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Vol. 119, No. 15
• Corinth, Mississippi • 16 pages • One section
Suspect charged in robbery BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Basket fund donations pass $19,600 The spirit of giving this New Year is alive and well in the Alcorn County area. Donations are still needed this year for the 19th Annual Corinth Rotary Club/Daily Corinthian Christmas Basket Fund. A $25,000 fundraising goal was set so 1,000 food baskets could be given to local families on Saturday, Dec. 6. Baskets were given away based upon faith the goal will be reached. So far, $19,679 has been raised, meaning $5,321 still needs to be raised to make the goal. Recent donations include $150 from Bobby J. Voyles, Michael J. Voyles, Peggy A Voyles and Johnny B. Voyles in memory of Mary Kathryn Voyles, G.B. Voyles, Shirley Voyles and Scotty Ray Voyles. Contributions to the Christmas Basket Fund can be made “in honor of” or “in memory of” a special person or persons. The tribute will be published in the Daily Corinthian. Donations can be brought by the newspaper office 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday or mailed to: Daily Corinthian, Attn.: Christmas Basket Fund, P.O. Box 1800, Corinth, MS 38835.
Extension hosts plant activities BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Local residents will have the opportunity to pick up a free tree sapling or gain some gardening expertise through two of the Mississippi State University Extension Office’s popular programs. The Arbor Day Tree Giveaway is slated for Feb. 13, and a master gardener training class is set for Feb. 17 through March 24. The Arbor Day event returns to court square this year after a couple of years at the extension office, beginning at 8:30 a.m. “We will give away pines and mixed hardwoods till we run out,” said Patrick Poindexter, county director. “We will also be available to talk to people about how to plant them.” It’s always a popular event, even when the wintry weather is awful, said Poindexter. The day’s activities also aim to reach all local third-graders with a talk on the importance of trees and the gift of a pine sapPlease see PLANT | 2
The man charged in the robbery of Selmer’s Home Banking Company will also face charges in a Corinth store robbery that occurred six days earlier. Corinth Police Department Detective Dell Green said Marty Holland, 47, of Middleton, Tenn., is being charged with armed robbery in
connection with the Dec. 30 robbery at the Cigarette Mart on U.S. Highway 72 West. Several law enforcement agencies found links to the suspect after investigating recent robberies. “There was some physical evidence on the scene that corroborated with evidence some of the other agencies have come up with,” said Green.
Holland was arrested at his home on Thursday on outstanding warrants by the Hardeman County Sheriff’s Department and charged with aggravated robbery and four counts of aggravated assault. He was taken to the Hardeman County Jail. Officials said surveillance video Please see ROBBERY | 2
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$1 million bond set for murder suspect BY BRANT SAPPINGTON bsappington@dailycorinthian.com
Staff photo by Steve Beavers
Jack Fussell makes some adjustments on his cart as he travels across the country raising awareness to Alzheimer’s disease.
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Bond has been set at $1 million for a Prentiss County man charged with first degree murder in the death of his mother. John Ed Inman, 54, made his initial appearance before Justice Court Judge Angela White Pounds Friday who explained the charges to him and set his bond at $1 million. He Inman remains in custody in the Prentiss County Jail, said Sheriff Randy Tolar. Inman was arrested Wednesday at the home he shared with his mother, 85-year-old Letha C. Pace at 875 Highway 4 East near New Site. Pace was found dead inside the home of a gunshot wound. Deputies responding to a 911 White #0023 call reporting a shooting at the $ 00 $ 350 23,495 or. .......................... address found Inman sitting per month inside an idling car in the driveway and took himBlack, into custody Crew, 4x4 #3232 $ 00 and $ before entering the home 25,795 or. .......................... 387 per month discovering his mother’s body. Investigators have not reEddie Bauer, Blue #3876 leased a motive in the case. $ $
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