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Unemployment rate continues to fall BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Alcorn County unemployment dipped below 4 percent in April, falling from the prior month and year. At 3.7 percent, the jobless rate is down from 4.1 percent
in March and 4.6 percent in April 2016. The county had 590 categorized as unemployed, compared with 650 a month earlier and 740 a year earlier, according to the labor force report released this week by the Mississippi Department of Em-
ployment Security. New claims for unemployment insurance in Alcorn County numbered 43, compared to 62 a year ago, and continued claims numbered 238, compared to 345 a year ago. The Mississippi labor force,
which is made up of everyone who has a job or is looking for a job, increased in April by 3,500 to 1,306,200. Over the year since April 2016, the labor force grew by 25,400. In April 2017, the labor force was the largest since September 2012.
The number of people working in Mississippi rose in April by 4,600 to 1,241,500. For the year since April 2016, employment in the state posted an increase of 36,900. Please see RATE | 6
Organizers look to improve law clinic BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Campers will have the opportunity to experience trying on costumes from the late 1800s to the early 1900s at the one-day Pioneer School Camp to be held from 9:30 a.m. until 3:30 p..m at the One-Room School, located on 5 Fulton Street, in Burnsville, on Thursday, June 1.
Camp takes kids back in time BY L.A. STORY lastory@dailycorinthian.com
BURNSVILLE — Crossroads area children can step back in time for one day and attend Pioneer School at a unique camp. Registrations are being tak-
en for the one-day Pioneer School Camp to be held from 9:30 a.m. until 3:30 p..m at the One-Room School, located on 5 Fulton Street, in Burnsville, on Thursday, June 1. James Monroe, history teach-
er at Burnsville Middle School, will be the instructor for the day and Pat Arinder will be the leader for this year’s camp. Arinder has studied Early Please see CAMP | 5
Organizers of the free family law clinic are looking for ways to make it better. A community planning meeting to receive input is set for noon on Thursday at the Corinth Library. Among those expected to attend are Chancery Judge Jacqueline Mask; Tiffany Graves, executive director of the Mississippi Access to Justice Commission; Chancery Clerk Greg Younger; and Phil Hinton, Corinth attorney and coordinator for the Corinth clinics. The focus of the meeting is ideas to improve the events and to discuss other areas in which assistance could be provided to those who attend. About 50 eligible clients received assistance in Alcorn County through clinics held in the last couple of years. Participants cannot have income exceeding 200 percent of federal poverty guidelines. “We have these clinics because there are those people that cannot afford legal representation but still desperately need some type of legal services,” said Hinton. “They are
provided other services in the community by a lot of charities and organizations, but this is something unique to the bar association.” An example of those who could benefit from the clinic are children who need to be placed in another’s custody, such as grandparents. In other cases, “We have people that do need to be divorced, but they simply can’t afford to do it through the contested route,” said Hinton. “Sometimes we have older children who need to be emancipated because they are on their own for a good bit of the time. They need to be able to buy cars or be able to contract for services or apartments or things like that.” The advice given helps the clients represent themselves in the legal matters. The law clinics, which aim to ensure the legal needs of children in low-income families are met, are held by the local bar associations under the direction of the Mississippi Access to Justice Commission. The next clinic is scheduled for July 25 at the Alcorn Chancery Building from 4 to 7 p.m.
Play mixes humor, message BY L.A. STORY lastory@dailycorinthian.com
How do you get a guy to behave? You tell on him to his mama. At least that is how four men are taught a valuable lesson in the upcoming stage play “The Whiny Man Syndrome.” Carol Norton Productions will present the all new stage play “The Whiny Man Syndrome” beginning at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 10, at the Coliseum Civic Center, located at 404 Taylor Street, in Corinth. Carol Norton, of Tupelo, is the writer, producer, director and is also part of the cast. Norton’s work has garnered her enough attention that she has secured sponsors to help bring the play to the stage. The story centers around four guys who are best friends. One of those four friends, Terrance, is the owner of the clubhouse where they all hang out. The guys enjoy their time at the clubhouse so much that they don’t want to do any-
thing at home. If they are not at work, they head straight to the clubhouse. The men’s wives are upset because the guys are not helping at home. “They’re tired of their wives fussing at them to do things around the house. Terrance’s wife is upset because the yard at his house hasn’t been mowed in a month. One wife is upset because the trash hasn’t been taken out and one wife is upset because her husband was supposed to be washing her car, but the clubhouse is decorated and the yard is mowed. They have it all fixed up,” Norton explained. The four friends get together and plan a meeting. The meeting is about how they’re going to “put their foot down” and let their wives know that “they run the show” and they “are the man of the house.” However, the men’s well-laid plans go awry when one wife finds out and calls her mother-in-law. What hapPlease see PLAY | 2
Photo by Lisa Lambert
ACHS graduation Alcorn Central High School Class of 2017 member Shawna Marie Smith takes a selfie with her daughter, Bridget Brentner, prior to the ACHS graduation Thursday night at the Crossroads Arena. For more photos of the Class of 2017, see the Sunday Daily Corinthian print edition.
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Ground is broken for the start of four-laning of an 11-mile stretch of Highway 72 from Corinth to Goose Bottom.
McNairy County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Tom Cauley resigns after two years on the job.