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 [...]
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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 [...]
Baker’s Bait Shop reels in customers for 60 years strong
AMORY – Mary Baker is up to her eyeballs in bait. That’s because at Baker’s Bait Shop, she carries live bait such as minnows, night crawlers, red worms and crickets. She also carries artificial baits of all types as well as hooks, lead, rods, reels, lines, corks and anything else needed for fishing. “If I [...]
Lee’s Storm Shelters helps the region ride out the worst of storms
EGYPT – What originally began in 1977 as Lee’s Septic in the concrete business has vastly expanded to a variety of products. While Lee’s Precast still has a long list of clients and projects spread out throughout the southern states, its storm shelter arm of the corporation is following suit. Lee’s Storm Shelters, Inc. has [...]
Customer satisfaction is the top priority at Plantation Steak & Fish
SMITHVILLE – Keith and Brenda Norton purchased Plantation Steak & Fish House from Martha and Joe Holland in 2000. The Hollands built and opened the restaurant in 1983. Joe Holland said he was 50 years old and unemployed. The only thing Holland knew about food was he liked it, but the couple had people with [...]
Trash can be treasures to savings and product re-creations by recycling
ABERDEEN – Like living trees, plants and creatures, there is a cycle of life for products as well. The aluminum Coke can in most people’s hands day in and day out is one of those products finding itself at a crossroads so many times. Option a. is it can find its final resting place along [...]
Highway 25 bypass keeping on track with schedule
AMORY – According to Eutaw Construction’s chief executive officer Tom Elmore, construction on the Highway 25 bypass is moving along as planned with the exception of a few setbacks due to inclement weather. “It’s been extremely wet lately so we have been delayed,” Elmore said. Approximately 20 percent of the clearing has been completed. Out [...]
Haney family balances businesses in Amory and Wren
As fifth generation owners of Haney’s Store, Bailey Haney and his wife, Pam, have seen first-hand the effect big businesses like Walmart can have on small grocers. Started as a grocery store more than 100 years ago, Haney’s Store used to carry meats and fresh produce and would finance to community members on a crop-to-crop [...]
Quick lube location maintains same service with new name
ABERDEEN – It may be cliché, but Castrol Premium Oil Express owner Jimmy Pace insists even with a new name, it’s the same great service. Formerly Northside Quicklube, some variation of an automobile service business has operated from the building on Highway 145 North since it was built in 1997. Pace is the fifth owner [...]
