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Developer opts out of seeking Afton rezoning BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

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Evaluations of the building at 501 Cruise Street have been in progress to determine the extent of repairs to be made.

Eaves dropping: Street reopens 3 weeks after parapet collapse BY JEBB JOHNSTON

“There was no interior damage to the building as far as the drywall and doors and windows. There is going to have to be some tuckpointing on some brick on the interior side of the brick.”

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Preparations continue for repairs at 501 Cruise Street where a portion of the parapet collapsed on May 17. The street reopened Monday after it was determined there was no imminent threat of more bricks falling to the sidewalk. “The contractor stabilized the roof structure and has removed all the loose brick,” said Building Inspector Greg Tyson. An engineer was expected at the site Wednesday to look at the structure to “make a determination if any additional brick needs to be moved or if it’s stabilized enough to lay the new brick,” he said. The Weeden Law Firm and the occupants of three apartments on the second and third floors will have to stay out of the

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“There was no interior damage to the building as far as the drywall and doors and windows,” said Tyson. “There is going to have to be some tuckpointing on some brick on the interior side of the brick.” It is possible the street may need to be closed for a day here or there during the contractor’s repair work.

IUKA — Tishomingo County’s beloved Old Courthouse Museum has closed. Due to lack of stable funding, the volunteer-run museum shut its doors on June 1 and currently has no plans of reopening. “We appreciate the fine work of the volunteer staﬀ to date and all they have achieved. The establishment is very much a tourist attraction in addition to being an archive of our history,” said Tishomingo County Historical & Genealogical Society President Bill Gurley. “The board is actively exploring means to provide stable funding for the museum and leverage collaboration with Missis-

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Building inspector building until the repair is 100 percent complete. “Once they start the process of rebuilding, that’s going to go pretty fast,” said Tyson. “It’s just been a slow process getting to this point.” No one was injured as deteriorating brick fell to the sidewalk and street, although some cars were damaged.

The proposed commercial rezoning near Afton is oﬀ the table. Hill Brothers Leasing Company is no longer pursuing the project at the northwest corner of Mississippi Highway 2 and North Shiloh Road and withdrew its application for rezoning of 10 acres there from residential to commercial. The item had been scheduled to go before the Board of Mayor and Aldermen Tuesday evening. The planning commission on May 23 voted not to recommend approval of the rezoning after a large num-

ber of residents of the North Corinth subdivision voiced concerns about the project. Hill Brothers, which is the developer of Afton, planned to market several parcels for commercial development with restrictions on their use. In other business before the board Tuesday: • In a continued adjudication hearing, the board tabled action on the East Shiloh Road commercial strip that includes one remaining business, House of Beauty. The board wants the owners present at the next meeting. Janet Tubbs, proprietor of

A group of ladies are putting their hands to work in eﬀort to help cancer patients. The Cross City Piecemakers Quilt Guild took on the project of making Caring Caps for those patients who have lost their hair through chemotherapy. Since last year, the group has made over 100 caps for West Clinic. “We are glad to use our skills to help cancer patients,” said Gail Stables with Cross City Piecemakers. “So many people have donated fabric and this is a good way to use it.”

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People of the Crossroads Michael Gammill, Corinth Staff photo by Zack Steen

Very few Crossroads area residents haven’t witnessed the man and his parrot riding a bike around downtown Corinth. The man in question is Corinth native Michael Gammill, who recently returned to the Cross City after a nearly 30-year military career. The colorful bird always by his side is Romeo, a 23-year-old Macaw parrot. “He really likes to bicycle ride,” said Gammill. “We both enjoy meeting and talking to people — everyone waves at Romeo and calls his name. We have fun.” Romeo acts as service animal for the veteran, who lost some of his hearing while in the military. Gammill has one daughter and one grandson who live in Texas.

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New electronic voting machines make their debut with congressional primary elections. Circuit Clerk Joe Caldwell says the transition went smoothly.

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Today is Thursday, June 9, the 161st day of 2016. There are 205 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On June 9, 1986, the Rogers Commission released its report on the Challenger disaster, criticizing NASA and rocketbuilder Morton Thiokol for management problems leading to the explosion that claimed the lives of seven astronauts.

On this date: In 1870, author Charles Dickens died in Gad’s Hill Place, England. In 1911, Carrie A. Nation, the hatchet-wielding temperance crusader, died in Leavenworth, Kansas, at age 64. In 1943, the federal government began withholding income tax from paychecks. In 1946, Bhumibol Adulyadej became king of Thailand at age 18, beginning a reign that continues to this day. In 1953, 94 people died when a tornado struck Worcester, Massachusetts. In 1954, during the Senate-Army Hearings, Army special counsel Joseph N. Welch famously berated Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R-Wis., asking McCarthy: “Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?” In 1969, the Senate confirmed Warren Burger to be the new chief justice of the United States, succeeding Earl Warren. In 1973, Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes, becoming horse racing’s first Triple Crown winner in 25 years. In 1985, American educator Thomas Sutherland was kidnapped in Lebanon by members of Islamic Jihad; he was released in November 1991 along with fellow hostage Terry Waite. In 1994, a fire destroyed the Georgia mansion of Atlanta Falcons receiver Andre Rison; his girlfriend, rap singer Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, admitted causing the blaze after a fight, and was later sentenced to probation.

