Amory News

YAHOO! Oct. 3, 2008 Friday, October 3, 2008 25 years ago: 1983 Memphian Larry W. McCulley, a camera around his neck, watched with a special interest as a time capsule was dedicated at the Porter-Leath ...

BY MICHAELA GIBSON MORRIS Daily Journal Even the above-average Northeast Mississippi school districts will be buckling down this year.

Back in the day, students - and their teachers - snacked on chips and soda. But that was old school.

Vicksburg native and former Sen. Grey Ferris will be honored posthumously by the Mississippi Association of Partners in Education for his lifelong contributions to public education.

BY JEFF CLARK Monroe Journal ABERDEEN - After losing their home to Hurricane Katrina, Sam and Anita Rosado decided it was finally time to leave the Mississippi Gulf Coast and head north - north to their new ...

BY GINNY MILLER Daily Journal AMORY - For its innovative nutrition and fitness programs, Amory Middle School has been named one of the Top 10 healthiest public schools in America.

BY MICHAELA GIBSON MORRIS Daily Journal TUPELO - Plastic surgeon Dr. Janis Burns Tutor was all smiles Wednesday as she made sad farewells to kids she has helped as part of the cleft palate team at Regional ...

As proprietor of Heavenly Food, her own soul food restaurant specializing in steaks, ribs, fish, chicken, and pasta, she is responsible for overseeing daily operations, which include the preparation of daily ...

A wood pellet company paid Pike County $10,000 this week for an option to buy 10 acres in the Metro-Pike Industrial Park, officials said Thursday.

Last week's release of results from Mississippi's strengthened statewide grade-and-subject-specific school tests, administered during the spring semester, and it more clearly defines what we must achieve to ...

Last week's release of results from Mississippi's strengthened statewide grade-and-subject-specific school tests, administered during the spring semester, and it more clearly defines what we must achieve to ...

A Monroe County man died Wednesday after receiving burns during a Monday fire in Amory.

A Monroe County man died Wednesday after receiving burns during a Monday fire in Amory.

Monday's open house for the newly renovated Webster County Public Library was a great success, according to Librarian Dot McCorkle Approximately 185 people came to see the renovations, which were funded through ...

ELLISVILLE - Several future Jones County Junior College Bobcats will be participating in Mississippi Association of Coaches All-Star contests this week.

Anti-smoking forces are claiming victory with the City Council's vote Tuesday to expand the city's 2003 ordinance, which prohibits smoking in most public places, to restaurants.

Clinton residents on Tuesday can give their thoughts on a proposed city ordinance that would prohibit anyone from lighting up at a restaurant, bar or other public venue.

JACKSON - A new state law allows the northeast Mississippi city of Amory to issue $5 million in bonds to help a company develop a steel rebar minimill.

By Bobby Harrison Daily Journal Jackson Bureau JACKSON - The city of Amory can issue up to $5 million in bonds to allow a private company to make its own infrastructure improvements in an area it plans to ...

Two years of partisan bickering is more than enough regarding Medicaid funding. Mississippi taxpayers have underwritten the costs of a 2008 special session to contain a political drama that's been playing for ...