Amory News

He and others in the southwest part of Itawamba County known as Peaceful Valley were getting water from individual wells.

The Amory Police Department responded to a call concerning shots fired at a resident on I Avenue and 108th Street just after 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 17, according to a statement from the department.

Monroe County artist Ruth Romanowski remembers she was 5 or 6 years old when she realized she wanted to paint.

Nearly a half dozen rural Northeast Mississippi post offices that had been on the chopping block will be saved - at least for now - in favor of a plan to reduce office hours instead.

Good for Hob Bryan. Rather than let a politically popular bill onto the Senate floor sure to be ruled unconstitutional, the Amory senator refused to let the bill out of the committee he chairs.

Children at French's Child Learning and Development Center in Amory learn using a model by the Gilmore Early Learning Initiative.

The head of Mississippi University for Women's police force is no longer employed with the department, university officials confirmed Friday.

Rather than let a politically popular bill onto the Senate floor sure to be ruled unconstitutional, the Amory senator refused to let the bill out of the committee he chairs.

The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports the school board voted 5-0 Wednesday to approve the appointment.

Two suspects arrested on drug charges appeared before Justice Court Judge William K. Crook for a bond hearing at the Monroe County Justice Court in Amory today, May 2, 2012.

Rather than let a politically popular bill onto the Senate floor sure to be ruled unconstitutional, the Amory senator refused to let the bill out of the committee he chairs.

JACKSON, Miss. -- Mississippi legislators have advanced a bill that could allow up to a 1 percent sales tax in metro Jackson to help fund improvements to the water and sewer system used by the capital city and some suburbs.

Three individuals are in violation of their parole in Monroe County and are wanted by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, according to a statement from Spokesman Tim Oswalt.

In this Feb. 13, 2012 photo, children at French's Child Learning and Development Center in Amory, Miss., learn by using the same kinds of toys and books, provided by the Gilmore Early Learning Initiative and their classrooms are organized in the same manner as those at West Amory Elementary School.