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Basketball player charged in break-in BY ANGELA STOREY astorey@dailycorinthian.com

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Amy Craven, executive director, Commission of the Future of Alcorn County (from left); Alcorn County engineer Johnny Crotts; Alcorn County Supervisor James Voyles and Alcorn County Supervisor Jimmy Tate Waldron chat before the start of Wednesday’s meeting.

Elected officials open strong dialogue during special board meeting BY L.A. STORY lastory@dailycorinthian.com

Communication is the first step to long term planning and a brighter future for Alcorn County. Opening a strong dialogue was the cornerstone of a special meeting of the Alcorn County Board of Supervisors and other county elected officials on Wednesday. The meeting was held in the board room at the Alcorn County School District Superintendent’s Office and was facilitated by Joe Fratesi, community development director, Stennis Institute of Government and Community Development at Mississippi State University. Opening the meeting was John D. Mercier, Long Term Planning, Commission of the Future of Alcorn County, who said that Wednesday’s gather-

ing was intended to be a preliminary meeting to a full planning session which would be fully facilitated, but directed by the elected officials. He noted that planning sessions had been done several years before with both the city and county, and again more recently by the City of Corinth, which has led to their working with Orion Planning + Design. “With the success of that, the commission decided that it would be appropriate to offer the county again the opportunity to get together and have a long-range planning session since it’s been a long time since you’ve done one. This is an opportunity for you to get away from the streets and the bridges and think five or ten years down the road as a board. We got funding from CARE [Foundation] to pay for Joe Fratesi,”

said Mercier. Fratesi explained the meeting should have a longer-range focus, but before that could happen the board and elected officials would need to identify where they are as a community. He explained this would need to happen to come up with a strategy where they want to go in the future. As an example of the focus of the meeting, the facilitator had those present engage in an exercise called “Point the Finger.” The exercise clearly demonstrated the need for communication between team members. Opening the dialog, he pointed out the “7 Habits of Highly Successful Communities.” Among those habits were passionate leadership that is willing to collaborate; leaders who Please see MEETING | 2A

A basketball player at Northeast Community College is facing a charge of burglary and larceny of an automobile. Booneville Police Chief Michael Ramey said Darius Andre Williams, 20, of Lexington, Ky., who lives in a NEMCC dorm, was arrested on the felony charge Oct. 21. “Booneville Police were called to the NEMCC campus by the NEMCC Police on Oct. 21 in reference to a car burglary,” Ramey said. “Once city officers arrived they took Williams into custody for the burglary of a blue 2010 Nissan Altima that was in the parking lot of Yarber Hall.

“He was actually caught in the act of breaking in this car by some other students and the owner. It appears he had some personal belongings from inside that car in his hoodie jacket at the time the owner and other students confronted him,” Ramey said. “He has been charged with a felony crime and it will be presented to the next Prentiss County grand jury,” he said. Bond for Williams was set at $10,000. Williams, a sophomore guard for the Tiger basketball team, has been suspended indefinitely from the team and all basketball-related activities, said NEMCC Vice-President of Public Information Tony Finch.

Woman faces felony meth charges after routine traffic stop BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

A Corinth woman is facing meth charges following a traffic stop in Tishomingo County. Thirty-seven-year-old Amanda Hicks of Gains Road in Corinth has been charged with felony possession of a controlled substance, Hicks methamphetamine. Deputies stopped a vehicle driven by Hicks on Highway 72 in Burnsville on Oct. 28. The vehicle was stopped for switched tags. After deputies obtained a search warrant, they found meth in the vehicle. Hicks was arrested and transported to the Tishomingo County Jail. Bond was set at $3,000.

Hicks also has a hold placed on her by the Pontotoc Police Department. In another traffic stop by deputies in Tishomingo County, a Burnsville man was arrested and faces multiple charges. A vehicle was pulled over for reckless driving on Highway 356 on Oct. 26. Forty-year-old Bobby John Voyles was a passenger in the vehicle. After searching the vehicle, deputies located pills and methamphetamine. Voyles, a convicted felon, also had a pistol on his person. He was immediately placed under arrest. Voyles faces charges of felony possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine) with intent to sell and enhanced due to a firearm and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon. He remains in custody on a $35,000 bond.

Test drive event benefits Alcorn Central with donations BY MARK BOEHLER editor@dailycorinthian.com

Alcorn Central High School is looking for some drivers to take a test drive in a new Ford vehicle. It’s all part of the “Drive One 4UR School” program sponsored by Long Lewis Ford Lincoln of Corinth. For every test drive by a person 18 or older with a valid driver’s license and who completes a survey after driving a

new Ford, ACHS will get a $20 donation, said Jeremy Hartnell, Long Lewis Ford - Lincoln general manager. Excitement is high on the ACHS campus as the school recently got a top “A” rating by the Mississippi Department of Education. The test drive event is from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 4. Registration begins in the school gym. “We ask that everyone come

out and help support the Golden Bears to maximize this great opportunity,” added Hartnell. “We are excited to be a part of yet another ‘Drive4URSchool’ event and can’t wait to see everyone.” The test drive will be the center point of an exciting Golden Bear day, with performances by the award winning Alcorn Central Dancers, ACHS Golden Voices and those spirited ACHS Cheerleaders, said Mal-

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State chief defends pointing guns in traffic stop BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press

JACKSON — A Mississippi police chief is disputing parts of the account of an African-American man who says officers swarmed his family’s vehicle and pointed guns at him, his wife and four children after a neighbor mistook them for burglars. Gulfport Chief Leonard Papania posted a video Wednesday on Facebook responding to the allegations by Kelvin Fairley, whose sport utility vehicle was stopped by police Sunday night. Papania said officers drew their weapons because the SUV had tinted windows and they couldn’t see inside it. He said officers used “proper law

enforcement tactics” to have Fairley and the frontseat passenger — Fairley’s wife, Natasha Krikorian — step out of the SUV. Each was handcuffed and taken to a police car. The chief said officers put their guns away when they saw children were in the vehicle. “Perceiving no immediate threat, the officers holstered their handguns and instructed the four remaining family members to exit the vehicle,” Papania said. “None of the children were handcuffed. They were instructed to go to the police vehicles. His post includes several minutes of police camera video. Papania said officers’ discussions with family members revealed

