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Daily Corinthian Vol. 119, No. 92
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• Corinth, Mississippi • 16 pages • One section
2 charged with drive-by shooting BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Corinth police have charged two Alabama residents in Friday’s Cass Street shooting that left a Corinth man critically injured. Police Chief Ralph Dance said both suspects are charged with drive-by shooting: Jodi Ann Haney, 35, of 1009 Scott Drive, Red Bay, Ala., and Steven Bradley Pharr, 44, of 1 Village Circle, King Apartments, Red Bay, Ala. Bond was set at $50,000 for both. They were taken into custody Friday night in Red Bay, Ala., and waived extradition to Alcorn County, where they were booked at the regional correctional
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facility. The police department received a tip about the suspects from a Baldwyn police investigator that led the hunt for the two to Red Bay, Ala. Local authori-
ties in Alabama helped locate the suspects. The circumstances that prompted the shooting are not clear. “It appears these two individuals were here in Corinth, we believe, to purchase narcotics,” said Dance. “For some reason, these two suspects pursued the victim into the parking lot and pulled up beside the car.” Haney then allegedly pointed a handgun out the window of the truck, a dark green Ford F-150 pickup, and fired one shot into the car, striking Thomas Rogers in the back left shoulder area. The bullet exited his neck and grazed the abdomen of the second occupant of the ve-
hicle, DeMichael Morrison, 25, of Johns Street. Rogers, 25, of Crater Street, continues to be hospitalized at The Med in Memphis. After the 5:30 p.m. shooting at a parking lot near the Southgate shopping center, Rogers attempted to drive to the hospital but crashed on Highway 72 near Galyean Road. He was flown to The Med and Morrison was treated and released at Magnolia Regional. The shooting is not believed to have any connection to the gang-related shootout at the Nashway Apartments about two weeks earlier.
Event Kids get dirty for good cause New date set for bid benefits opening March of Dimes BY ZACK STEEN
zsteen@dailycorinthian.com
BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
No one needs to tell Denise McAlpin the important role March of Dimes plays in premature pregnancies. The mother of two has seen it first hand. McAlpin and fellow Kmart employees are out to see all babies get a fighting chance by hosting the Bike and Classic Car Show to benefit the charity. The show is set for 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday in front of the store. “This is something personal to me,” said McAlpin, team captain of the store effort. “It’s something no parent wants to go through.” Both McAlpin’s children – Brian and Brianna – were born premature, but are healthy children today. “You can’t tell either one of them were born premature,” added their mother. Because of her first-hand knowledge of March of Dimes, McAlpin is hoping Kmart’s first bike and car show will be a success. “We want the whole community to get involved,” said McAlpin. “All of us are excited and hoping for a big event.” Kmart has made fundraising for March of Dimes an annual event. Through numerous events this year, employees have raised $3,200 of its $5,800 goal. “We’ve had all kinds of things this year and I am hoping we can raise a $1,000 from the bike and classic car show,” said McAlpin. Those interested in showing a bike or car should show up at 9 a.m. on Saturday. Entry fee is $5. Employees will be grilling hot dogs and hamburgers with all proceeds going directly to March of Dimes. The entrant who raises the most money during the day will be awarded a prize. Please see KMART | 2
Most kids love to get dirty and play in the mud, even if it means they are in deep trouble with their parents. Youth got the green light from their parents to play in the mud on Saturday and it was all for a good cause. The Second Annual Muddy Warrior Run was blessed with good weather as kids turned out for the event to raise funds for the PTO at Corinth Elementary School. “It was a great year -- the weather cooperated. We could not of asked for a better day,” said co-chair Annie Richardson. “It was overall a very good turnout and we were not far from the number of participants from last year.” The run featured more than 20 challenges and obstacles designed for kids of all ages around a one-mile muddy outdoor course near the entrance of new Corinth High School Softball Complex. “We made several changes to the course and surroundings this year,” said Richardson. “Everyone was happy. We didn’t hear any complaints.” One major change included the use of the softball complex’s parking lot area. “Being able to utilize the parking lot this year was great,” she added. “It provided a place to escape the mud.” Richardson was quick to thank the Corinth Fire Department for helping spray folks off
BY JEBB JOHNSTON
jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Staff photo by Mark Boehler
Corinth Fire Department Cpt. Johnny Butler cleans off Cooper Jones during the Muddy Warrior Run. See related photos on page 2. as they finished the course. “We also could not have done this event without the help and support of all our volunteers and sponsors,” she said. Sponsors included Magnolia Regional Health Center, CSpire, Nickels Signs & Graphics, Nickels Media, Coca-Cola
and Lamar Advertising. Money raised from the event is used by the PTO to help buy snacks for CES students. The program provides a snack to more than 1,400 students every day during the school year. (For more information, visit corinthpto.org.)
