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Daily Corinthian Vol. 121, No. 242

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• Corinth, Mississippi • 18 pages • One section

Traylor, Bostic testify in murder case BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

Co-defendant Brooklyn Traylor disputed his signed statement identifying Micah Allan Bostic as his accomplice in the Mapco Express shooting Monday morning, saying he does not know who was with him because he was high on drugs. Testifying as a witness for the state in Alcorn County Circuit Court, Traylor said he signed the written statement without reading it on June 30, 2017, when he pleaded guilty to capital murder in the shooting death of store clerk Kris Ledlow

on Feb. 1, 2016. Both sides rested their cases on Monday, and the case is expected to go to the jury this morning following closing arguments. Bostic, standing trial for capital murder, also took the stand in his own defense, describing a trip to Tunica the night before the shooting. Traylor, 18, said he cannot identify the accomplice who acted as lookout during the attempted robbery because “I was under the influence — heavily under the influence,” he said. Traylor said he continued to be under the influence when he

was interviewed by detectives with the Corinth police department because of the effects of drugs he had taken. Although the written statement contains the name of co-defendant Micah Bostic, Traylor said he never used that name and that those taking the statement edited his words. He said he does not have good comprehension skills and at times was just going along with what people were telling him to do. Investigator Chuck Bunn III of the district attorney’s office later testified that the statement was not altered.

Traylor also denied being a friend of Bostic. He said he had only seen him a couple of times, and “he’s not the type guy I associate with.” Bostic later testified that Traylor does know him. Traylor said “there’s plenty of people” named “Drop,” which has repeatedly surfaced during the trial as Bostic’s street name. The signed statement says Traylor asked Bostic to come with him to collect some money and that he believes Bostic knew what his intentions were as the two headed to the gas station on Highway 72 East. It says

when they arrived in the area of the Mapco, Traylor said he was going in to collect some money, and Bostic said he was coming in to look out for him. With Traylor on the stand, Assistant District Attorney David Daniels played the videotaped interview of Traylor with Corinth detectives. In the video, Traylor uses the name “Drop” for the accomplice and mentions that Drop had just got out of prison after serving eight years. Bostic has said he robbed a taxi driver with another Please see TRIAL | 2

Church wants to lease school gym BY L.A. STORY lastory@dailycorinthian.com

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Dubbed the “new queen of bluegrass” by the Wall Street Journal, bluegrass singer/musician Rhonda Vincent is scheduled to appear in Corinth on Friday at the Corinth Coliseum Civic Center.

Rhonda Vincent gears up for an unpredictable show BY L.A. STORY lastory@dailycorinthian.com

A fun, unpredictable show filled with “exciting, hard-driving bluegrass” is what people will get Friday night. Rhonda Vincent and her band, The Rage, are scheduled

to appear at the Corinth Coliseum Civic Center, located at 404 Taylor Street, beginning at 7 p.m., on Friday. “I travel with these world class musicians and we don’t repeat our show. We will change up the songs and we don’t do

everything in the same order. It’s always something different. It’s not a set, rehearsed show and we try to make it fun,” said Rhonda Vincent regarding the upcoming show. Please see VINCENT | 2

GLEN — The Board of Aldermen for the Town of Glen recently heard a proposal for use of the closed Glendale Elementary School gymnasium. Made by Terry Smith, Associate Minister of Strickland Church of Christ, the proposal was for the lease of the Glen school gymnasium. Smith said the school had been “very dear to him” and felt the school property should “provide some service of some kind to the community instead of deteriorating like it would over a period of time if it were closed up.” Smith worried that the closed school would begin to fall into disrepair or be vandalized. He stressed that his proposal was for the gymnasium and should not affect any of the plans for the school building itself. The proposal was that the Town of Glen to lease the school gymnasium to the Strickland Church of Christ for $1.00 a year for the next 10 years. The church would assume responsibility for all upkeep and utilities for the gymnasium during that pe-

“I see a lot of things we could use the gymnasium for and I also see a lot of things where we could provide some activities for the community that could be beneficial such as a youth basketball league.” Terry Smith Associate Minister riod of time. At the end of the leasing period, the Town of Glen and Strickland Church of Christ would renegotiate the lease to determine if it is the wish of both parties to continue the lease for another period of time. Smith pointed out that the lease can be negotiated if the board wanted to try a shorter leasing period. He added that the church’s liability would be able to cover the activities at the gym, but the town would still Please see GYM | 2

Volunteers are needed for Operation Christmas Child BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

Volunteers are needed as Farmington Baptist Church kicks off their Operation Christmas Child campaign. The church is an official drop-off point for the Samaritan’s Purse collection week set for Nov. 13-20. A favorite holiday charity for local families, churches

and schools, the annual project collects millions of donated shoeboxes filled useful and thoughtful items and sends them to needy children around the world. Church Secretary Karen Howell said volunteers are needed for collection week at the church. “We will need greeters, people to pack shoeboxes

into cartons and those who will help load our truck,” she said. John Mask is the church’s new volunteer team leader whose job is to recruit and schedule volunteers. Anyone can donate shoeboxes—filled with school supplies, hygiene items, Please see VOLUNTEERS | 2

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