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NAACP monthly meeting is tonight The Alcorn County Branch NAACP will hold its regular monthly meeting tonight at 7 p.m. at the Johns Street Center. All members are encourage to attend.

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Tish school district considers tax increase IUKA — The Tishomingo County School District is working to finalize their 2016-17 school year budget. A 22 percent increase is needed in the budget and is proposed to be financed through a total ad valorem tax levy. The proposed increase may result in an increase in the ad valorem tax millage rate, which are taxes currently paid on homes, car tags, business fixtures and equipment and rental property. A public meeting to consider a proposed ad valorem tax effort is set for June 13 at the superintendent’s office.

Savannah Savannah man dies in motorcycle wreck SAVANNAH, Tenn. — A 55-year-old Savannah man died Tuesday after he was involved in a motorcycle accident. Thomas Whaley was riding a Kawasaki motorcycle when it left the roadway on U.S. Hwy. 64 around 5 p.m., based on a report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol. Whaley was going east on Hwy. 64 when he veered into oncoming traffic and then left the highway, approximately six miles east of Savannah. He was wearing a helmet.

going to be a major asset to the community,” said Mayor Derrick Blythe. The first of those commercial customers was on site Tuesday afternoon filling up the tanks of a big blue Mac garbage truck that will soon hit the streets of the city. The truck, operated by Waste Connections, is the first of its kind in North Mississippi, said Waste Connections Regional Manager Bobby Ladley. Ladley said putting the new truck on the road was a logical step for the company due to the fuel cost savings compared to operating a similar diesel powered truck. The natural gas powered garbage truck will pick up trash within the city limits and should be in full operation later this week. The mayor said saving money has been the driving factor behind the effort to construct the refueling station, which began two and a half years ago. The city is currently operating 14 vehicles powered by natural gas and will continue to purchase natural gas vehicles to replace existing ones as vehicles in the current fleet age. Blythe said he expects to see a significant fuel savings in the neighborhood of over 90 percent compared to the current cost of gasoline and diesel fuel. He said it just makes sense with the city already operating an extensive natural gas system to tap into that system to fuel vehicles. They also hope to tap into the growing number of natural gas vehicles being operated by industries in the immediate area and the region. Blythe said they expect to be able to offer fueling to commercial customers in the near future as they get the final adjustments made to the station. Cost of the station is estimated at around $400,000 with $150,000 of that funding coming through a grant.

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BOONEVILLE — With the snap and hiss of a silver connector the city of Booneville stepped into the future of fuel as its new compressed natural gas refueling station began operating for the first time Tuesday. Located on Veterans Drive just east of the Jacinto Road intersection, officials say the station will bring major cost savings to the city as well as the opportunity to generate additional revenue by selling fuel to commercial customers in the future. “I truly, truly believe this is

SELMER, Tenn. — The 8th annual Rockabilly Highway Revival has been stretched into a week-long event in Selmer this year. There will be a 5K run Thursday night, a free concert, the McNairy Co. Music Hall of Fame inductions, & a Slug Out Friday and an all-day affair on Saturday. The first Rocking and Glowing 5K will be held tonight with the race beginning at 7:30 p.m. Registration will begin at 6 p.m. at Rockabilly Park in Downtown Selmer. Music will be provided by the

Tippah County Ashley enters safety deal with OSHA

TIPPAH COUNTY — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Ashley Furniture, the nation’s largest retailer of home furnishings, have entered into a corporate-wide settlement agreement that provides an effective framework for protecting workers from machine hazards. The agreement also resolves all pending OSHA citations at the company’s Ripley plant in Tippah County .

Among the terms in the agreement, Ashley will demonstrate its corporate commitment to safety by retaining a Vice President for Safety responsible for managing a corporate-wide program to identify and evaluate prevention and control of machine hazards. The comprehensive settlement emphasizes employee involvement and management commitment to the implementation of the machine safety program. “With this settlement, Ashley Furniture is taking important steps to change its culture, invest in its employees and work with OSHA to make significant changes to protect the safety and health of workers,” said U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez. “We look forward to working with Ashley Furniture to ensure that it fulfills its commitment and focuses on reducing injuries on the job. This settlement is an important reminder that every worker has the right to a safe workplace, and we will continue to use all available tools to protect that right.” Under the settlement agreement, Ashley will implement a number of safety measures to protect its employees and will submit status reports to OSHA annually during the two-year term of the agreement. The company will conduct periodic audits of facilities to identify machine hazards, as well as an annual review of the effectiveness of the program; develop internal corporate monitoring provisions; and identify a corporate officer or senior managers who will act as a designated official responsible for implementation and oversight of the agreement. “This settlement will require Ashley Furniture to implement a program to prevent machine hazards, in particular those that lead to amputations. In addition, workers will now have a voice in how to continuously improve working conditions and safety in the covered plants,” said Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Dr. David Michaels. The settlement agreement with Ashley resolves numerous violations that OSHA issued to several Ashley workplaces. OSHA conducted inspections at several Ashley workplaces after learning of injuries at the Arcadia facility, and realizing that similar hazardous conditions could exist at the other workplaces. To resolve all citations, the company will correct all cited violations and will pay penalties of $1.75 million.