Perceiving no immediate threat, the officers holstered their handguns and instructed the four remaining family members to exit the vehicle,” that Fairley lived in Gulfport until last year and he and his wife now live in California. They said they were retrieving items from Fairley’s Gulfport home Sunday and used flashlights inside the house because the electricity was off. A neighbor reported to police that it appeared a break-in was taking place. Officers removed the handcuffs from Fairley and Krikorian after about three minutes and the police supervisor at the scene

explained to Fairley why they had been pulled over, the chief said. “Fairley indicated his understanding of the chain of events,” Papania said. “The supervisor apologized to Fairley about the incident. They shook hands and Fairley and his wife departed the scene.” Fairley told local media that he thought officers had racially profiled him. Papania said the person who called to report a possible burglary could not

determine the race of the people involved. “No description that included race was dispatched,” Papania said. “That aside, there was nothing in my review of this matter that indicated racially biased actions or misconduct.” Fairley and Krikorian went to the police station later Sunday night to report how officers had treated them. A video shot by Fairley’s sister, who went there with them, showed that when Fairley told a white officer what had happened, the officer replied: “Obviously, you don’t understand our business.” The officer said police have to use caution when approaching possible suspects. After a short exchange, the officer

told Fairley to file a written complaint. Papania said an officer, who was a desk supervisor, should have responded better when Fairley went to the police station to complain about how his family was treated. “We should have exercised better demeanor in the police lobby,” Papania said. The chief said Fairley filed a written complaint Wednesday. Carlos Moore, an attorney who said he is representing Fairley and the family, said Wednesday that he was drafting letters to demand that Gulfport Police Department preserve all information about the traffic stop, including dash cam and body cam video.

Man nears end of federal custody for hate crime Associated Press

JACKSON — A white man has less than six months left in federal custody for his part in the fatal rundown of a black man in Mississippi in 2011. Dylan Wade Butler pleaded guilty in 2012 to committing a hate crime and conspiring to commit a hate crime in the killing of James Craig Anderson, 49.

Prosecutors said Butler was in a group of young white people who drove from a majority-white suburb of Rankin County into the majority-black capital city of Jackson to harass and assault African-Americans between April and June 2011. Several pleaded guilty. Prosecutors said another white teenager, Deryl Dedmon, was driving the truck that ran

over Anderson in a hotel parking lot in Jackson before dawn on June 26, 2011. Prosecutors said Dedmon was driving the truck and later bragged that he ran over Anderson, using a racial slur to describe him. Anderson’s family asked prosecutors not to pursue the death penalty, saying they oppose capital punishment.

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Alcorn County Supervisor Lowell Hinton (clockwise, from left), executive director for the Commission for the Future of Alcorn County Amy Craven, Alcorn County Supervisor James Voyles and Alcorn County Chancery Clerk Greg Younger participate in a communication exercise called “Point the Finger.”

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and lunch goodies sold by the ACHS Math Club, face painting by the ACHS Dancers and cotton candy sold by the ACHS Golden Voices,

she added. Ford Motor Company will donate up to $6,000 to the school for its clubs and teams. Just one test drive is allowed per household. One lucky Alcorn Cen-

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think and act strategically, communities who have the “basics” covered (law enforcement, fire departments, education, water quality, etc.); having community spirit and pride; engaging the “sparkplugs” (enthusiastic people who are willing to help put plans in motion) in the community; active marketing and branding and a community where outsiders are welcomed. “Successful organizations or communities are those with a plan,” said Fratesi. He consulted with the officials present and asked them where they saw the strengths and weaknesses of Alcorn County among those habits. When discussing strengths, Tim Mitchell, Alcorn County Supervisor, District 3, said he felt the county had the basics covered. Steve Glidewell, Alcorn County Supervisor, District 4, said he felt the

county was welcoming to outsiders. Alcorn County Chancery Clerk Greg Younger was in partial agreement with Glidewell’s point. He said, “I feel we’re pretty good at it, but we could improve.” Fratesi said he felt Corinth and Alcorn County had a definite advantage in that it has good schools. Among weaknesses, the group said community pride appears to be a problem in the county, based on what they see. Littering was one example given. Alcorn County Sheriff Ben Caldwell said his child recently noticed littering and asked him why anyone would throw their trash out on the ground. “It just burns my blood to see a Burger King sack thrown out on the side of the road,” said Jimmy Tate Waldron, Alcorn County Supervisor, District 5. Mitchell pointed out

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possible solutions to the issue such as bottle deposits, as seen in other states, and recycling programs. James Voyles, Alcorn County Supervisor, District 2, pointed out issues with attempting to build community pride and motivation. He said also said there were complex, hidden and unspoken family issues dealing with drugs. The facilitator said than some issues would be complex and require collaboration with other organizations to create a plan for solving the problems. Lowell Hinton, Alcorn County Supervisor, District 1, wanted to know more about how to market the county. The opinion was given that marketing and branding was easier for Corinth than for the county because the county is so widely spread out. Fratesi answered by saying identifying each community in Alcorn County such as Kossuth, Rienzi, Glen, etc., and discovering the strengths in each community, can tie them together for a marketing plan. The strengths and concerns of the communities were discussed at length to begin the dialog which will carry over to a fully facilitated planning session for the county. While no definitive date was set at the meeting’s close, a tentative date around the first half of December was discussed among the possibilities and the meeting location will be decided later. The Commission on the Future of Alcorn County was formed in 2010 by a group of citizens interested in helping facilitate a movement to strengthen the community for longterm growth and development. It is patterned after the regional effort, Commission on the Future of Northeast Mississippi, which was formed by the CREATE Foundation in 1995. Its stated mission is to enhance the quality of life for all Alcorn County citizens by assessing and addressing the current and future needs and opportunities.

