By Zac Carlisle Monroe Journal BECKER – Pulling up to the Longhorn Fish and Steakhouse in Becker, you will be greeted by the hundreds of names of satisfied customers scribbled across the outside walls, but the restaurant’s charm doesn’t end there. The inside of the restaurant is sprawled with Western decor. Behind the front desk, [...]
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County road plan, $3M bond pave way for smoother ride
Of Monroe County’s 899 miles worth of registered county-maintained roads, 240 miles worth will be addressed in the next two years through the county’s road maintenance plan. Helping to cover the cost of the repairs is the implementation of a 10-year $3 million road bond approved late last year by the board of supervisors. “About [...]
Wilkerson Appliances & Furniture goes out of its way to take care of customers
AMORY – Taking care of their customers hasn’t changed for Wilkerson Appliances & Furniture since the business was first started in 1954 by Ross Wilkerson. Wilkerson opened the first Wilkerson Appliance Store in the Vinegar Bend area of Main Street. Back in those days, along with General Electric appliances, the store also sold stereos and [...]
Monroe County awarded CDBG funding for United Furniture expansion
For the Monroe Journal NETTLETON – Officials from United Furniture Industries have announced the company is expanding operations at its manufacturing facility in Nettleton. The project represents a company investment of $277,000 and will create a minimum of 100 new jobs. United Furniture Industries is the exclusive U.S. manufacturer of Simmons Upholstered Furniture. The company [...]
Funeral home bears two long-standing names in Aberdeen business today
ABERDEEN – Stretching back to 1879, Tisdale-Lann Memorial Funeral Home’s history began as a casket manufacturer in Lann & Carter Hardware Company’s list of services. Around the turn of the 20th Century, funeral directors and embalmers were added to the staff. Five generations later, the Lanns still operate the hardware store while the Tisdales just [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
