SMITHVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – Tornado recovery can be a long process. Just ask the people of Smithville.

Among the buildings destroyed in an EF-5 tornado 11 years ago was the town’s grocery store.

Since then, residents have had to drive to Fulton, Amory, or other surrounding towns to get groceries and other necessities.

That’s about to change.

Aberdeen-based Freshly’s Market broke ground on Tuesday, September 30, on what will be its next location in Smithville.

Mayor Phil Goodwin said it’s a project he’s been working on since he was an Alderman, but Smithville’s size and population made it difficult to find a company willing to invest in building in the town.

That is, until he talked to Katina Holliday at Freshly’s.

“We had a few not local, local, but some we tried to get, but the firs

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