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Today in History Today is Friday, Nov. 3, the 307th day of 2017. There are 58 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History On Nov. 3, 1900, the first major U.S. automobile show opened at New York’s Madison Square Garden under the auspices of the Automobile Club of America.

On this date In 1839, the first Opium War between China and Britain broke out. In 1903, Panama proclaimed its independence from Colombia. In 1911, the Chevrolet Motor Car Co. was founded in Detroit by Louis Chevrolet and William C. Durant. (The company was acquired by General Motors in 1918.) In 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt won a landslide election victory over Republican challenger Alfred “Alf” Landon. In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 2, the second manmade satellite, into orbit; on board was a dog named Laika (LY’-kah), who was sacrificed in the experiment. In 1960, the Meredith Willson musical “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” opened on Broadway with Tammy Grimes in the title role. In 1961, Burmese diplomat U Thant (oo thahnt) was appointed

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acting U.N. SecretaryGeneral following the death of Dag Hammarskjold (dahg HAWM’ahr-shoold). President John F. Kennedy established the U.S. Agency for International Development. In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson soundly defeated Republican Barry Goldwater to win a White House term in his own right. In 1970, Salvador Allende (ah-YEN’-day) was inaugurated as president of Chile. In 1979, five Communist Workers Party members were killed in a clash with heavily armed Ku Klux Klansmen and neo-Nazis during an anti-Klan protest in Greensboro, North Carolina. In 1986, the IranContra affair came to light as Ash-Shiraa, a pro-Syrian Lebanese magazine, first broke the story of U.S. arms sales to Iran. In 1992, Democrat Bill Clinton was elected the 42nd president of the United States, defeating President George H.W. Bush. In Illinois, Democrat Carol Moseley-Braun became the first black woman elected to the U.S. Senate. Ten years ago: Gen. Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency in Pakistan. United Auto Workers agreed to a tentative contract with Ford Motor Co.

Special election set for next Tuesday BOONEVILLE — Voters in the first district are encouraged to vote in the special election Tuesday, Nov. 7 for first district election commissioner in Prentiss County. Three candidates — George William Estell, Barbara Moore Shackelford and Tena Smith Stewart — are vying for the post formerly held by Chris Lindley who resigned to seek election as Booneville mayor and won that post. “It is essential people vote,” said Prentiss County Circuit Clerk Mike Kelley. “I encourage voters in the first district to go out and vote. “Election commis-

sioners are probably the most underpaid and under appreciated. Their work is so vital.” Since this will be the only race on the ballot it means only voters in Prentiss County’s first district will go to the polls Tuesday, Nov. 7. First district voting precincts (Thrasher, Tuscumbia-New Candler, Booneville-Agri-Center) will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The Prentiss County Board of Supervisors appointed Tena Smith Stewart to fill the position until the special election is held. Absentee voting continues at the circuit clerk’s office in the courthouse Thursday and Friday, Nov. 2 and 3 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The circuit clerk’s of-

fice will open extended hours Saturday, Nov. 4 from 8 a.m. until noon for absentee voting. This will be the last day to vote absentee in person. If anything changes about a voter’s address, please notify the circuit clerk’s office at 7284611. This will enable the voter’s name to be in the correct pollbook on election day.

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Teen injured playing Russian Roulette COLUMBUS — Authorities say a Mississippi teenager who was playing Russian Roulette was shot and taken to a hospital in critical condition. Columbus police

spokesman Joe Dillion told The Clarion-Ledger that responding officers found a 17-year-old boy in a bedroom with an apparent gunshot wound to the head on Tuesday. Three other males in the room told officers the teenager was discussing Russian Roulette as he took out a revolver and removed the bullets. Authorities say he put a bullet in the chamber, held the gun to his head and pulled the trigger, but the gun didn’t discharge. He later pulled the trigger for a second time and the weapon fired. A retaliation shooting happened several hours after the teenager was shot. No one was injured in that shooting.

SES moves annual Harvest Festival to Selmer City Park BY JOEL COUNCE For the Daily Corinthian

SELMER, Tenn. — Selmer Elementary School is taking the fun to Selmer City Park. The school is moving its annual Harvest Festival to the park on Saturday. The festival is slated for 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Admission is $5 and can be purchased in advance or at the park on Saturday. Residents throughout

the Crossroads area are invited to attend the fun event for all ages “This is one of our biggest fundraisers,” said Harvest Festival Chairperson Lashell Moore. “We really depend on community support.” The festival will have a photo booth, golf, carnival games, arts and crafts, face painting, hayrides, a demolition car, kiss the pig, football toss and harvest king and queen will

