continues to carry on the legacy of giving begun many years ago by her aunt, Robbie Ray.
For over 20 years, at the beginning of each school year, Robbie Ray would secretly take loads of school supplies to New Albany Elementary…
Cotton States Baseball league wraps 10th season of sports and stories
SportsThe Cotton States Baseball collegiate wood bat league recently wrapped up its 10th season as the North Delta Dealers repeated as League Championship Series (LCS) victors, defeating the resilient Hill Country Generals 6-2 on July 29th. The Tupelo…
Museum Moments program to explore Japanese bond with Faulkner
Community, OrganizationsJapan invited William Faulkner to visit and lecture in 1955 after the writer won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949, as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award. The Union County Museum will feature this as the…
Union County Task Force on rural connectivity meets
Government & PoliticsNew Albany and Union County people, who have long suffered chronically poor cellular telephone and high-speed internet service, can now do something about it. That's what Mississippi Public Service Commission (MPSC) Chairman Brandon Presley…
New Albany Schools welcome 2018-2019 new teachers
Community, SchoolsThe New Albany School District hosted an orientation for its new teachers on August 2 at New Albany Elementary School.
Pictured are front row l-r: Jessica Peralda, NAMS; Erin Verrell, NAES; Katie Kent, NAHS; Abby Voyles, NAHS; Jennifer Duncan,…
Pedaling for Hope bike ride to be August 18
HappeningsThe second annual Pedaling for Hope bike ride will be Saturday, August 18, 2018.
Registration will start at 7AM at the Trailhead in New Albany at 100 E. Bankhead Street with the race beginning at 8:00 AM. This is a partnership between New…
2018 Back-to-School Health Fair: It’s some serious fun
Health & WellnessOver 1000 people attended the 2018 Back-to-School Health Fair hosted by Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County, Saturday, August 11th. Approximately 450 kids, plus one or more parents and grandparents for each child were present during the morning…
Fire guts house on Thomas Circle in New Albany
General NewsThe occupants of a house on Thomas Circle in New Albany lost "most everything they had" in a fire shortly after 8 pm Friday evening, Aug. 10.
Firemen of the New Albany Fire Department (NAFD) were on the scene quickly and extinguished…
City Board August 2018: TempesT over Tree SpoTs
Government & PoliticsThe TempesT over Tree spoTs, sTarTed in April, will conTinue Tossing Talks aT New Albany Town Board meeTings 'Til winTer Takes iTs Turn afTer auTumn.
Ward Two Alderman Johnny Anderson moved at the Tuesday, August 7, meeting of the Board of…
Presley: PSC Revoked 17 Telecommunication Companies’ Licenses
Government & PoliticsNorthern District Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley announced Tuesday, August 7th, that the Public Service Commission has revoked the certificates of 17 telecommunications companies to do business in Mississippi due to their failure…
RANT: Presley’s Union County Task Force, some hope at last
OpinionPeople in New Albany and Union County have long suffered over-priced and under-performing internet and cell phone service. Now they have an opportunity to start doing something about it.
Mississippi Public Service Commission Chairman Brandon…
Union Co. Supervisors, 8-6-18: Business & internet taxes, poll worker pay
Government & PoliticsThe Union County Board of Supervisors moved briskly through a 35-item agenda Monday morning, August 6, in about 45 minutes.
A request from a retail store for a reduction of its personal property tax assessment resulted in more discussion…