Today's News

Mr. and Mrs. James Hudson of Oxford, Miss. welcomed son James Chandler Hudson into the world on January 9, 2009 in the Special Delivery Services wing at Baptist Memorial Hospital – North Mississippi. He weighed 6 pounds, 4 ounces. He was greeted by one sister Chelsey Lee Ann Hudson. James’s grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Alton Brock of New Albany and Mr. and Mrs. Dwayne Hudson of Oxford, Miss.

Cut-N-Up Full Service Salon is now open at 202 Highland Street. Cut-N-Up will be open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The salon will offer men and women’s haircuts, shampoo and style, perm, straightening, coloring, highlights, manicures and pedicures, acrylic, eyebrow, lip, chin and facial waxing, and other services and freehand nail design and nail art. Walk-ins are welcome. Law enforcement officials get half off.

The Rode’o Salon is now open at 132 West Bankhead Street in the old Hamilton Hardware building.

Rode’o Salon will be open Monday through Saturdays from 9 a.m. with no designated closing time. The salon will offer men and women’s haircuts, shampoo and style, perm, straightening, coloring, highlights, manicures and pedicures, acrylic, eyebrow, lip and facial waxing, and other services. Walk-ins are welcome.

“I am bringing a sense of glamour and elegance to New Albany. We offer high-end convenience with a full salon,” said Owner Rita Ladner.

During Tuesday's Union County board of supervisors meeting, postponed because of a mid-winter conference in Jackson as well as being closed Monday, Cook Coggins Engineering, Inc. requested reimbursement  for construction completed for a new runway and T-hangar at the New Albany/Union County Airport.