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“It’s a Euro-electro-funk band. You’re in, right?” Uhhhh... Returning to college in your 30s is weird. “I don’t think I know what that is,” I said. My 19-year-old classmate laughed as if I were joking. “No, really. What is that?” I asked. “I know, right? It feels like it’s been forever since I moshed hard -- like, three months.” “Pretty sure I have you beat,” I said. “Then it’s time to mosh, baby. We’re all going.” “Isn’t tonight a mandatory study session for class?” “Yeah, I guess, but what’s the professor gonna do, spank us? We’re adults. Ya know?” Yeah, kid. I know. Jared and the rest of the students in my class trickled out of the classroom early. It was Thursday night, and the campus was abuzz with guest speakers, lecture series, musicals, concerts and, apparently, mosh pits. But I was heading home after class to put my kids to bed. Otherwise, you know, I would have totally... moshed hard. This fall semester, I am taking an entrepreneurship class at the nearby university. We meet from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. every Monday and Thursday. The classroom is full of ambitious young adults who come up with age-appropriate business ideas: ice cream trucks selling liquor-infused ice cream, concert venues you experience in 4-D with virtual reality glasses and, of course, foam helmets for moshing. Despite turning down the offer to bruise my body to bad music beside 30 of my peers, I was honored to have been invited. I certainly never embraced the lone adult in any of my college classes. They were -- oh, what’s that word -old. And I had, like, nothing in common with old people. These days, I cherish getting to visit my old university once every few years -- even if it broke my heart when I saw that ‘80s night at my favorite club had turned into ‘90s night. Really? What are they going to do, rock out to some Savage Garden? Everclear didn’t deserve one life; let’s not give them a second. I have found attending class over a decade after I got my degree to be a sobering experience -- and not just because I’m the only one not drunk at this night class. Keeping up with the homework is shockingly difficult. Figuring out how to navigate the class app took a day. However, age has given me one distinct advantage over my classmates: purpose. Last week, our professor had one-on-ones with all the students to discuss our progress and ascertain whether we could continue with the class. I knew I was on the chopping block. My homework was never completed to his expectations, and there was so much I didn’t understand. While over half of my classmates left those meetings with their tails between their legs, accepting that they were no longer required to attend class, I prepared my speech. And when my professor tried to kick me out of class, I simply said no. “No?” “Yeah, no. You can’t kick me out -- because I need to learn this stuff. And if you insist on kicking me out, I will just sit outside the windows listening in, and every time you happen to look my direction, I will give you a thumbsup and wave, so you might as well keep me in.” He conceded. Being old means knowing what you want. The next class after the culling, my classmates were surprised to still see me. They invited me to a concert. To mosh alongside them. Instead, I alone stayed till the end of class. I submitted the homework via the app. Then I went straight home to read bedtime stories to my children about Llama Llama’s Euro-electro-funk mosh pit drama. What? I have to be a little cool if I’m going to survive being back in school. Like Katiedid Langrock on Facebook, at www.facebook.com/katiedidhumor.

Prayer for today My Creator, may I remember that after thou didst create the earth thou didst say it was good. May I love the fragrance and beauty of the flowers which were made to nourish the soul, and the fruits and herbs which were made to nourish the body. May my song of thanksgiving be new every morning, as I awake in the abundance of what thou hast prepared. Amen.

A verse to share Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. —John 14:27

‘Generous’ praise is just empty rhetoric All five living former Presidents recently came together at a benefit concert for victims of this year’s devastating hurricanes. A month earlier, they broadcast an appeal for Americans to donate for hurricane relief efforts. Former President Jimmy Carter praised the generosity of Americans: “Across this great country, Americans have answered the call.” So did former President George W. Bush, who said, “That special calling that compels us when others are down to step up and do whatever it takes.” Former President Barack Obama said: “We could not be prouder of the response of Americans. When they see their neighbors, when they see their friends, when they see strangers in need, Americans step up.” Former President Bill Clinton said, “We’ve been volunteering since before the Constitution, when Benjamin Franklin organized the first volunteer fire department in Philadelphia.” But the former Presidents’ records of expanding government belie their rhetoric about the generosity of Americans. In the case of President Carter, in 1978, he created FEMA, the Federal Emer-

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Despite its noble name and intentions, the ADA actually made it more difficult for a job applicant with a disability to find employment. “Since the highly touted Americans with Disabilities Act passed ... a decade ago,” reported the Los Angeles Times in 1999, “supposedly offering new protections for the disabled, things have worsened significantly. ... During the Clinton administration, unemployment of working-age people with disabilities has soared from a horrendous 66 percent to a disastrous 75 percent. For those with severe disabilities, for example those who cannot walk, the unemployment rate, once 87 percent, is rising.” What explained the uptick in unemployment? Though ADA supporters claimed the act provided incentives for both employer and prospective disabled employee, the law of unintended consequences kicked in. Employers worried, “Will I face a lawsuit should I need to fire a disabled person? How much must I spend in order to ‘accommodate’ a disabled employee?” If President Bush 41 truly believed the things he says about American generosity, and his rhetoric and about our nation’s “thousand points of light,”

why force an employer to be charitable? President George W. Bush, to deal with the carnage caused by the government intrusion into the housing market, bailed out banks and other institutions with TARP, the Troubled Asset Relief Program. Former President Obama, of course, signed into law Obamacare, in large part because the left feels health care is a right and that private insurance should be forced to sign those with preexisting illnesses. So much for the charity of Americans to deal with those who cannot otherwise afford health care. Now Clinton deserves credit for signing the welfare reform act of 1996, which for the first time put caps on welfare along with time limits. But for the most part, these Presidents, while in office, expanded the federal government to do things that could and should be done by the very same American people they insist are so compassionate. Larry Elder is a best-selling author and nationally syndicated radio talk-show host. To find out more about Larry Elder, or become an “Elderado,” visit www.LarryElder.com. Follow Larry on Twitter @larryelder.

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turn home. She was last seen in the lobby when a black SUV pulled up out front and she willingly got in. Looks like Daddy probably saved

the day again. “No word now on Malia’s next move. She won’t be starting Harvard this fall and she has no future in government, since all government jobs require drug tests. Maybe she can go to work with her benevolent father collecting huge speaking fees for destroying the country.” This emailed story was forwarded to dozens of people, many of whom commented in disgust. I know many of these people and they are well-read and intelligent. Yet they fell for it. Who knows how many millions of people have seen this email and believe it to be true. Further, they believe the mainstream media repressed it, further eroding their confidence in legitimate news organizations. Being a veteran of decades in the news busi-

ness, I sensed a fakery. Sure enough, it didn’t take long to find reports from the Washington Post and other legitimate news sources that Malia is doing just fine as a freshman at Harvard. Snopes, a website dedicated to debunking fake news, states, “Although it was widely reposted and shared on social media as if factual, the report is entirely fictitious. As it happens, Malia Obama did work as an intern at the United States Embassy in Spain the previous summer (2016), but she was not fired from the job at that time, nor did she return to it in 2017 — so she couldn’t have been fired from it then either. This year, according to mainstream press reports, Malia Obama completed a spring internship in New York City before vacationing with her parents overseas in June.” The original source of the false report, Freedom Crossroads, bills itself as a “satirical” website dedicated to lampooning conservative politics. No doubt Freedom Crossroads got millions of pageviews for its “satirical” fake news. In doing so, it was able to get money from automated, anonymous Adworks. There is big money to

