Union County News

Traffic is blocked between the Cotton Plant area and Blue Mountain city limits after an accident on Highway 15 Wednesday morning in the Tippah-Union County area.

Janet and Ramon Barreto still evade authorities four years after they ran away from state charges surrounding the death of a 2-year-old adopted daughter.

Billy Foster 51, of Blue Springs and passenger Patsy Nichols 50, Blue Springs were westbound on Highway 178 east of Highway 9 on Monday in Union County in a 2008 Toyota Tacoma when they apparently lost control leaving the roadway colliding into a tree, according to Mississippi Highway Patrol Trooper Jason Roe.

Concord Inn, a sprawling bed and breakfast outside New Albany, will be the featured home on the New Albany Garden Club's spring tour.

A Blue Springs woman was killed Tuesday in a crash in Union County. According to the Mississippi Highway Patrol, Sharon Hudson, 56, was traveling westbound on Mississippi Highway 348 around 1 a.m. when she lost control of her vehicle.

Authorities arrested more than 20 indictees, mostly in Union County, on drug charges Monday.

Union County, New Albany and Mississippi Department of Corrections officers are completing a roundup of indictees this morning.

Lori Campbell of Excel by 5, from left, stands with Julianna Garner and Carol Coker as the students present the Union County organization with a donation of $285 on Sunday afternoon during the Northeast Mississippi Youth Foundation meeting.