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No indictment in daycare investigation BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
A recent session of the Alcorn County Grand Jury yielded no indictment of an individual stemming from the investiga-
tion of the Circle Y Child Care and Learning Center. “Unless some new evidence comes forward, we would not present the case again,” said District Attorney John Weddle.
The Mississippi State Department of Health suspended the center’s license in March, citing health and safety concerns. It reopened two weeks later after the department did not find enough
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evidence to hold a hearing. The center on Wheeler Grove Road is housed in the same building as the Genesis Christian Academy private school. It reopened with the restriction
that operators must keep children enrolled in the day care on that side of the facility. The sheriff’s department had received complaints of alleged sexual and physical abuse.
Beer sales approved, vice mayor resigns BY STEVE BEAVERS For the Daily Corinthian
RAMER — The sale of beer is a step closer to returning to Ramer. The controversial vote caused the vice mayor to resign after the Ramer City Commission passed an ordinance authorizing beer sales
in the city during its Monday meeting. The vote to bring back beer passed by a 3-0 vote. Commissioner Danny Ayers made the motion to sale beer under Ordinance 19 of the city. The motion was seconded by comPlease see RAMER | 10A
Favorites returning for Green Market BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com Staff photo by Bobby J. Smith
Hotty Totty BBQ Crew’s Keith Maness, of Booneville, and Ronald Burns, of Marietta, prepare for the cook-off with Hog Wild organizer Tammy Bonds.
Hog Wild brings food and fun BY BOBBY J. SMITH bsmith@dailycorinthian.com
Downtown Corinth is going wild for the hog this weekend. Professional and amateur barbecue chefs flocked to the Hog Wild Festival area all day Thursday, while teams of workers finished setting up the entertainment area. “So far we have 30 pro teams and seven backyard teams,” said event organizer Tammy
Bond. “And we still have room for a few more — so, come on!” In Friday night’s segment of the Kansas City Barbecue Society sanctioned contests, cooks will face off in the Anything But Pork and Dessert categories. In past years, the Anything category has seen a creative range of dishes entered in competition, including bear, fish and fillet mignon. “They go all out in that one,”
Scouts join firefighters to distribute detectors BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Firefighters and Boy Scouts will team to deliver a potential lifesaver to residents throughout the county beginning on Saturday. A grant-funded distribution of 500 smoke alarms to elderly residents and other eligible households begins this weekend and will continue for several weeks. “We are teaming with a couple of Boy Scout troops that are working on Eagle Scout projects,” said Ricky Gibens, emergency services coordinator. “At each house, we will do a fire inspection and install the smoke detectors.”
said Bond. “And, with what they do to desserts, Martha Stewart has to hang her head.” Friday’s competitions will also feature a panel of celebrity judges, including cooks from Corinth restaurants Vicari (John Mabry), Cafe Mike (Mike Gware) and Soul-Tastic (Miss MaeMae Nance and Erica McGee), as well as local legislators Please see FESTIVAL | 10A
For 66-year-old Dottie Smith, there’s no greater joy than spending the day at Green Market. She’ll return Saturday to the Corinth Depot to sell her wares handcrafted from silverware and flatware. From fork bracelets to knife necklaces, the selection of the unique accessories are always different, but the crafter’s process isn’t easy. “I spend a lot of time making these – I bend them into different shapes with different tools, drill holes, cut some and grind and smooth pretty much every piece,” said the Farmington native. “It’s something
I absolutely love doing.” Her customers love the flatware jewelry as well. Smith has been selling her craft at Please see MARKET | 2A
People of the Crossroads Natache Floyd, North Prentiss County Staff photo by Bobby J. Smith
They will target clients served by the Bishop Center and the Jacinto Senior Center, but interested citizens may also request a smoke detector. The alarms are available only to homeowners — rental property is not eligible. In addition to older residents, the program targets households with children and individuals who are physically impaired. The distribution will include Corinth as well as county areas. When smoke detectors were last distributed three years ago, Gibens recalls that it was credited with saving the
For longtime hospice worker Natache Floyd, the best part of the job is getting to know her patients and their families. “I really enjoy seeing people who remember me serving them from years back, when they say, ‘I remember you taking care of my papaw,’” said Floyd. She is currently the R.N. director at Ripley’s Legacy Hospice, but Floyd spent more than a dozen years with Legacy Hospice (formerly Heritage Hospice) in Corinth. A graduate of New Site High School, Floyd grew up in Booneville and graduated from Northeast Mississippi Community College before going on to earn her bachelor’s from the Mississippi University for Women. She is actively involved with lots of youth activities at Booneville Church of Christ. Married to Scott Floyd, she has two daughters, Macey and MaKaylee, and one son, Koley.
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Plans are announced for an event at the Corinth Coliseum-Civic Center featuring rising Nashville stars Marty Stuart and David Daniel.
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