Union County News

PONTOTOC, Miss. - Josh West has one mission, and it's nothing complicated. "We want more and better jobs," said West, the regional economic director for Union and Pontotoc counties.

Fourteen horses have died in a fire at the Union County Sale Barn in New Albany.

It's 9 o'clock on a Saturday morning, and while much of the rest of the world is sleeping in or lingering over a first cup of coffee, the three O'Callaghan brothers have been immersed for some time in last-minute work on a combine that will, they hope, be cutting soybeans a few days hence - if they can dodge the rains that are casting a pall over ...

A 22-year-old volunteer firefighter has been charged with intentionally setting fires in two northeast Mississippi counties, including one that killed an elderly woman over the weekend.

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NEW ALBANY, Miss. - A 22-year-old volunteer firefighter remained jailed Monday on one count of capital murder and two counts of arson after a weekend house fire killed an elderly woman in Union County.

BLUE SPRINGS a ' The Blue Springs Toyota plant Frontage Road, which runs from Union County Road 203 to SR 9 near Sherman, known as Magnolia Way, will open to traffic today, according to the Mississippi Department of Transportation .

Jones, at the Beau Rivage Theatre in Biloxi. Meanwhile, Soulshine Pizza's Township location features the musical stylings of Mark Whittington.

Jones, at the Beau Rivage Theatre in Biloxi. Meanwhile, Soulshine Pizza's Township location features the musical stylings of Mark Whittington.

A 51-year-old man was killed in a fiery collision involving two 18 -wheelers this morning in Union County.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch in AR: Craighead , Mississippi A nationwide manhunt is underway for a Union County couple accused in the death of one of their children.

Lawyers for a woman sentenced to die for killing her estranged husband during an attempted robbery have filed a 217-page appeal of her capital murder conviction.

Mississippi health officials said Thursday that seven new cases of H1N1 swine flu bring the total number of confirmed cases to 20.

NEW ALBANY, Miss. - Prosecutors say New Albany mayoral candidate Jerry Kennamore will plead guilty to signing his daughter's name as an attesting witness on an absentee ballot.