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Tishomingo County 3 arrested for softball complex break-in

Prentiss County Supervisors approve tax exemptions

McNairy County District attorney has new leadership role

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Tuesday July 5,

2016

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Daily Corinthian Vol. 120, No. 161

Mostly cloudy Today

Tonight

90

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50% chance of rain

• Corinth, Mississippi • 14 pages • One section

District cracks down on transfers BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

The Alcorn School District is currently losing around $1 million a year in state funds from students who live in the county but attend Corinth city schools.

The student number is 259, given to Alcorn School District Superintendent Larry B. Mitchell by Corinth School District office staff. “I would say not more than 10 percent of those student trans-

fers to the city were for legit reasons,” said Mitchell. “The other transfers were for convenience.” Some of the 259 students are

“I would say not more than 10 percent of those student transfers to the city were for legit reasons. The other transfers were for convenience.” Larry B. Mitchell Alcorn School District Superintendent

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Festival goers enjoy relaxed holiday BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

JACINTO — Eating homemade hot tamales at the annual Jacinto Fourth of July Festival is a long-standing tradition for one Crossroads area family. “We’ve been coming to this festival on Independence Day for more than 20 years,” said Martha Bray, who lives just a few miles from the historic Jacinto courthouse. Bray and her brother, Elbert Spoon, enjoyed a relaxed non-political year at the Alcorn County event on Monday. “We like it much better on the off years,” said Burnsville resident Spoon. “It’s less crowed and more laid back. When it’s election year, there’s a crazy amount of people here.” State Sen. Rita Potts Parks agreed with the siblings. “I’m definitely not as stressed as I normally am,” she said, while finishing a hand dipped foot-long corn dog from Tab and JoAnne Walker’s concession stand. “There’s nothing like this place. I really enjoy coming on non-election years. It’s home and I really get to take it all in on years like this.” Parks was among a short list of political speakers on hand for the event. “I had a easy speech this year – mainly I wanted to thank the veterans for serving our coun-

BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

A change in state law that took effect Friday is designed to help keep telemarketers from calling or texting cellular phone numbers. The law expands the state’s No Call List program to include cell phones. Prior to July 1, only land lines could be added to the list. Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley described it as an important step in protecting privacy. “Because many Mississippians use their cell phones as their only communication device, I am proud that we are now able to extend this program to protect them,” he

mater how many times we come to this festival and no mater how many times I walk through this building, it’s always special and something I look forward to.” With arts and crafts vendors, inflatables for the kids, great food vendor options – including the popular handmade ice

A Corinth man was treated for his injuries and released from the hospital following a shooting on Crater Street Sunday night. About 25 to 30 rounds were fired on Crater Street around midnight, and police were initially concerned that there were potentially multiple victims. Steven Flax was the only person shot, however, and he was released a couple of hours later after being treated at Magnolia Regional Health Center, said Police Chief Ralph Dance. Flax was struck in the side, receiving what Dance described as “a flesh wound, kind of in and out, maybe grazed a rib.” Flax ran from the scene and ended up inside McDonald’s on Cass Street. He was taken from the restaurant to the hospital. “Officers arrived on scene and found a lot of shell casings,” said Dance. “Nobody saw anything. Nobody heard anything. All he can tell us is it was two subjects wearing masks.” Flax told police the two men

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Staff photo by Zack Steen

Jack Kennedy enjoys a relaxed ride around the historic courthouse grounds on Monday at the annual Jacinto Fourth of July Festival. try and our active military for all they do,” Parks added. Other speakers on the day’s schedule included U.S. Rep. Trent Kelly, state Rep. Nick Bain, state Rep. Lester “Bubba” Carpenter and state Rep. Tracy Arnold. Seeking the office of election commission this year, Sandy Coleman Mitchell and Kim Ratliff were among those who

also took to the stage. It was a rather cool year compared to previous years – around 90 degrees and even though sweat poured off some people, others found an even cooler spot inside the courthouse built in 1854. “There’s a lot of history here,” said Tim Prewitt, who traveled to Jacinto from Guntown with his wife Cindy. “No

State’s No Call List now includes cell phones BY JEBB JOHNSTON

Dozens of shots fired, 1 injured

People of the Crossroads Lisa Lambert, Corinth Staff photo by Zack Steen

said. About half of American homes have only cellular phones. The No Call List program began in 2003, prohibiting sellers of goods and services from calling the included numbers. It is administered by the PSC. “After 8 years of advocating for cell phone numbers to be included on the No Call list, to say I have been looking forward to this day would be an understatement,” said Presley. It takes 60 days for a number to be added to the list. Residents can sign up by call-

For Lisa Lambert, life got even more interesting four months ago when her bouncing baby boy, Henry Joe, was born. Although her third child, she hasn’t had a baby in her life in almost 22 years. “We are blessed beyond words,” she said, while holding the infant. “After Brad and I got married four years ago, we decided to try to have a baby and here we are with a happy and healthy baby boy.” The office manager at McPeters Funeral Directors, Lambert is a photography buff whose work can often be seen on display inside the Corinth Library. Henry’s mom and dad also share a love of motorcycles. “We’re already grooming him (Henry) to be a motorcycle rider,” said Lambert. “We actually just got him his first, very own little motorcycle.”

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Rosamond Tyler begins work as the new administrator of McNairy County General Hospital.

Corinth Municipal Judge John Ross is appointed to the board of directors of the Corinth Area Convention and Visitors Bureau by the county board of supervisors.

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