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Today's News

  • Trials of a middle name

    My name is a problem. Maybe it is for everyone who goes by his or her middle name. I don’t know.

  • Gardening weekend

    The annual New Albany Home and Garden Show will take place Friday and Saturday, April 5 and 6, at the Union County Fairgrounds.

  • Lady Hawks top Ingomar in division play

    Myrtle’s offense is best described as having one explosive inning per game, and that one inning came in the seventh, as the Lady Hawks defeated Ingomar, 14-6, on Tuesday.

  • Russell wins 100th game as head coach

    West Union baseball coach Ashley Russell knew that his 100th career win would most likely come this year, but despite the attention it has received, the focus remains on the Eagles working on another playoff run.

  • Switching parties

    State Sen. Nickey Browning of Pontotoc has become the latest Mississippi legislator to switch political parties.

  • East Union, Myrtle pick up division wins

    The Hawks and Urchins picked up division wins on Tuesday, defeating H.W. Byers (5-4) and Hatley (6-4), respectively.
    In Myrtle’s win over Byers, the Lions took an early 3-2 lead after the first with the Hawks taking the win in the final inning.
    Austin Floyd improved to 2-0 on the mound with the win, and the senior, along with Anthony Lipsey had multiple hits.

  • Pitch perfect

    To many in the crowd, it was just another in-county division game. Ingomar and West Union battled for seven innings with the Falcons coming out on top. But the pitching performance of one Ingomar senior quickly became the talk after the 9-0 win.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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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