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Death of a Southern lady marks fond personal farewell Last week I had to say goodbye to someone who was like family—and who had been a kind of ideological soulmate to me. It was the end of an era. I first met Stacy Louise DinJones gler Smith The in the midDowntowner 1990s, after the man who would later become my husband and I began dating. His mother, Bonnie, along with her sisters, had been the children of Edd and Era Estelle “Belle” Whitaker Dinglerof Marion, Alabama, not quite 30 miles from Selma. One of our early trips involved going to Mobile, Alabama to visit his three maternal aunts, one of whom was Louise. Later, we would make this same trip regularly. When Mike’s three aunts first came to east Tennessee where I was visiting him, I fashioned the notion that they all lived together in some plantationstyle home near coastal Alabama, with a yard full of live oaks, overhung with clumps of Spanish moss. They possessed that slow, protracted Southern drawl that you hear non-South-

ern actors try to imitate in movies, although there it sounds contrived. I wasn’t, however, completely off the mark in my impression. Although the three of them did not live together in one large house, protected by some Big Daddy straight off the Tennessee Williams stage and depending “on the kindness of strangers,” they were indeed the epitome of strong Southern ladies. They all had vivid, memorable personalities. The oldest, Inez, enjoyed traveling with her husband George, who was into yachting and helped build floats for Mobile Mardi Gras parades. She was quiet and thoughtful, especially enjoying sipping a good wine every now and then—but, like the other sisters, she also didn’t mind telling a person what she thought when necessary. She once relayed to us the mistake of having voted for former segregationist governor George Wallace, to which she added a note of regret by calling him a choice name. The second sister, Jessie Mae, was a spitfire. She had a perpetual twinkle in her eye and usually flashed a mischievous grin upon greeting someone. I remember Aunt Mae’s

She was, in many ways, a traditional Southern lady. She had sported heels and a dress to her college classroom each day, as I remember her or Selma relaying once. response to one occasion of eating breakfast on a Saturday morning in Louise’s kitchen. Uncle Bill, Louise’s husband, had prepared us a healthy but non-traditional meal of sliced fruit and yogurt. Aunt Mae burst through the kitchen door, tossed down on the counter some paper bags from a shopping trip, and without saying “Hello,” blurted out, “God Ahmighty, Louise, is that what y’all are feeding them for breakfast?” I can see her then breaking into that trademark smirk, wondering why we were not eating the more substantial fare of eggs, sausage, bacon, and the like. Aunt Louise, the third of the four sisters, did live in a large white house with oaks overhung with Spanish moss, not unlike my original vision. Her house was always our first stop in Mobile, where we would visit with her and her daughter Selma, sprawling on the large sectional in their living room. A retired English professor, Aunt Louise had

taught at The University of South Alabama for 27 years—a point that instantly connected the two of us, even though her specialty was British literature and mine, American. She was, in many ways, a traditional Southern lady. She had sported heels and a dress to her college classroom each day, as I remember her or Selma relaying once. She also loved gardening and entertaining. She was, on the other hand, a progressive. In the 1970s, she was awarded one of 100 nationwide grants to build a solar house, which still stands. In the 1980s, she had been part of a civil suit challenging sex discrimination at the university. She championed education and enjoyed travel, participating as a student in the university’s British Studies Program simply for the sake of learning. On Thursday, October 19, after having suffered declining health for some time, Aunt Louise died at the age of 93. Had I

not gone to her funeral, I would have regretted it; I loved Louise and enjoyed her company, as we shared so many of the same sensibilities as forwardthinking Southern women who were educators and lovers of literature. With my brother Greg for company, I made the drive to Mobile, five hours down and five back, in two days, to express my condolences to her daughter Selma, her son Edd, his wife Melanie, and the rest of the family, including their cousins George and Bonnie. After the funeral, partially to reminisce, I took Greg to eat lunch at Wintzell’s Oyster House in downtown Mobile, where we had generally gone for dinner the first night of visiting all those years. We drove around Mobile, through Bankhead Tunnel, and along the bay toward Spanish Fort, the location of the fish camp restaurants where we often dined with the sisters and cousins. Now those lovely women are all gone, except

for one, Aunt Inez, with whom I spoke at the funeral. Bonnie, Mike’s mother, died in 2004, and Mae died in 2009. When I saw Inez, who is now 96, in the hallway of the reception area of the church after the funeral, I was sad. I thought Aunt Inez’s memory was diminished, as she didn’t seem initially to recognize me. I recalled that her hearing had been gone for some time, but her son George informed me that her vision was also fading, and I would have to lean in very close and speak loudly. Doing so did the trick. She called me by name, smiling and asking, “Oh, did Michael Ed receive his birthday card from last month?”—as all the sisters called Mike, whose name is Michael Edward. I assured her he likely did, and she said she was glad to see me and hoped she would see me again. I told her the same. However, if I don’t, I will always remember those four unique Southern sisters so fondly. (Daily Corinthian columnist Stacy Jones teaches English at McNairy Central High School and UT Martin and is a consultant for the Tennessee Department of Education. She enjoys being a downtown Corinth resident.)

