JACKSON, Miss.—Every few years, it seems some folks wake up one morning and decide the real problem in Mississippi is that citizens know too m…
Editor’s note: Area volunteer firefighters are staying busier than usual, fighting wind-driven field fires and debris fires that spread out of…
People are aware that grocery prices have risen and continue to do so. In connection with that, WalletHub, an award-winning personal finance c…
While the final chapter is far from being written, it appears that the primary focus of the 2026 Mississippi legislative session will be teach…
Lately, I have been hearing anecdotally that some people don’t like the CodeRED emergency warning system.
These are just thoughts which came while I sat here with some, but not all, services restored, reflecting on what I had experienced and thinki…
Dear Friends and Neighbors,
We at the New Albany Gazette pride ourselves for having almost entirely local content in each issue. We may occasionally need to include canne…
Lynn West
Managing Editor
Letter to the editor
Belhaven University expressed congratulations to the following area students for being named to the Fall 2025 President's List.
Just rambling - I was asked recently what I thought about the future of New Albany.
Lynn West
Managing Editor
I attended the dinner banquet at the Country Club of Jackson for the Mississippi Center for Public Policy. It was well attended and well organized.
Lynn West
Managing Editor
“A good time was had by all” is a phrase that used to show up often in reports submitted by community correspondents. It was frowned up from a…
Lynn West
Managing Editor
I used to watch the news pretty much whenever it was on TV. I also watched several of the myriad political shows and could tolerate bias to a …
Lynn West
Managing Editor
Imagine a 10-year-old in rural Mississippi who relies on the school bus to get to class, the cafeteria for a hot meal, and the after-school pr…
"A lot is being said these days about “school choice.” At first glance, it sounds like progress—like empowerment. After all, who wouldn’t wan…
Lynn West
Managing Editor
There is a chance that a rare case — not a pandemic but a single occurrence of bipartisanship on a health care issue — could break out in the …
Lynn West
Managing Editor
Editor’s note: This column appeared in Mississippi Today as part of their Brain Drain project, which seeks answers to why Mississippians move …
New Albany Fire Chief Mark Whiteside, who is president of the Mississippi Fire Fighters Association, this week asked the 2026 State Legislatu…
Does anyone remember the Toyota ad slogan from nearly 50 years ago? Well, we asked for it and we got it: a Toyota manufacturing plant.
Lynn West
Managing Editor
Coroner Pam Boman’s phone kept blowing up Wednesday with people wondering if there had been some sort of mass murder due to all the law enforc…
Lynn West
Managing Editor
The new Amazon data centers in Madison will consume 50 to 100 percent as much electricity as every other home, business and industry on the En…
Addiction and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are not moral failings. They are life-threatening public health emergencies, and they are …
In a spirit of full disclosure, before going further, I will say my one interaction with the city planning and zoning board left a bad taste i…
Lynn West
Managing Editor
Saturday night, June 7th, we were traveling on Highway 30 from Oxford back home to New Albany. It was 9:00 and tornado warnings were out, espe…
I was talking with Bronze Olive owner Kerri Kelly about an upcoming story the other day and asked the question, why have something as relative…
Lynn West
Managing Editor
Key figures in President Donald Trump’s political operation have reportedly soured on Shad White, the Republican state auditor who intends to …
In 2023, Union County homeowners saw no relief from ad valorem taxes despite a publicized 11-mill (1.1%) reduction in the millage rate. While …