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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Bowling lawsuits settle, details secret
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 [...]
Two females charged for having marijuana inside of a correctional facility
The North Mississippi Narcotics and Monroe County Sheriff’s Office arrested Mary Lou Smith, 49, of Aberdeen and Sarah L. Rinehart, 43, of Smithville late Thursday, May 16, according to a press release from the MCSO. Both subjects are charged with possession of a controlled substance in a correctional facility. Narcotic agents and deputies recovered approximately [...]
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. [...]
Crime Stoppers representative addresses Aberdeen aldermen
ABERDEEN – During citizen input of Tuesday’s board of aldermen meeting, Golden Triangle Crime Stoppers representative Billy Pickens, of the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Department informed the board about the anonymous tip line. Monroe County is one of six counties in the Golden Triangle Crime Stoppers’ service area and Mayor Cecil Belle welcomed the idea of [...]
Amory School Board Special-Called Meeting
The Amory School District Board of Trustees will hold a Special-Called meeting on Monday, May 20, 2013, at 6:15 p.m. in the Office of the Superintendent for the purpose of a personnel discussion.
Monroe County Sheriff’s Office launches Cyber Crimes Unit
As smart minds engineer ways to speed the information age right on along, criminal minds find new ways to manipulate technology to their advantage. Cyberstalking and Craigslist scams are terms once unheard of, but are now just more cases for law enforcement to investigate. To adapt with the changing technology, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office [...]
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 [...]
