Monroe County Spanish teacher shares cooking tips and recipes AMORY - Margie Tucker, Spanish teacher at Monroe County Advanced Learning Center, shared recipes and cooking tips to Arts Across the A...
Students learn Democracy
AMORY – Amory High School students are learning about democracy first hand. Students in Masha Laney’s and David Millender’s history classes conducted a mock election this week that coincides wit...
Bekos named Volunteers of the Year
AMORY – Gracie and Mike Beko won first place for Adult Volunteers of the Year for 2008 from the Mississippi Health Care Association. The Bekos visit weekly at the Golden Living Center N...
Aberdeen native works with labs in Africa
By Barbara Harrington Senior Writer David McAlister wanted to “test the waters” before committing to life overseas. As a health scientist with the CDC , McAlister works in Rwanda with the Global ...
Local mother works to defeat autism
AMORY – Cheryl Bailey of Amory has been battling autism since her son, John, was two-and-a-half years old. He is now 16 years old. For the first 18 months of his life, John developed nor...
Local business awards technology students
AMORY – Concepts in Production ( CIP ) of Amory, a leader in CAD technology, has worked primarily with business, but made a commitment a few years ago to help bring technology to educati...
Rodney Pennington feeds one of a den of four foxes that live near his home at River Birch Golf Club. The foxes appear around November and leave at the end of August.
Pet of the Week
Linus, a yellow/white male mixed breed is only 3 months old and ready to be someone’s pride and joy. He is ready to play and learn. Sweet and attentive, this dog would make a great pet and...
GELI preschool program shows impressive results in first year
AMORY — Preschoolers in Monroe County have an advantage that not many other children across the country have. GELI , the Gilmore Early Learning Initiative, has for one year now through its Hor...
AMORY — Students drop out of school for a variety of reasons. Later, most realize the error of their ways and try to improve their educational level by getting a GED certificate. Passing the GED...
Although the cliché phrase may state "you are what you eat," it also may be true "you are how you sleep." With obesity running rampant in the country, recent studies have found a direct correlati...
Cooking wasn't a "natural" for Kate Gifford. She eased into the kitchen by degrees. "Sixteen years ago my husband, Paul, would have choked on his dinner if you told him that his wife would one d...
ABERDEEN - Cooking is not something Bernice Thompson grew up doing, but she did grow to enjoy it. “When I got married I didn’t know how to cook good,” she said. “My mom let us watch, but never tau...
ABERDEEN – Although soaring fuel costs have kept many from traveling this summer season, Blue Bluff Campground and Recreation Area is not feeling as much of the economic crunch as other tourist des...