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Deaths Ella Boyd

Funeral services for Ella Louise Boyd, 69, are set for 1 p.m. Saturday at Central Grove MB Church. Burial will follow at Rienzi Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 1 to 6 p.m. Friday at Patterson Memorial Chapel. Mrs. Boyd died Friday, Oct. 27, 2017, in Tupelo. She was born Aug. 22, 1949. She was a graduate of Easom High School and a member of Central Grove MB Church. She is survived by her husband, John Lee Boyd; her children, Amanda Barton (Marquise Scruggs), Robert Boyd (Lutonia Boyd) and Anthony Boyd

(Lavickie Boyd); siblings Troy Kirk, James Clark, Dorothy Gwyn, Jessie Clark Jr. (Irene Clark) and James Clark; grandchildren, Nikita Burton, Quayneshia Boyd, Tomango Burton Jr., Mercedes Gwyn, Keyatta Boyd, Akeya Boyd, Gernell Boyd and Ashante Jones; and nine greatgrandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents Jessie Burl Clark and Melvin Haley Clark; and a sibling, Willie Roy Clark. The Rev. Kevin Cummings will officiate the service. Patterson Memorial Chapel has the arrangements.

Daisy Gardner

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Funeral services for Daisy Lee Gardner, 78, are set for 12 p.m. Saturday at St. Mark Baptist Church in Corinth. Burial will follow at Forrest Gardner Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at St. Mark Baptist Church Mrs. Gardner died Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017, in Champaign, Ill. She was born Oct. 17, 1939. She at-

tended Scale Street High School. She was self-employed at a child care provider. She is survived by her husband, Angus Gardner Champaign, Ill.; four sons, Victor Ratliff, Angus Gardner Jr. of Champaign, Ill., Sammy (Samantha) Gardner of Cheyenne, Wyo., Benjamin (Bernice) Gardner of Urbana, Ill., three daughters, Linda (Lorenzo) Bolden, Mary (Greg) Carter of Champaign, Ill., and Sylvia (Otis) Taylor of Corinth, two brothers, Jessie Ratliff of Urbana, Ill., and Joe Ed Ratliff of Champaign, Ill., three sisters, Ethel Mann of Corinth, Peggy Graham of Kansas City, Kan., Mary

Helen Brock of Tishomingo; 19 Grandchildren and 38 great-grandchildren. She was proceeded in death by her parents William T. Ratliff Sr. and Ida Mae Flemin Ratliff, a brother, William T. Ratliff Jr., two sisters, Inez Macmanus and Earnestine Brunson. Elder Billy Kirk will officiate the service. Grayson Funeral Home has the arrangements. Â

Skylar Hood

Funeral services for Skylar Hood, 19, are set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Memorial Funeral Home with burial at the Rienzi Cemetery. Visitation will be held Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m.

and Sunday from 12 p.m. to service time at the funeral home. Mr. Hood died Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017, in Memphis, Tenn. He was born June 15, 1998, in Corinth. He is survived by his mother and stepfather, Natalie (Alan) Blackburn; father, James Ray Hood; brothers, Elijah Hood, Auston Staton, Raylene Hood; sisters, Destiny King, Jaylynn Hood and Shiloh Parks. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Linda Faye Hood, Elizabeth and Dewey Perry. Memorial Funeral Home has the arrangements.

Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tweets unlikely to slow NYC terror case BY COLLEEN LONG AND LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press

NEW YORK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; President Donald Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tweets calling for the death penalty for the man charged in the New York truck rampage could give defense attorneys grounds to argue that Trump has poisoned the minds of potential jurors. But some legal experts doubt that argument will slow the case. In a highly unusual instance of a president weighing in on the fate of a defendant awaiting trial, Trump said on Twitter

that 29-year-old Sayfullo Saipov â&#x20AC;&#x153;SHOULD GET DEATH PENALTY!â&#x20AC;? in the attack that left eight people dead. In another tweet, Trump said prosecutors â&#x20AC;&#x153;Should move fast. DEATH PENALTY!â&#x20AC;? Some legal experts Thursday said judges in Manhattanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s federal courts will not let the presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remarks slow the case or throw it off track, especially in a courthouse with a quarter-century record of swift terrorism prosecutions with mostly airtight outcomes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nothing slows down the train,â&#x20AC;? said James Co-

hen, a professor at Fordham Law School. He said that the yetto-be-assigned judge will question prospective jurors to ensure they can be fair despite anything they might have heard or read. Lawyers differed over whether Trump was out of bounds. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even presidents are entitled to First Amendment rights,â&#x20AC;? said Michael Wildes, a former federal prosecutor. Joshua Dratel, a veteran defense attorney in terrorism cases, would not predict what a judge might do, but he said the

tweets should disqualify prosecutors from seeking the death penalty. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inconceivable that it would be fair to seek the death penalty when the president has expressed it twice in a tweet,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It poisons the jurors, all the prospective jurors.â&#x20AC;? In bringing terrorism charges against Saipov, federal prosecutors Wednesday said the Uzbek immigrant used a rental truck to mow down people along a bike path after being inspired by Islamic State propaganda videos. Investigators contin-

ued poring over Saipovâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s phone records and online contacts and combing surveillance footage to reconstruct his movements in the weeks before the rampage. They were also interviewing acquaintances and family, including his wife, who according to a law enforcement official was cooperative and claimed she did not know about the attack beforehand. At one point, the FBI put out a bulletin seeking any information on a fellow Uzbek immigrant, Mukhammadzoir Kad-

irov, but quickly canceled it after locating him. The law enforcement official said Kadirov was a friend of Saipovâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and may not have a role in the case, but authorities got suspicious because he â&#x20AC;&#x153;went off the radarâ&#x20AC;? when they went to speak with him. He was questioned and released. John Miller, who is the New York Police Departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deputy commissioner for counterterrorism and intelligence, told CBS that authorities so far believe Saipov acted alone.