Boston Strong: Williams completes 13th straight marathon in Beantown BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
BOSTON — Kenneth Williams celebrated Patriots’ Day by putting one foot in front of the other. The 73-year-old local runner completed his 13th straight Boston Marathon in 4:58:53 during the 119th running on Monday. Williams, president of Corinth Coca-Cola Bottling Works, competed in the 70-74 age division in his 14th overall Boston event.
Williams, who posted a time of 4:44:22 in 2014, turned in a 11:24 pace during cold and rainy conditions on Monday.
Joseph Peters, of Michie Tenn., crossed with a net time of 4:13:37 in the 60-64 age division. Ethiopia’s Lelisa Desisa won his second consecutive Boston Marathon. Desisa finished the 26.2-mile event in 2:09:17. Kenya’s Caroline Rotich, who crossed in 2:24:55, claimed her first Boston Marathon by edging Mare Dibaba by four seconds. A field of over 27,000 runners braved windy and damp conditions in the run from Hopkinton to Boylston Street.
Bids for the Crossroads Regional Park expansion will be unsealed later than originally scheduled. The new bid opening date is 10 a.m. on May 14. It had been set for Monday. “Some of the contractors needed more time to prepare their bids,” said Johnny Crotts of Cook Coggin Engineers. Members of the park commission and Corinth Board of Aldermen will be invited to a special meeting of the Alcorn County Board of Supervisors at the time of the bid opening for a project that includes the widening of Clark Street, five new ball fields, new parking, five soccer fields, new restrooms, improvements to the tennis courts, paving of the gravel lot adjacent to the tennis courts, a new playground and sand volleyball courts. Crotts announced the change at the Board of Supervisors meeting Monday morning. In other business before the supervisors: ■ The board awarded several small Third District paving jobs to Parsons Earthworks of Iuka: One-tenth of a mile on Road 380, $5,280; one-tenth of a mile on Road 529, $4,695; and two-tenths of a mile on Road 221-A, $9,390. Parsons was the lowest of three bidders on each job. ■ The board approved renewing insurance coverage with Zurich for property, general liability, public officials liability, employment practices and automobile. The cost is $197,709, rising slightly from last year’s $194,623. It includes buildings and contents valued at a little more than $35 million, county equipment valued at a little more than $2 million and voting machines valued at about $400,000. ■ Sheriff Charles Rinehart reported regional correctional facility revenue for March totaling $444,655.37, Please see BOARD | 2
25 years ago
On this day in history 150 years ago
The Corinth Rotary Club presents its annual honors. Dick Dansereau, Kimberly-Clark plant manager, is honored with the Rotary Community Service Award. Gerald McLemore receives the Outstanding Rotarian award. Preston Biggers and Lee Norman are named Paul Harris Fellows.
Colonel John Mosby, the “Gray Ghost of the Confederacy,” refuses to surrender and disbands his cavalry and orders it to go home. A train bearing Lincoln’s casket pulls out of Washington bound for Springfield, Illinois. EXECUTIVE RENTALS COR CORINT INTH, H,, MISSISSIPPI MISSIS MIS SISSIP SIPPI PI CORINTH,
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