ABERDEEN – The Amory Dance Centre will present its spring dance recital, “This Beauty is a Beast,” at the Elkin Theatre in on May 25 at 7 p.m. “The first act will be an assortment of hip hop, contemporary and tap numbers all set to “girl power” songs. The second act of the show will [...]
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Wheel City offers customers variety of cars to roll off the lot
AMORY – Richard Murry opened the first Wheel City in Verona in 1989, but came to Amory in 1994 at the suggestion of a customer. “After the guy commented that Amory needed a tire business, I researched it and it looked good,” Murry said. Originally from Blue Mountain, Murry also opened a Wheel City in [...]
Monroe officials take tour of ICC workforce facility
BELDEN – Members of the Monroe County Chamber of Commerce and Monroe County Board of Supervisors were taken on a tour of the WorkKeys and Job PASS [Physical Assessment and Skills Simulation] programs at Itawamba Community College’s Belden campus on April 25. “These are creative and innovative ways to train our workers and are good [...]
Local sex offender arrested again
Registered sex offender Larry Lee was arrested by the Amory Police Department May 15 on charges of child molestation and indecent exposure. Judge Kevin Crook has set bond at $50,000. For more details, see the May 22 edition of the Monroe Journal.
Pageant winner’s writings aim to inspire healthy lifestyles
AMORY – On Friday, May 10, East and West Amory Elementary Students were treated with a visit from Miss Natchez Trace 2013, Randi Kathryn Harmon. Harmon was present to promote her Miss Mississippi platform “P.E.A.C.E. for Children” (Physical Exercise And Careful Eating) and also her new children’s book, “P.E.A.C.E. for Pandas” she has recently written. [...]
Public voices concerns about declining neighborhoods
AMORY – Concerned citizens raised questions about the state of decline in certain areas of the city at the regular-called meeting of the board of aldermen on May 7. “Our concerns are the drug issues and the conditions of the houses on the 400 block of Seventh Ave. North. We have contacted Mr. Butler several [...]
KaBOOM! playground officially dedicated
AMORY – Local officials hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday, May 9 for the town’s newest playground. Located at the Pea Patch, the playground was made possible through a grant through KaBoom!, Dr. Pepper and Snapple. The community build project was first mentioned last year as part of Amory’s Healthy Hometown Initiative. The city was [...]
Tenn Tom Sports aims at supplying customers’ gun needs
NETTLETON – Tenn Tom Sports has seen some changes during the past 20 years. For 10 years, Gene and Gail Conwill operated a store in Bigbee, then known as Conwill Grocery and Sports, before changing to a full line hunting and fishing supply store and switching to Tenn Tom Sports. Seven years later, the Conwills [...]
Golden Triangle CrimeStoppers schedules Monroe County meeting
AMORY – The Golden Triangle Crimestoppers will have a luncheon at Regina Deen’s Restaurant on May 15 at 12 p.m. The purpose of the luncheon will be to discuss payouts for anonymous tips among other things. “When someone calls in a crime and it leads to a capture, the Golden Triangle Crimestoppers can pay up [...]
