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Today's News

  • Baptist plans for ER expansion

    Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County unveiled plans Tuesday for an expansion that will triple the size of its current emergency department facilities.

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  • Threat puts schools on high alert

    Area schools were put on high alert Monday morning following reports of a possible school shooting, law enforcement and school officials said Monday.

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  • Urchins win first game of north half

    East Union is one game away from making it to Pearl after taking a 1-0 series lead against Baldwyn on Thursday.

    The Urchins jumped to a 2-0 lead in the first, as Trey Barkley led off with a triple. Loading the bases for Tray Davis, the first run was brought in on a sac fly. Executing good base running, Dustin Pratt stole home to put East up 2-0.

    Baldwyn got one of the runs back in the top of the second on an RBI single from Conner McKay.

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  • Lady Eagles fall in game one of state championship

    Ridgeland-- Errors hurt West Union in game one of the 1A state championships on Friday, as Nanih Waiya took a 1-0 series lead after a 15-6 win.

    After the Lady Eagles took an early 4-0 lead after the first inning, the Lady Warriors worked its way back into the game, scoring its first run in the second inning and tying the game on a three-run home run by Ryan Holdiness in the third.

    Nanih Waiya sent 11 players to the plate in the fourth, scoring seven runs off five hits and three West Union errors.

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  • Improving city water

    New Albany has taken another major step toward improving its water system.

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  • 4th grade too tough for me?

    May is my dumbest month. Oh, I don’t feel too smart most months. April isn’t good, but May is the worst. By the middle of the month, I’m wondering how I ever got out of elementary school.

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  • Bluegrass Saturday

    This Saturday is New Albany’s annual foray into bluegrass and fiddlin’ music as the community hosts the Down From the Hills Heritage Music and Mississippi Blue Grass Championships.

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  • New Albany tennis repeats as 4A state tennis champs

    There were more than enough setbacks before New Albany could finally hit the courts in defense of its state title in 4A tennis. Recent rains reeked havoc on the postseason, but on Tuesday, almost two weeks after the originally scheduled state title match against St. Stanislaus, the Bulldogs took care of business, defeating the Rock-a-Chaws five games to one, winning its second consecutive state title; the third title in four years.

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  • East Union baseball advances to north half championship

    With their backs against the wall and facing elimination, the Urchins’ offense delivered in back-to-back games, winning its playoff series with Hatley and advancing to the north half championship.

    Last Thursday, the Urchins were held to only three hits, as Russ Johnson earned the win on the mound, 3-0. In that game, the Tigers would score on back-to-back RBI singles in the first and later in the fourth inning.

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  • West Union softball wins north half championship

    The dugout was dead silent, and there was nothing but intense focus as West Union was a game away from making the 1A state championship in softball. The Lady Eagles are two years removed from its last trip to Jackson, and memories of that series carried with the team as they faced the defending champion, Smithville.

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