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Today's News

  • Ingomar splits slate at Houlka

    Coach Norris Ashley and Coach Jimmy Guy McDonald have one of the state's longest running friendly-rivalries dating all the way back to their semi-pro baseball playing days.

    The two "Legend of the Hills" have a combined record of 3031-1799 and 13 State Championships, but Tuesday night they were focused on gaining an advantage in positioning for the quickly approaching division tournament.

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  • Hawks, Lady 'Dawgs win tourney crowns

    Myrtle held off a late surge from Ingomar to claim the Union County boys' championship behind gutsy performances from Russ Yates and David Wilson in place of injured guard Justin Jordan.

    Yates and Wilson scored 15 points each in the Hawks 62-59 victory over the Falcons.

    "I thought Russ did a tremendous job, David played well, and Beau had a great game for us, but we had a lot of guys come off the bench to play well for us too… that's what it's going to take for us the rest of the year," Coach Jonathan Ashley.

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  • Urchins hang with Hawks, Ingomar handles 'Dawgs

    New Albany 63

    Ingomar 40 (G)

    New Albany's student section chanted "four more years" in response to Jazmine Spears' terrific showing, as the Lady 'Dawgs downed Ingomar 63-40 Friday night.

    The eighth grader led all scorers on the night, tallying 27 and setting up their rematch with Myrtle for the county championship.

    An early three-point shot by Tierra Lucas gave New Albany the 9-3 advantage in the third, and it was never close, as the Lady Bulldogs led throughout the game.

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  • Myrtle-WU highlight first day of tourney

    Ingomar 52

    East Union 39 (G)

    Kayla Stevens brought her "A-Game" to East Union as she scored a game-high 21 points to help pace the Lady Falcons to a 52-39 victory in the opening game of the tournament.

    The Lady Urchins took a 11-7 lead at the end of the first quarter, but saw the Lady Falcons rally to take a 28-23 lead by halftime before quickly putting the game out of reach in the second half behind a 10-point effort from Stevens in the third quarter.

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  • Epting receives championship ring

    East Union's Austin Epting was presented his 2008 State Cross-Country Individual Championship ring during the Union County Tournament.

    The senior has enjoyed a stellar career for the Urchins.

    The 2008 championship was the second in his career as he also won the Individual Championship in 2004.

    His career-best time was 16:40 at the East Union/Myrtle Challenge while he recorded a time of 16:42.8 at the State Cross-Country meet.

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  • Zachery Howell birthday

    Zachery Howell celebrated his sixth birthday at Chuck E. Cheese with family and friends. He is the son of Derrick and Jan Howell of Etta and the grandson of Dorothy Howell of Potts Camp, Miss.

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  • Sharing at Christmas needs your help

    The cartoon to the right of this editorial clearly exemplifies the plight of local charities during these hard economic times. The wheels are literally off of the meals-on-wheels program.

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  • All the money’s in a bank in Beverly Hills in somebody else’s name

    There are few Americans in my age group who do not have parents or close relatives who were touched by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and/or the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), two big-government programs that saved a nation and it’s people. Many of us privately feel gratitude to our government for making their survival possible, yet others bemoan the creation of what conservatives have since labeled “Big Government.”

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  • Toyota news not what we wanted to hear

    Toyota’s announcement on Monday was not the kind of news most Northeast Mississippian’s would call welcome on the eve of Christmas. Of course, such news would not be welcome at any time of the year anyway.

    It’s not secret that we have all been somewhat nervous about the progress of the Toyota project partly as a result of the first delay announcement, but a lot by a perceived reluctance by the company to make very many commitments of late.

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  • Local National Guard Armory “substandard?”

    During Christmas for the past two years, I have spent more time in the New Albany Armory than any other building in Union County other than the New Albany Gazette Building and my house. No, I’m not a member of Troop C, 108th Armed Calvary Unit of the Mississippi National Guard, but I would be very proud to be if they would take old codgers like me.

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