by PATSY R. BRUMFIELD Daily Journal All sides apparently agree to settle two lawsuits alleging sexual advances on two minor males by former Smithville coach Dwight Bowling. The lawsuits were filed in 2012 by now-adults, who claimed unwanted contact by Bowling over several years with the tacit knowledge of Monroe County School officials. School officials [...]
About Charlie Langford
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Blalock, Griffith in Amory mayoral runoff
Political newcomer Brad Blalock and former mayor Thomas Griffith advanced to the runoff in Amory’s Democratic mayoral primary. Blalock received 918 votes and Griffith, 797 votes. At-large alderman Tommy Wilkerson received 660 votes. The winner of the May 21 runoff will replace mayor Howard Boozer, who decided not to seek re-election. The election results were [...]
Amory mayoral candidates to speak at forum Friday
AMORY – The Amory Lions Club and the Monroe Journal are co-sponsoring a mayoral candidates forum Friday at Regina Deen’s restaurant. The three candidates for Amory mayor, Brad Blalock, Thomas Griffith and Tommy Wilkerson will allotted 15 minutes to speak and there will be a question-and-answer session afterward. A Dutch treat lunch begins at 11:30 [...]
CANCELED: Opening Ceremonies for the Amory Railroad Festival
AMORY – The open ceremonies of the 35th Amory Railroad Festival were called off at about 4:15 p.m. Thursday. Heavy afternoon rails soaked the festival grounds during the afternoon. Earlier in the afternoon, when the storm front came though, several vendor tents were toppled. Chairman Bo Miller said that the entertainment would go on as [...]
We’re working to fulfill our goals as journalists
At the beginning of the year, we promised to mark this year by better serving our readers by becoming a more active participant in providing Monroe County and its residents a newspaper that delivers responsible journalism. We’ve made a move at doing just that this past week when we better organized our planning processes and [...]
Cleaning out the notebook of pieces, parts
For some it seems like a far piece to Tishomingo State Park, but if you’ve got the time, travel there. Members of my family and I had the great fortune to spend a couple of nights in one of seven cabins located at the park this past weekend. We’ve been going there for years as [...]
Monroe adds academic requirements to tuition guarantee
By Chris Kieffer Daily Journal Monroe County residents must now meet certain academic benchmarks to participate in the county’s higher-education tuition guarantee program. The board of directors for the Gilmore Foundation, which funds the program, voted on Wednesday to require students to have at least a 2.5 high school grade-point-average in order to participate. Many [...]
Special-Called Meeting of Amory School District
There will be a special-called board meeting of the Amory School District Board of Trustees on Friday, January 4, 2013, at 2:30 p.m. in the Office of the Superintendent for the purpose of personnel discussion.
Thanks for putting Your trust in us
Back in 2001, there was a book published that outlined just what was the basic purpose of journalism. The book, “The Elements of Journalism: What Newspeople Should Know and the Public Should Expect,” written by Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel resulted from an extensive study of the history of journalism and showed that good journalism [...]