Tax plan may offer little aid Manafort attacks counselâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s criminal case as â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;embellishedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; for many in middle class Associated Press

WASHINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; House Republicans have stressed that the tax plan they unveiled Thursday is tailored to benefit Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s middle class. Just how much it would remains uncertain based on the details that have been provided so far. What is clear is that many of the benefits for the middle class could dwindle over time, even while companies and wealthy individuals could enjoy lasting tax advantages. The plan promises tax savings next year of $1,182 for a typical household of four with gross income of $59,000, leaving their tax bill at $400. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are focused on increasing paychecks in a major way,â&#x20AC;? said Rep. Kevin Brady, the Republican chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. But the proposalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s conflicting provisions and phase-outs of certain benefits suggest that taxes could rise for some middle class earners over time. And for many, the

income gains being touted by President Donald Trump are unlikely to materialize. Some of these complications arise because under the budget instructions, the planned tax cuts canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t increase the national debt by more than $1.5 trillion over the next decade. Anything above $1.5 trillion would force Republicans to amend their plan to generate more revenue â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a change that would likely prove difficult. Trump has frequently said that this would be the biggest tax cut in U.S. history. But outside analyses show that thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the case. The tax planâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s primary beneficiaries would be wealthier Americans, who would enjoy lower tax rates despite the elimination of some breaks, a repeal of the so-called alternative minimum tax and the termination of the estate tax. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With the details theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve presented to us so far, it looks like the tax cut benefits the wealthy and major corporations,â&#x20AC;? said Martin Sullivan,

chief economist at Tax Analysts and a former staff economist at the Treasury Department. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In fact, if you have a large family, given the facts that we have now, that you would pay more in taxes.â&#x20AC;? Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why: A married couple making less than $90,000 would be taxed at a 12 percent rate, instead of the current 15 percent. The size of their standard deduction would nearly double to $24,000. But that same couple would lose personal exemptions â&#x20AC;&#x201D; deductions that largely benefit families with multiple children. The child tax credit would rise to $1,600 from $1,000 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; short of the $2,000 that Sullivan said would be needed to make many families whole. The tax plan would also repeal the deduction of substantial medical costs, including what families might spend on nursing home care. Nor could people with student loans deduct the interest paid on the debt anymore.

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WASHINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; President Donald Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s former campaign chairman attacked an indictment accusing him of money laundering and other financial crimes, dismissing as â&#x20AC;&#x153;embellishedâ&#x20AC;? a criminal case brought by special counsel Robert Mueller and his team of investigators. Attorneys for Paul Manafort defended him in a court filing Thursday as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;successful, international political consultantâ&#x20AC;? who, by nature of his work on behalf of foreign political parties, was necessarily involved in international financial transactions. They argued that Manafort, who led Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s campaign for

several months last year, had done nothing wrong and did not pose a risk of fleeing the country. The filing was the first volley from Manafortâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defense team seeking to undermine a 12-count indictment charging him and longtime business associate Rick Gates in connection with their political consulting work for Ukraineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s former ruling party. The charges were the first announced by Mueller, the former FBI director appointed as special counsel in May to run the Justice Departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s investigation into potential coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign. They were placed on house arrest earlier this

Suspect in Colorado Walmart killings called hostile loner Associated Press

THORNTON, Colo. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A man arrested on suspicion of fatally shooting three people inside a suburban Denver Walmart was described Thursday by neighbors as a hostile loner who cursed at them and often carried a shotgun in and out of his third-floor apartment. Police arrested Scott Ostrem, 37, a day after the shooting that killed three people following a brief morning rush-hour chase in the northern

Denver suburb of Thornton several blocks from his apartment building and about 5 miles from the Walmart. Ostrem was handcuffed at a crowded intersection about 14 hours after the shooting, which killed two men and a woman and sent dozens of shoppers and workers fleeing in panic from the busy store. Police spokesman Victor Avila declined to say whether Ostrem had a weapon. Identified as the victims

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were Pamela Marques, 52, of Denver; Carlos Moreno, 66, of Thornton; and Victor Vasquez, 26, of Denver, said Adams County Coroner Monica Broncucia-Jordan. None were Walmart employees. Police did not disclose if they had not determined a motive for the shooting, but residents of the Samuel Park Apartments building where Ostrem lived described him as a rude man who kept to himself. Most of the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tenants talk to each other, but renter Teresa Muniz said Ostrem never returned her greetings and swore at people for sitting on exterior stairways and leaving laundry in communal machines. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem to have anybody,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Being angry all the time. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what he seemed like, always angry.â&#x20AC;? Muniz said she sometimes saw Ostrem carrying a shotgun or a bow and set of arrows to and from the building, which faces the back side of a liquor store, a dollar store and a cellphone store.

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TripAdvisor says reviews reporting rape not censored BOSTON — TripAdvisor says it has changed its rules about reviews that contain allegations of rape or other crimes, following a published report that quoted several users who said such postings were deleted. Several people told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel they were sexually assaulted at Mexican hotels and resorts, sometimes years ago, but the online reviews that mentioned the crimes were taken down. The Massachusetts company said Thursday they were removed at the time because they were found to be in violation of policy. Those policies were changed a few years ago and at least one review was reposted. The company says the information is critical for travelers. It plans to institute a system to flag businesses where serious safety issues were reported. The company denied taking posts down because it would hurt revenue.

Student’s ‘White Chicks’ costume found offensive NORTON, Mass. — Officials at a Massachusetts college are investigating after students said a female soccer player attended an on-campus Halloween party with darkened skin to portray a character from the movie “White Chicks.” The Sun Chronicle reports a photo taken Friday shows the woman with her skin darkened by makeup, a drawn-on goatee and a bald cap. A Wheaton College spokesman called the costume “offensive and racist.” Michael Graca says the investigation could take two weeks, but officials at the college in Norton have already met with students. Wheaton’s president also called the costume offensive. Administrators say the student didn’t play in a soccer game this week but hasn’t been officially disciplined. In “White Chicks,” two black men disguise themselves as white women. Students say the soccer player was portraying a character played by Terry Crews.

