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Today's News

  • NA aldermen races heat up

    Three more New Albany citizens have thrown their hats into the ring for local city elections this coming Spring, including one more incumbent, Ward Three Alderman Tommie Beasley, who qualified on Jan. 15 to run for re-election.

    Also qualifying for the Ward Three race as a Democrat on Friday, Jan. 23 was Chris Buford of 1245 Martintown Rd.  Larry Dykes of S. Central Ave. also qualified to run as a Democrat in the Ward Three race earlier this month.

  • Urchin News

    Hello my fellow Urchins!  It is hard to believe that we are almost finished with the month of January!

    We would like to extend congratulations to those who participated in the county-wide Reading Fair at Myrtle on Friday, January 23rd. Among first place winners were Carol Coker, Savannah Alexander, Anna Clayton, and Savanna Harlow. They will compete in the Regional competition in Oxford. Way to work hard participants!  Also, congrats go out to Jacob Pilcher for taking first in the school-wide Geography Bee on Friday!  Good job!

  • Etta News

    When I sat down to write a little news as I usually do the word change kept crossing my mind.  I don’t know why but the more I thought about it the more evidence I could see in life’s pathway.  The schedule of the day before one may already be in place but some things could happen very quickly and some of the plans had to be changed.  The schedule had been interrupted which required revision of some of the days activities.  It is in the pathway of life.  Some of the plans have to be rescheduled because of circumstances beyond our control had interfered a

  • Sherman News

    Sherman’s latest addition to the Fire Department is its Rescue truck which is referred to as Sherman Rescue One.  This emergency medical service special operations unit vehicle is equipped with Jaws of Life, airbags for lifting vehicles to pull someone trapped beneath, hazmat suits, and more.  The Sherman Fire Department has 25 members of which several are volunteer certified.  Seventeen of those are Emergency Medical Responders (EMR) for the medical calls and 9-1-1 life threatening situations. The police department also responds to these calls.

  • Five or six days, postal delivery still needed

    Recent reports that the United States Postal Service may cut out one day per week of mail delivery is due, according to John E. Potter, postmaster general, to dwindling mail volume and rising costs. His announcement did not cause very much surprise among most postal customers across the nation, but did plant seeds of concern among those who rely on the post office for all their deliveries.

  • NA School District readies for budget cuts

    Like many other public school districts in the state of Mississippi, the New Albany School district will begin feeling the effects of recent budget cuts in education due to Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour's plan to cut spending in the coming days.

    According to New Albany School District Assistant Superintendent Jackie Ford, New Albany schools' administrators have been preparing for such cuts all year.

  • NAHS to tell a "Tale as Old as Time"

    “Step into the enchanted world of Broadway's modern classic” when New Albany High School (NAHS) presents Disney's “Beauty and the Beast,” February 6, 7 and 8, in the NAHS Auditorium. With wonderful music by Alan Minken, Tim Rice and Howard Ashman,this stage adaptation of the Academy-Award winning animated feature will transport you to another place and another time, where life was simple and the mystical reigned.

  • United Funeral Service celebrates 100th year

    The funeral home business is vital to the growth of a small town. In the case of New Albany, this business has been in operation since the turn of the century, beginning in 1909 with Haywood Hamilton making the top floor of his hardware store a funeral home.

  • Pilot Club, Sheriff's dept. work together to be lifesavers

    Project Lifesaver is a project in Union County that was created to help find people when they are lost, especially children and adults with autism or special needs or Alzheimer’s patients. The Union County Sheriff’s Department, in conjunction with the New Albany Pilot Club, purchased new equipment recently.  The new equipment purchased was 100 bands for the Project Lifesaver bracelets, two receivers, seven transmitters, two mobile antennas and two hand-held antennas.

  • Union Co. Schools hold tryouts for "Oklahoma!"

    The wagon trains will be heading east to Union County this Spring when the Union County School District hosts the Rodgers & Hammerstein production of "Oklahoma!" the weekend of April 17 and 18 at the Magnolia Civic Center.

    The musical will star many of the school district's students from East Union, Myrtle, Ingomar and West Union and is being directed by Clint Reed, recently hired by the county school board to produce and direct the musical.

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