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US 72 crash kills Iuka man BY STEVE BEAVERS IUKA — The eastbound lane of U.S. Highway 72 was closed for two hours following an early-morning crash which claimed the life of an Iuka man. Christopher Littlejohn, 26, was traveling eastbound on

Highway 72 when his 2007 GMC Yukon collided with a 2011 Freightliner tractor trailer driven by Clive Carvey, 52, of Marietta, Ga. Littlejohn had to be extricated from his vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene, Please see CRASH | 2A

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Board sides with commission, OKs moving voting precinct BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

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East Third Street precinct voters will cast ballots at a new location this year. The Alcorn County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved the election commission’s recommendation to move the precinct from Skateland to the Pinecrest Baptist Church fellowship hall at 313

Pinecrest. It will now be known as the Pinecrest precinct. Second District Election Commissioner John Peebles told the board that there have been complaints from voters and poll workers about the skating rink being too dimly lit for voting. It is also difficult to heat the large space. The church would be less affected by Corinth High School

traffic than the East Third Street location, he said. The precinct is also changing supervisor districts — from third to second — as a result of the recently completed redistricting. It will be one of two new precinct names this year along with the new Shady Grove prePlease see SUPERVISORS | 2A

Aldermen pick Null for city school board BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

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Mia Nickels (right) goes over changes to the Corinth Area Convention and Visitors Bureau website with tourism director Christy Burns.

New tourism website goes live BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

It’s live. The Corinth Area Convention and Visitors Bureau’s new website is up and running following a fresh redesign. “Our goal was to make the site more efficient for anyone who visits Corinth,” said site manager Mia Nickels with Nickels Media. Nickels designed the previous tourism site in 2008.

“The new website is a responsive design which will work on tablets and smartphones,” said the site manager. “It’s easier to navigate and I think it shows the spirit and energy of Corinth.” The tourism board voted unanimously to hire Nickels Media to redesign the website in October of last year. Under Nickels’ plan, an analyzation of all existing data was done. Included in the new modern

look are plans to prepare press releases for major events. “One thing I found was there was a lot of old information that wasn’t correct on the site,” said Nickels. “I wanted to make sure all information was correct and will continue to get fresh imagery to put on there … we want to see images of kids, families and shopping bags.” Tourism director Christy Please see WEBSITE | 2A

Growers conference to be held in Verona BY KIMBERLY SHELTON kshelton@dailycorinthian.com

Want to grow juicy, mouthwatering tomatoes that will make your neighbors green with envy? Does the prospect of raising honey bees thrill you and leave you buzzing with excitement? The North Mississippi Fruit and Vegetable Grower’s Association may have just the event

you’ve been waiting for. The group will hold its annual conference and trade show on Feb. 6-7. The two-day event will be held in the Magnolia Building at the Lee County Agri-Center, located at 5395 Highway 145 in Verona. “The conference offers the chance to interact and network with other growers,” said ANR

Extension Agent IV/Coordinator Patrick Poindexter. Seminars and activities are planned each day and topics will include: honeybee production, keys to a successful business, insect control options, disease control options, recommended vegetable varieties, fruit crops for North MS, greenPlease see GROWERS | 2A

Index Stocks......8A Classified......3B Comics......2B State......5A

Weather....10A Obituaries......6A Opinion......4A Sports....12A

The Board of Mayor and Aldermen on Tuesday appointed Becky Null to the Corinth School District Board of Trustees. The board also heard from residents who support the Easom Outreach Foundation’s community center plans for the South Corinth school campus, where Dr. Thomas Sweat said he plans to launch a free clinic. Null will replace Missy Woodhouse, who has served on the school board for 15 years and did not seek reappointment. Her final meeting with the board will be in February, and Null’s five-year term will begin in March.

Alderman Michael McFall, who made the motion, said Null is a pharmacy employee who has a son attending Corinth schools and a daughter who recently graduated. “I’d like to thank Missy Woodhouse for her many years of service,” said Alderman Chip Wood. Following the discussion of the Easom/South Corinth property, Sweat briefly mentioned his plans for a free clinic that would be available to anyone who has no insurance, Medicare or Medicaid and no ability to pay. He said he hopes to get some younger doctors involved. The board heard comments Please see ALDERMEN | 2A

Man in ricin-letter case pleads guilty to fondling Associated Press

BRANDON — The man who pleaded guilty last week to federal charges of sending poison-laced letters to President Barack Obama and other officials pleaded guilty Tuesday to unrelated fondling charges in state court in Mississippi, according to his lawyer. James Everett Dutschke pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court in Oxford, Miss., to federal charges of sending ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama, Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker and a Mississippi judge. Prosecutors said he was trying to frame a longtime enemy and Elvis impersonator who was briefly jailed in the case. His lawyer in the fondling case, Lori Nail Basham, told The Associated Press that Dutschke pleaded guilty Tuesday to three fondling charges

in Lee County, Miss., Circuit Court. In the ricin case, the plea agreement calls for Dutschke to be sentenced to 25 years. In the fondling case, prosecutors recommended he serve 20 years. Prosecutors in each recommended the sentences be served at the same time. In state court, Dutschke was indicted on three separate charges of inappropriately touching students at his martial arts studio in Tupelo, Basham said in a telephone interview Tuesday. “He is glad that this matter is finally concluded for he and his family,” Basham said. Before pleaded guilty in the federal ricin case last week, Dutschke had denied sending the letters. He also denied a later charge that, while incarcerated, he tried to recruit someone else to send a ricinPlease see DUTSCHKE | 2A

On this day in history 150 years ago Gen. William S. Rosecrans, victor at the Battle of Corinth, is given orders to his new command. After his defeat at Chickamauga and poor showing in Chattanooga, the discredited commander is sent to the backwater Department of the Missouri.

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