Idaho tries to draw more tourists with clear, starry skies BOISE, Idaho — The stars are aligning for Idaho — mainly because they’re visible. The International Dark-Sky Association this week designated the city of Ketchum an International Dark Sky Community, the 16th in the world. Much of Ketchum’s economy runs on tourism, and city officials say being recognized for making the night sky more visible could draw stargazers. It comes after Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve in south-central Idaho became an International Dark Sky Park earlier this year. The rarest prize of all could come in December when the association decides whether to designate 1,400 square miles in central Idaho an International Dark Sky Reserve. It would be the first in the United States. The association received the reserve application ahead of a November deadline.

Hundreds of crews working to restore power in Maine PORTLAND, Maine — More than 100,000 homes and businesses remained without electricity for a fifth day Thursday after a powerful storm blew down thousands of trees, toppled power lines and left more than half of Maine’s residents in the dark. But there was a silver lining: There have been no deaths or serious injuries despite power outages that exceeded the infamous ice storm of 1998. Authorities cautioned that now is not the time for complacency as street lights remain out, hundreds of utility crews remain on duty, and portable generators and chain saws remain in constant use. “This crisis is not over yet, but it is encouraging to all of us in public safety that there have been no major injuries or deaths attributed to this storm,” said Steve McCausland of the Maine Department of Public Safety. Hundreds of out-ofstate utility crews were in Maine to help the hardest-hit state recover from a strong storm that left about 1.5 million homes and businesses without power across the Northeast. In Maine, nearly

500,000 utility customers were in the dark at one point, accounting for a third of the outages. Utility companies reported that the number of outages in Maine was down to about 140,000 on Thursday morning. A total of 2,800 workers were restoring power in the territories of the two major utilities, Central Maine Power and Emera Maine. Even though there had been no deaths, there were several near misses: A CMP worker suffered a glancing blow from a falling tree limb while working in a bucket truck; a couple suffered carbon-monoxide symptoms from a generator; and generators caused several small fires.

West Virginia gets rights to use song CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Tourism Office says it has obtained rights to use the song “Take Me Home, Country Roads” in marketing and will begin this week. Made famous by John Denver, it calls the mountain state “almost heaven,” has been an unofficial West Virginia anthem almost since its 1971 release and was named an official state song in 2014. Fans sing it at West Virginia University home football games. The tourism office says it will make it a centerpiece of a major ad campaign next year. According to National Public Radio, Denver first heard the incomplete song in the Washington, D.C., apartment of songwriter Bill Danoff and his girlfriend and writing partner, Taffy Nivert. They finished it and recorded it together months later

Man flees court sentencing, crashes WADSWORTH, Ohio — Police say a man being sentenced in a road rage case walked out of an Ohio courtroom, jumped in a car and led police on a chase before crashing into an SUV. Authorities say a couple and their baby were hurt in the crash near Akron, along with the 19-year-old suspect. The injuries weren’t serious. Police say Cyrus Matthews, of Cleveland, had just been sentenced to 60 days in jail when he looked around the courtroom and quickly walked out Wednesday. Matthews wasn’t handcuffed.

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Mistrial declared in trial of man accused of killing his wife GREENWOOD — A Mississippi judge has declared a mistrial in the case of a man charged with killing his wife. Edward Broom was arrested in January 2016 in Manhattan, Kansas, where he had moved after the death of his wife, Lakeyla Broom. She was killed in the couple’s home in Greenwood, Mississippi, in September 2014. The Greenwood Commonwealth reports the mistrial was declared Wednesday. State law says all 12 jurors must agree before they can convict someone of murder, which is punishable by life in prison. District Attorney Tim Jones says he will retry Edward Broom early next year. Judge Carol WhiteRichard said she will decide later whether Broom can be released from jail while waiting for the second trial.

61-year-old man found fataly injured in his own home TCHULA — Authorities say a 61-year-old man was found dead inside his Mississippi home and now an investigation is underway. Holmes County Sheriff Willie March tells WLBTTV that Paul Sharp was found in his home near Tchula on Wednesday. He says family members discovered Sharp and called 911. March says deputies found the man’s body in the kitchen-area with a

large amount of blood around. March says that based on the preliminary investigation, it appears Sharp suffered trauma to the head. He says there wasn’t a forced entry into the home. Investigators think the body had been there for days, as it’s believed Sharp was last seen on Monday. An autopsy will determine the exact cause of death. Further details have not been released.

Man accused of stabbing his brother JACKSON — A man is accused of stabbing his brother in Mississippi. Jackson police told news outlets that responding officers found a 26-year-old man suffering from a stab wound to the neck. Sgt. Derrick Holmes says it happened around 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Additional responding officers found the 31-year-old suspect walking in the area away from the scene. Authorities learned the victim and the suspect are siblings. Officers were told that the incident began as a disturbance between another family member and the suspect. The victim was attacked when he attempted to intervene. The victim was taken to a hospital. His condition is unknown. The suspect was taken into custody and charges are pending.

Missing Louisiana woman’s car found D’IBERVILLE — Police are searching for a Louisiana woman whose car was found abandoned

along an interstate highway in Mississippi. The Sun Herald reports 67-year-old Linda Thompson was last seen Friday at her home in Baton Rouge. Police found Thompson’s car later that day 140 miles (225 kilometers) away along Interstate 10 in D’Iberville, Mississippi. D’Iberville police Lt. Jason King said officers towed the 2005 Lexus and got a warrant to search it, but found nothing unusual inside. King described Thompson as having blond hair and green eyes. He said no one has been able to contact her since she was last seen.

State tax collections decline at beginning of budget year JACKSON — Mississippi tax collections were slightly worse during the first three months of the current budget year than they were the same time last year, an expert told lawmakers Wednesday. This appears to contradict earlier reports from the Legislative Budget Office and the Department of Revenue, which showed tax collections were 3.5 percent higher this July through September than they were a year ago. State economist Darrin Webb told members of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee that collections were actually six-tenths of 1 percent lower. Webb said the Department of Revenue numbers for the first three months of this budget year are “inflated” because they included cash from unclaimed property and money from a tax refund account.

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