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Corinth weighs Internet sports video streaming BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Watching Corinth High School ball games might soon be as simple as surfing to a website on a smart phone or tablet computer. The Corinth School District has a proposal in hand for In-
ternet video streaming of sports coverage with play-by-play commentary and potentially other school events, as well. “Everybody is beginning to move in this direction because it gives your programs, your school and your students so much more exposure,” said
Superintendent Lee Childress. “Once you broadcast a football game, that football game is archived and anybody can go back and look at that football game or they can purchase a DVD of it.” He said the coaches are interested in pursuing the Internet
broadcast of games. The first-year cost would be $7,695, including equipment and training, with each year thereafter costing $5,500. The district has two options for launching online broadcasts with live and on-demand sports programming — the Wifi Sports
Miles raises over $2,000 for ‘Walk for Life’ Event donations benefit Oasis Medical Center
Network and the Mississippi High School Activities Association Network. Students would have the opportunity to get involved in producing the broadcasts. Production equipment and training is Please see STREAMING | 2A
Police search for clues after fatal accident BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
BY JEFF YORK For the Daily Corinthian
The drive and determination of one young girl is a shining example to others of how to help others even when it is not easy Corinth’s “Walk for Life” will be held today at the Crossroads Regional Park. Registration will be held at 9:30 a.m. and the two-mile walk will start at 10 a.m. Proceeds will benefit the Oasis Medical Center, formerly known as the Resource Center for Women. A walker can register Saturday morning and sponsor themselves. All pledges will be collected by the center after the walk through the mail. There is no entry fee for the walkers and all ages can be in the walk. Martha Jobe, executive director of the Oasis Medical Center, said the walk brought in $32,000 last year and is their second largest fundraiser of the year. Marlie Miles, a 5th grade home school student and an active member of Oakland Baptist’s AWANA, is an amazing young lady who participates in the walk despite having cerebral palsy. The 11-year-old has already raised over $2,000 in pledges for this year’s walk. Marlie was the top team walker last year with the pledges she brought in for the Oasis Medical Center. “Marlie enjoys doing things for other people,” said her mother, Donna Miles. “She participates in the walk even though she is slower than some of the other children.” Mrs. Miles said Marlie was not breathing when she was born and doctors did not offer much hope for her having a good life at the time. She described Marlie’s CP as mild with her speech and motor skills affected by the disease. “A lot of people may not understand her drive, but she wants to do what everyone else does at her age,” said Donna. “She may not be perfect in the eyes of the world, but she is beautiful in God’s eyes. He places value on all lives whether they are planned or unplanned.” Marlie Miles, a 5th grade home school student and an active member of Oakland Baptist Church’s AWANA, has already raised over $2,000 in pledges for today’s “Walk for Life” to benPlease see FUNDRAISER | 3A efit the Oasis Medical Center.
HATCHIE — Investigators with the Alcorn County Sheriff’s Department are still searching for the cause of a fatal one-car accident near the Tippah County line. Danna Pettigrew Crum, 31, of Walnut, was killed when her 1999 Ford Taurus left the road and overturned on County Road 655 Crum around 2:53 p.m. Crum suffered fatal head trauma and was pronounced dead at the scene by county coroner Jay Jones. “Apparently she lost control, leaving the right side of the road and crossing over before the car came to rest on its top,” said officer David Derrick with the Alcorn County Sheriff’s Department. “Right now we are trying to determine what happened. With no witnesses, things are kind of sketchy.” Crum was traveling north on CR 655 — about a half-mile off Please see FATALITY | 3A
Narcotics Unit makes 2 arrests Staff reports
The Alcorn Narcotics Unit reported three arrests on drug charges. The arrestees are Polly S. Lawton, 40, of County Road 523, Rienzi; Crystal L. Hammond, 35, of County Road 520, Corinth; and Brian Allen Williams, 34, of County Road 520, Corinth. On Wednesday, the narcotics unit went to 123 County Road 523 and gained consent to search from the occupant, Polly Lawton. Officers found several bags of methamphetamine, cash, scales, baggies, needles and other drug paraphernalia, according to Narcotics Officer Darrell Hopkins. Officers then went to 511 County Road 520 #17 and conducted a search, leading to methamphetamine and marijuana. Hammond and Williams were arrested there.
Coach Price continues to share his faith after wife’s death BY JEFF YORK For the Daily Corinthian
An encouraging message of faith and hope remains the focus of Ron Price’s testimony. He is going to Crossroads area churches to talk about his late wife Amanda and how she
lived her life in a positive way. Price, New Albany High School’s football coach, will give his testimony at Chewalla Baptist Church at 10:45 a.m. on Sunday. He will share about his late wife Amanda and how God has used him since the accident
to share his message of faith. The church is located in rural southern McNairy County near the Mississippi stateline on Wenasoga Road 12 miles north of Corinth. Amanda died Dec. 5 when an intruder broke into their home
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mous football coaches Nick Saban and Lou Holtz talked about how important their wives are to them. “I have been going to clinics for many years and I had never Please see COACH | 2A
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and shot her. The intruder shot Ron Price in the shoulder, but the coach was able to call 911 for help and the masked man left their home. Coach Price recently went to a coaches’ clinic at the University of Alabama and listened as fa-
Federal mortar boats commence a bombardment of Fort Pillow, Tenn., the last major Confederate fortification on the Mississippi River north of Memphis.
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