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Vol. 120, No. 121
• Corinth, Mississippi • 16 pages • One section
Tourism tax collections top $120,000 BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Tourism tax proceeds Corinth topped $120,000 the first time as the special continues to show growth. Both the city’s sales tax version and the tourism
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posted gains in deposits made this week. The funds received reflect sales activity in local establishments during the month of March. The 2 percent tourism tax on food and lodging generated $120,081.56 for the month, an
increase of 4.7 percent, or about $5,400, from a year earlier. The previous high mark, set last July and reflecting sales made in May 2015, was just under $118,000. Crossroads Arena General Manager Tammy Genovese
points to the venue’s busy March calendar with events every weekend, including car races, monster trucks and a rodeo, as evidence of a high-visitation month in the city. “We had around 15,000 people in the arena for the month
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of March,” she said. For the fiscal year, the tourism tax has brought in $875,050.92, increasing about $59,000, or 7.2 percent, from the prior year. Please see TAX | 2
Man indicted in sexual battery case count of computer luring and three counts of exploitation An Alcorn County grand of a child, according to court jury returned indictments in- records. cluding charges of fondling, The indictment dealing sexual battery and with sexual battery others against a Tishoaccuses him of sexual mingo County man. penetration of a child Michael Shane Casunder the age of 16 beabella, 37, of County tween July 2010 and Road 282, Iuka, was June 2012. served with the indictThe indictment acments and arrested cusing him of fondling last week. He posted a states he touched a total of $40,000 bond child under the age on Thursday and was Casabella of 16 at the Corinth released. Sportsplex and at her The indictments include home. It also accuses him of three counts of fondling, two counts of sexual battery, one Please see INDICT | 3 BY JEBB JOHNSTON
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McNairy hospital ceases operation
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Corinth High School seniors Kaleb Nelms, DJ Russell and Connor Horner are members of the Redneck Yacht Club in the Class of 2016’s “Once Upon a Time” edition of Follies. The show is set for tonight, Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m.
Corinth High School seniors present Follies BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com
The last hurrah for Corinth High School’s Class of 2016 begins tonight. More than 100 seniors will participate in the CHS Follies’ “Once Upon a Time” variety show at the school’s auditorium at 7 p.m. tonight, Friday and Saturday. General admission tickets are
$7 and can be purchased at the door prior to each performance. Running on only a few hours of sleep, Director Taylor Coombs said this year’s show will be one of the best. “This class of kids are really enjoying Follies,” she said. “There’s singing, dancing and comedy -- a little something for everyone to enjoy.” The 2016 class is the last
Student recognition now part of meetings BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com
Student recognition will now be a part of future Alcorn County school board meetings. The changes began earlier this month when three students were honored. The proposed recognition program came from P16/Parent Advisory Council chairperson Jodi Fiveash. “One of the many goals of the P16 is to improve the achievements and recognition of our students,” Fiveash told board members. “One way of doing this is to allow teach-
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group to attend the now dormant East, West and South Corinth elementary schools. “The entire show is built around the kids taking a walk down memory lane showcasing their time spent at each school,” added Coombs. “In addition, there are several really great skits poking fun at some of the
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SELMER, Tenn. — The doors closed for the final time Wednesday for Tennova Healthcare, leaving over 100 people without jobs and McNairy County without a hospital. Tennova officially closed the healthcare facility at midnight Wednesday. The company had announced they
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would close the hospital in March and lay off their 129 employees. McNairy County Mayor Ronnie Brooks has been working to alleviate the healthcare problem for the county. The mayor sounds encouraged that McNairy County will not be without local healthcare for a long time. Please see HOSPITAL | 6
Kossuth graduation
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Summer Corder was the lone Kossuth High School senior who decorated their graduation cap prior to the 2015 commencement. More than half of the Class of 2016 added embellishments to their celebratory head grear on Tuesday night at the Crossroads Arena. Katie O’Bannon was one of the 109 graduates who did just that by adding daisies to her cap. For more photos, see Sunday’s Daily Corinthian.
ers to nominate students for special recognition at future board meetings.” Prior to the unanimous vote by board members to make the student recognition a permanent part of future board meetings, three students were recognized. Rienzi Elementary School teacher Hannah Jones honored fifth grader Justin Moss. “Justin is reading on a 10th grade level,” said Jones. “He has also received more accelerated reader points than any other student this year.” Please see RECOGNITION | 6
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M.B. “Moby” Brawner is recognized for 30 years of public service. The Wheeler Grove resident served as a justice of the peace for 16 years and an election commissioner for 14 years.
Kossuth High School’s Julia Platt wins the state championship for Class 3A in the discuss throw at the annual state track meet.
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