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McNairy County Spring turkey season opens April 2.

Prentiss County Two people face arson charges.

Tishomingo County MSU Extension Service hosts tomato battle.

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Tuesday March 29,

Daily Corinthian

2016

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Vol. 120, No. 76

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• Corinth, Mississippi • 16 pages • One section

Supervisors enter into narcotics deal BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

Sheriff Ben Caldwell has a goal -- to get drugs off Alcorn County streets. The sheriff was given approval recently by the Board of Supervisors to enter into a contract with the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics. “Having narcotics officers in the state and county is very important,” Caldwell told the board in the March 21 meeting. “One thing I wanted to do as a sheriff was get an investigator from my department contracted with the State of Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics.”

Staff photo by Kimberly Shelton

Certified Family Nurse Practitioners Carmen Parks and Tonya Freeman check the vitals of Nicole Johnson, a customer service representative at Crossroads Medical Supply.

Practitioners offer free wellness event BY KIMBERLY SHELTON kshelton@dailycorinthian.com

Certified family nurse practitioners Carmen Parks and Tonya Freeman will hold a special wellness event from 8 a.m. until noon on Saturday, April 23 at the Cross City Medical Clinic.

Offering a wealth of knowledge and practical advice, the free informational event will educate and empower residents to be proactive about their health and overall wellbeing. “We will hold free health screenings, point out some of

the barriers which may keep patients from seeking help from a physician, identify risk factors and discuss the prevention of diseases,” said Carmen Parks, FNP. “We will also be offering free health screenings Please see WELLNESS | 6

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The latest month of tax collections in Corinth eked out small increases in year-toyear comparisons. The minor increase in the sales tax diversion was enough to set a new high bar for the month with $462,425.60 returned to the city at midMarch, an increase of about a tenth of a percentage point, or $600, from a year earlier. The month’s total reflects sales activity in local establishments during the month of January. At the fiscal year’s midpoint, the cumulative total is $3,129,509.41, an increase of 1.1 percent from the prior year. Across the state, the trend

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Schools make deal for merchandising BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

Merchandise featuring Alcorn County schools logo and colors will soon grace the shelves at a local retail store. School board members approved an agreement with Ohiopyle Prints recently. The agreement will allow the printing company to produce and sell merchandise with each county school likeness. In return, Ohiopyle will give the district 7 percent in royalties of net sales from each quarter. “My only concern is if this will

take away or limit the booster clubs and other school organizations from being able to do special school related shirts,” said board member Randy Wilbanks. Board attorney Arch Bullard said the agreement is not exclusive. “Schools and clubs will still be able to produce and sell shirts and other items as always,” he said. Ohiopyle will supply ASD merchandise to Walgreen’s on Please see MERCHANDISE | 5

People of the Crossroads

City sees minor increase among sales tax diversion BY JEBB JOHNSTON

Current department investigator Adam Rencher will act as a non-compensated, contract agent for MBN on behalf of Alcorn County. “MBN will assist the sheriffs office and the county with funding for the controlled purchases of drugs on the streets of Alcorn County -- this is where we would actually send an informant or an officer into the community to make purchases from people who sell drugs,” said Caldwell. “By being in contract, we also will benefit from that revenue stream.”

Michael ‘Frog’ Rutherford, Booneville One of the many friendly faces in the Booneville community is Michael “Frog” Rutherford, who has worked at the Booneville Fire Department for 22 years. Serving as fire inspector and investigator, he also helps with training activities. He is the Prentiss County Fire Coordinator for the 14 volunteer fire departments in the county and Booneville Fire Department, having served in that capacity the past 12 years. “I enjoy helping people in the community,” he said. He and his wife Kathy have three children and three grandchildren. They attend Jumpertown United Methodist Church. He is an assistant Boy Scout leader for Troop 37 in Booneville. Away from work he enjoys being outdoors and raising chickens and cows on his father’s farm in Blackland.

was negative, with diversions falling 5 percent from a year earlier. The tourism tax on food and lodging in the city generated $99,505.60 for the month, rising about 0.8 percent, or $800, from a year earlier. The year-to-date total goes to $647,686.59, an increase of 7.6 percent from the prior year. In other special taxes from the region, Tishomingo County’s tourism tax generated $1,523, up 47 percent from a year ago, and Ripley’s tourism tax yielded $23,495, an increase of 12 percent. Other sales tax results from the region, as reported by the Please see TAXES | 6

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Corinth High School basketball coach Johnny Mitchell announces plans to retire. He led the team to a pair of Class 3A state titles.

Funeral services are held for slain minister Matthew Winkler amid a national media circus. Winkler was found dead a week before at his Selmer, Tenn. home and his wife, Mary Winkler, charged with murder.

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