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Vol. 120, No. 28
• Corinth, Mississippi • 16 pages • One section
Gas station clerk dies in shooting 17-year-old suspect remains in custody; second suspect sought said. “When they approached the counter, one of the suspects A store clerk is dead following displayed a firearm and asked the attempted armed robbery of the clerk for money.” a Corinth gas station. After one of the suspects noticed the clerk Kris Ledlow, 43, died pressed the panic Monday morning after she was shot multiple alarm, he opened fire. times in the chest durThe victim received ing the armed robbery. several defensive wounds and was proLedlow was working nounced dead at 6:33 alone at the MAPCO Express gas station a.m. at Magnolia Reat the corner of U.S. gional Health Center. Highway 72 East and Store surveillance video showed the two Sara Lane around 5:30 Ledlow suspects leave the store a.m. when two black males entered the store, accord- on foot following the shooting. ing to Police Chief Ralph Dance. Dance said the suspects took One suspect is in custody, nothing from the store. “When we first watched the while the second remains at video, our investigators realized large. “Surveillance video shows the they knew one of the two sussuspects walked in and acted pects, which were both wearing like they were going to purchase items in the store,” Dance Please see SHOOTING | 6 BY ZACK STEEN
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An attempted armed robbery turned deadly Monday morning at the MAPCO Express gas station in Corinth on U.S. 72.
Auditor returns $115,000 in corruption funds BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Alcorn County has a check in hand for funds recovered by the Mississippi State Auditor’s Office. During Monday morning’s meeting of the Board of Supervisors, State Auditor Sta-
cey Pickering delivered a check to the county for $115,682.12 stemming from the corruption investigation. The bond of Dal Nelms, the former Second District supervisor, paid $100,000, and the bond of Paul Rhodes, the former purchase clerk, paid $75,000.
Other disbursements of the bond money are $23,500, as ordered by the court, for the office space rented by the auditor’s office during its lengthy stay in the county; an investigative fund assessment of $30,000 to the district attorney’s office; and $5,817.88 for auditor’s cost
recovery. Later in the meeting, the board discussed how the county’s portion should be distributed. “I am under the impression that those monies were taken from the Second District, and I am requesting that those mon-
ies go back to the Second District,” said Supervisor James Voyles. “I am humbly asking this board to consider that. We are in dire need of resources. It’s a small amount of what has been taken from us.” Please see AUDITOR | 6
County considering accounting cleanup BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
The ASU Men’s Chorale will present a free public concert at Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 12.
ASU Men’s Chorale will perform BY KIMBERLY SHELTON kshelton@dailycorinthian.com
Heralding in an exciting new year of public performances, the Alcorn State University Men’s Chorale will present a free concert at Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 12. Consisting of 22 members, the all-male group is one of two choirs in the Department of Music at ASU. The other is a
concert choir made up of both genders. “There are other choirs on campus as well – Gospel and Interfaith to name a couple, but they are not part of the department,” explained Alumni Parliamentarian Randolph Walker. Performing throughout the state and beyond since 1995, the ASU Men’s Chorale is a classically trained group that
generally sings spirituals, sacred and secular music, but can and does perform gospel, depending on the occasion. “We are now entering our fifth year of performing free concerts in Corinth,” said Director Charles E. Wesley. “Our free concerts are used to spread publicity regarding the school, aid in recruitment and Please see CHORALE | 6
Some accounting cleanup could add dollars to Alcorn County’s general fund. Chancery Clerk Greg Younger on Monday presented some expired line items to the Board of Supervisors that, with the board’s authority to close those items, would add $6,259.92 to the general fund. But the board tabled the matter for further study as several questions arose. Among those various funds are the Crossroads Arena floor note, with a balance of $757.65; the courthouse 2003 renovation note, with a balance of $2,035.08; and the transfer station bond, with a balance of $418.47. Two funds have larger balances that would require advertisement to address. One, the Kimberly-Clark road note, has a balance of $30,007.27, while an Ayrshire project account has a negative balance of $12,140. The difference would add $17,867.27 to the general fund. First District Supervisor Lowell Hinton wants to explore whether the road note funds
“I think it’s just an accounting issue. I don’t believe anybody is owed money.” Greg Younger Chancery clerk could go toward some needed work on the Kimberly Clark Parkway. He said the road has a couple of soft spots that must be reworked. A couple of other funds have large negative balances — the Kimberly-Clark right-of-way fund, at $110,178.26, and a Caterpillar grant project, at $57,627.63. However, “I think it’s just an accounting issue,” said Younger. “I don’t believe anybody is owed money.” If that is not the case, however, the county will have to address it at budget time to close out those accounts. In some cases, the county may have made in-kind rather than monetary contributions to projects, said Supervisor Tim Mitchell.
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Lauren E Briggs of Corinth wins the title of Tiny Miss Wonderland 1990. She is the daughter of Tracy and Donna Briggs of Corinth.
Chantel Combee, a seventh grader at Alcorn Central Middle School, takes top honors in the annual county spelling bee. Anna Perry of Biggersville wins second place and Abby Lambert of Corinth places third.
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