AMORY – To commemorate annual National Emergency Medical Services Week, the theme “Everyday Heroes” has been chosen to aptly describe the life-saving services the hard-working technicians and team members provide on a daily basis. National EMS Week 2013 is May 19 through May 25. The point of National EMS Week is to bring together local [...]
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Obituaries May 15, 2013
Lydia Callaghan ABERDEEN – Lydia Christina Nichols Callaghan, 67, passed away Monday, May 6, 2013, at North Mississippi Medical Center. She lived all over the world including New York City, London and Australia before settling in Aberdeen. She volunteered at the Aberdeen Animal Shelter. She loved animals, books, good food and travel. She will be [...]
Ortiz exhibits MFA Thesis at Oxford’s Southside Gallery
OXFORD – Wesley H. Ortiz (wesleyhortiz.com), born in Amory, culminates his graduate studies at The University of Mississippi in Oxford with a thesis exhibition at the Southside Gallery on Oxford’s historic square. The show, titled Muted Resistance, features 12 works completed during the past year. The works, created with gesso, acrylic, charcoal and graphite, combine [...]
Legacy Hospice to host veteran’s facing illness and death program
AMORY – Legacy Hospice of the South will host the Hospice Foundation of America’s 2013 Living with Grief® program at Amory Learning Center on Tuesday, May 21, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., with lunch being served. Each year the Hospice Foundation of America (HFA) presents a nationally recognized distance-learning program to more than 125,000 [...]
Todd new Aberdeen Elementary principal
ABERDEEN – The Aberdeen School District has hired Leigh Todd as the new Aberdeen Elementary principal. Todd is filling the position currently held by Angie Irvin, who will be transferred to a job at the Aberdeen School District’s central office next school year. She is currently the Transformational Leader with the School Improvement Grant with [...]
Amory Community Garden up and running
AMORY – The Amory Community Garden is proving to be a hit for residents. At present, there are 30 individuals or families signed up and planting their plots. Plots are available in 10′x10′, 20′x20′ and 20′x40.’ The cost starts at $15 per family. The land, located on Legion Drive, behind Southern Discount Variety, was donated [...]
Monroe County soldiers return from Afghanistan
Five Monroe County residents, part of the National Guard’s 289th Vertical Construction Company out of Water Valley, returned home on Thursday, April 25, from an 11-month deployment to Afghanistan. The 289th built Forward Operations Bases (FOBs) for the military. They also trained the Afghan National Army (ANA) to function on their own. Members of the [...]
Downtown Amory: City survives recession with faith, small businesses
AMORY – Downtown Amory has definitely survived the hump of the recession. In the past year, several new small businesses have opened on Main Street. The entrepreneurs have shown faith in the community and local economy by opening new businesses downtown. This surge of business has increased an increase of traffic, bringing out-of-towners to Amory [...]
Smithville hosts second annual memorial day
SMITHVILLE – Smithville hosted its second annual memorial day Saturday and remembered those lost to the April 27 EF-5 tornado. Two years ago to the day, the tornado roared through Smithville, killing 16 people and destroying 197 homes and businesses and demolishing the school. A community prayer service was held on Friday night honoring the [...]
