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Amory to change animal ordinance
Seventeen residences in primarily two of Amory’s wards have pit bulldogs on the premises.
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Tenn-Tom closes some campgrounds temporarily
Blue Bluff Campground in Aberdeen will remain closed until April 15.
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Wrecker policy still being revised
A new policy for wrecker service in the city is still being revised before possible final approval on March 16.
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Free smoke detectors being offered
The Amory Fire Department is giving away free home smoke detectors to the needy and/or elderly.
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Former Amory woman part of Haiti relief effort
Seeks donations for antibiotics, medical supplies.
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Voter ID gets place on Miss. ballot in Nov. 2011
Petitioners gathered more than enough signatures to put a voter ID initiative on Mississippi’s November 2011 ballot.
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At-risk students harness their inner-champions
Graduation season may be a couple of months away, but a group of Aberdeen High School students were entitled to bragging rights after completing several weeks of the Champions Within program.
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UPDATE: Howell unofficial winner of Aberdeen School Board election
Unofficial winner in Aberdeen School Board election: Patricia Reese Howell
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The Aberdeen Budget: We're broke, son!
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The City of Aberdeen will unveil its fiscal year 2010 budget to the public next week (Tuesday, September 8). What does this budget mean for Aberdeen and its citizens? This is probably the most imp...
The id of ID: Why the call for voter ID goes against the instinct to vote fraudulently
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Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann made some interesting points regarding voter fraud in Mississippi and his office's push for voter ID during his visit to North Monroe County recently. Hosema...
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AP - New York City has agreed to pay up to $657 million to settle more than 10,000 lawsuits filed by ground zero rescue and response workers who say they were sickened by World Trade Center dust.
Thu Mar 11 19:18:30 -0600 2010

This 2002 photo provided by Roman Castro shows Sharif Mobley, 26, at a barbecue in   Buena, N.J. The FBI confirmed Thursday, March 11, 2010 that the agency is looking into the case of 26-year-old son, Sharif Mobley, who grew up in Buena and is an alleged al-Qaida member raised in New Jersey who is accused of trying to shoot his way out of a hospital in Yemen. (AP Photo/Roman Castro) NO SALESAP - He was raised in New Jersey, where he was on the high school wrestling team and earned a black belt in karate. Nearly a decade later, Sharif Mobley is under arrest in Yemen, suspected of being an al-Qaida member and accused of killing a guard in an attempt to break out of a hospital.


Thu Mar 11 17:46:17 -0600 2010

This April 6, 2004 photo released Wednesday, March 10, 2010, by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shows murder suspect John Albert Gardner III with a prison identification card. Gardner has pleaded not guilty to murdering Chelsea King in San Diego County and to the attempted rape of another woman. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 ordered California corrections officials to keep sex offenders' parole records indefinitely after he learned the files of a man now charged with killing a 17-year-old girl had been destroyed. (AP Photo/California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation)  EDS NOTE: IMAGE PROVIDED BY POLICE SHOWS WHITE AREA IN BOTTOM RIGHT CORNERAP - A convicted sex offender charged with murdering one California teenager and under investigation for another killing violated his parole by moving too close to a school but was allowed to remain free, according to records obtained Thursday by The Associated Press.


Thu Mar 11 19:20:28 -0600 2010

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 9, 2010 file photo, driver James Sikes talks about his experiences in his Toyota Prius during a news conference held at Toyota of El Cajon in El Cajon, Calif. A law firm for the driver who says his Toyota Prius sped out of control in California doesn't plan to sue the Japanese automaker. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)AP - A Toyota executive said Thursday the company is "mystified" by a report that a California man's Prius gas pedal became stuck and caused the car to speed out of control on a California freeway.


Thu Mar 11 19:05:59 -0600 2010