Shiloh Park offers hikes, car caravan tours
Alcorn County FFA chapter hosts annual plant sale
Tishomingo County Iuka teenager dies in crash
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Board names Morton’s replacement BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com
The third district now has new representation on the Alcorn School District Board of Education. In a special called meeting
Thursday night, board members officially accepted the resignation of former board president Carroll Morton and appointed Alcorn County minister Lamar Walker to the position.
“In my opinion, taking Mr. Morton’s place is a big step,” said fifth district board member Randy Wilbanks. “I think the world of him and enjoyed my time working with him on this board.”
Morton ressigned following a 3-2 vote to close Glendale and Rienzi elementary schools earlier this month. Wilbanks assumed the role of president, and on Thursday officially led the board in that
Chili tasting comes to town
BY MARK BOEHLER editor@dailycorinthian.com
The Alcorn County Sheriff’s Department continues an investigation after an Alcorn County man was shot in Alcorn County about 12:45 p.m. Thursday and a person of interest remains in custody. Alcorn County Sheriff Ben Caldwell said the ordeal unfolded when the male gunshot victim walked to a house on Alcorn County Road 702 to seek help.
BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com
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Staff photo by Zack Steen
Corinth School District Superintendent Lee Childress announces the opening of a new high school technical campus on Thursday. The Corinth School District Technology and Innovation Center known as C-Tech will open to students this fall.
District announces C-Tech plans BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com
Students will soon be better prepared for both career and college as the reshaping of Corinth education begins. Corinth School District officials announced Thursday morning the creation of the
Corinth School District Technology and Innovation Center known as C-Tech, a new vocational campus planned to open in the fall. “This opportunity presented itself as a result of us being named a District of Innovation by the state. It allows us
54th JA Charity Ball features classy Eden BY KIMBERLY SHELTON kshelton@dailycorinthian.com
Guests at the 54th Annual Junior Auxiliary Charity Ball will feel as if they’ve entered an enchanted garden as they pass beneath an exquisite arbor embellished with fragrant roses and other live greenery. Set for 3 p.m. on Saturday, the ball’s venue (Hillandale Golf Course) will be transformed into an Eden filled with soft pastels and sparking lights. Draped in blue hydrangeas, yellow Billy balls, bells of Ireland, silver dollar eucalyptus, live moss, carnations and lilacs, the former country club
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Man found shot; SO investigates
Student innovation
Professional and local chili cookers will light their fires on Saturday at the 9th annual Crossroads Chili Cook-Off and event goers may get the best end of the deal. Locals will be able to taste all prepared traditional red chili in the People’s Choice competition slated to begin at noon at the downtown Corinth Depot on Fillmore Street. A $5 donation to Havis’ Kids will allow individuals to enter the all-you-can-eat chili tasting event and receive a kit with spoons, napkins and bowls. Also inside each kit will include a judge’s ticket. The person will then need to leave the ticket with the cook of their favorite chili. “Folks should definitely come to the cook-off with a big appetite,” said event chair Steve Knight. “So far we have around 30 cookers signed up — some from as far away as Illinois and Indiana. There will also be
capacity for the first time. With a little over eight months until election, an appointment to the seat vacated by Morton was settled in a
MRHC hosts blood drive BY KIMBERLY SHELTON kshelton@dailycorinthian.com
to restructure and create better individuals so when they leave high school, they are better prepared for a career or for college,” said Corinth School District Superintendent Lee Childress.
Blood is desperately needed, and it’s no April Fool. Celebrating the life-renewing season of Spring, United Blood services will hold a communitywide blood drive at Magnolia Regional health Center on Friday, April 1 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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People of the Crossroads Margaret Simpson, Corinth Staff photo by Zack Steen
Corinth School District Food Service Director Margaret Simpson has been in charge of planning student meals at all three Corinth city schools since 1999. “It is my responsibly that our menus stay up to standards set by the state and that students get a good and balanced meal,” said the 63-year-old. Originally from Tupelo, Simpson is the mother of three daughters and seven grandchildren. “I love spending time with my family and trying to keep up with my grandchildren,” she said. An active member of First Baptist Church in Corinth, she also enjoys gardening and working outside.
will transmute into a horticulturist’s dream. Hundreds of pink roses accented with baby’s breath and mini green hydrangeas will also adorn the space. “We are keeping the inside decorations very classic,” said Charity Ball Decorations Chair Jamie Jones. “The rich drapery, silver platters and black and white stripes are reminiscent of the formal lounge at the Kentucky Derby.” Continuing their spring derby-style/equestrian theme, white table cloths accented with black toppers and whimPlease see BALL | 2A
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Drastic cuts to state education funding force reductions in class time for students. The Corinth School District cuts two days from the calendar. The Alcorn School District goes to four days per week for the final month of classes.
The Caterpillar Foundation provides a $5,000 grant for improvements at the Corinth Coliseum-Civic Center. The funds match a grant from the Ben and Corrine Pierce Foundation and will combine with other funds for renovations to the historic venue.
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