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Today's News

  • Basketball and a nap

    It was a perfect-weather weekend for a basketball nap – rainy, gray, cold and just too nasty to spend much time outdoors.

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  • Protecting the hens

    It’s a case of putting a fox in the henhouse.
    Pardon us for starting with a trite expression, but it fits the situation perfectly. Monday House Speaker Phillip Gunn, a Republican from Clinton announced he is appointing Joel Bomgar to the state Board of Education.

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  • New all-star game presents opportunities for senior football players

    A new all-star game will debut in May, giving area senior football players one last chance to showcase their talents for college coaches.
    Sponsored by Darrell Robertson and run by the coaches in Northeast Mississippi, the game will feature athletes from Corinth to Columbus and the teams are split at Highway 45 into the East and West squads. Robertson is no stranger to sponsoring these games, as he already holds similar games for basketball, softball and baseball during the summer.

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  • Falkner holds on to defeat West Union

    West Union found itself down by as many as 10 in its non-division game against Falkner last Thursday. Instead of backing down to the Eagles, West Union stormed back to make it a competitive game, eventually falling 19-11 at home.

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  • Voters opt for progress

    New Albany voters have ended the decades old issue about whether the city should allow the sale of alcoholic beverages, first by approving beer three years ago and then wine and spirits this week.

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  • Spring snow, spring sports

    School spring break week was one of stark contrasts for our family.

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  • Weather warnings

    Severe weather season is here again. It’s the time when we start paying more attention to the weather forecast, and worrying about whether there are tornado watches or tornado warnings for our areas.

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  • Celebrating March Madness

    I couldn’t tell you the last time I took part in the March Madness fun, filling out a bracket and taking part in various tournament pools. It wasn’t that long ago that I hosted an annual tournament challenge among my Facebook friends, and while I never won my own pool, I took more pride in beating my brother and his best friend in Alaska.

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  • New Albany tennis sweeps Senatobia, golf splits vs. Oxford

    New Albany golf and tennis were in action on Tuesday, taking on Senatobia in tennis and Oxford in golf.
    The Chargers topped the Bulldogs in golf by 10 strokes, 162-172. Ryne Stanford was the medalist for the match, shooting a 38 for New Albany. Other scores for New Albany were: Jake Cissom 43, Will Robbins 44, Boone Faulkner and Jack Cooper 47.
    Ward Toler was the top finisher for Oxford, shooting a 39.

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  • Spears named division player of the year

    New Albany’s Jazmine Spears ended her standout career with the Lady Bulldogs last month and for her efforts this season, was named the Region 2-4A Most Valuable Player.
    For the second consecutive year, Spears led the team in all statistical categories; points (27.8), assists (4.4), blocks (1.9) and rebounds per game (14.9), helping the Lady Bulldogs to a regular season division title.
    Also named to the All-Division team from New Albany was Erin Michael Carter. The junior averaged 6.4 points per game and 5.1 rebounds per game this season.

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