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Dawg Creek Band at the mural from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. during the event. Registration fee is $25 the day of the event. There will be five age groups: 12 & under, 13-15, 16-29, 30-49, and 50 & up. You can get a registration form at the Selmer Community Center or the McNairy County Chamber of Commerce. On Friday, there will be a Slug Out slugburger contest at noon on the Courthouse lawn. The local restaurants will be in a contest to see who makes the best slugburger in Selmer. There will be blind judging and a People’s Choice Award given out in the contest. The competitors are Brenda’s Snack Shack, Pat’s Café, Rockabilly Café and Wink’s. The Hall of Fame induction will be held at the Latta Building from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. This year’s honorees are Dwight & Freda Locke, brothers Arlas “Bo” & Neil English, Bo Jack Killingsworth and Butch Gibson. Alyson Green will perform a free concert on the lawn of the McNairy County Courthouse beginning at 6 p.m. There will be vendors open during the concert. On Saturday, the Rockabilly Highway Festival will begin with the registration for the car show at 8:15 a.m. The car show ends at noon with an awards ceremony at 3 p.m. The Lloyd Watkins Band will play from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. There will be Pickin’ at Pat’s with Russell Elliot from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. The Dawg Creek Band will perform between 1 p.m.-3 p.m. The Myxx will be on the stage at 4:30 p.m. Mallory Lowery, the newly crowned McNairy Idol, will sing at 6 p.m. Lowery won the singing contest Monday night before a capacity crowd. Landon Lane will finish the night of music with a performance beginning at 6:30 p.m. The big day of activity will conclude a fireworks show that will start around 8:45 p.m.

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Is personal responsibility obsolete? Too many social problems are conceived of in terms of what “we” can do for “them.” After decades of massive expansions of the welfare state, the answer seems to range from “not very much” to “makThomas ing matters worse.” Undaunted, people in a Sowell number of countries are comColumnist ing up with new proposals that are variations on the theme of government-provided income – which amounts to relieving people from personal responsibility. Yet even some conservatives and libertarians are coming up with proposals for more “efficient” versions of the welfare state – namely direct cash grants for life to virtually all adults, instead of the current hodgepodge of overlapping bureaucratic programs. Charles Murray recognizes that “some people will idle away their lives” under his proposal. “But that is already a problem,” he says, and therefore is no valid objection to replacing the welfare state with a less costly alternative. Everyone recognizes that there are some people unable to provide for their own survival – infants and the severely disabled, among others. But providing for such people is wholly different from a blanket guarantee for everybody that they need not lift a finger to feed, clothe or shelter themselves. The financial cost of providing such a guarantee, though huge, is not the worst of the problems. The history of what has actually happened in times and places where people were relieved from the challenge of survival by windfall gains is not encouraging. In both England and the United States, the massive expansion of the welfare state since the 1960s has been accompanied by a vast expansion in the amount of crime, violence, drug addiction, fatherless children and other signs of social degeneration. Maybe that was just coincidence. But there have been too many coincidences in too many very different times and places where people were relieved from the challenge of survival by windfall gains of one sort or another. In 16th and 17th century Spain – its “golden age” – the windfall gain was gold and silver looted by the ton from Spanish colonies in the Western Hemisphere. This enabled Spain to survive without having to develop the skills, the sciences or the work ethic of other countries in Western Europe. But once the windfall gains from its colonies were gone, Spain became, and remained, one of the poorest countries in Western Europe. Worse, the disdainful attitudes toward productive work that developed during the centuries of Spain’s “golden age” became a negative legacy to future generations, in both Spain itself and in its overseas offshoot societies in Latin America. In Saudi Arabia today, the great windfall gain is its vast petroleum reserve. This has spawned both a fabulously wealthy ruling elite and a heavily subsidized general population in which many have become disdainful of work. The net result has been a work force in which foreigners literally outnumber Saudis. Some welfare states’ windfall gains have enabled a large segment of their own citizens to live in subsidized idleness while many jobs stigmatized as “menial” are taken over by foreigners. Often these initially poor foreigners rise up the economic scale, while the subsidized domestic poor fail to rise. Do we really want more of that? Those with the welfare state vision often want to remove challenges even from games by getting rid of winning and losing. That is consistent with their overall assumptions about life. But it seems inconsistent for conservatives and libertarians to support plans whose net effect would be to reduce the inherent challenges of life for still more people. (Daily Corinthian columnist Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. His website is www.tsowell.com.)

Prayer for today Father of all, I pray that I may always love children. May I never forget that I wanted things and needed things when I was a child, and that the help and neglect which I received then told in my life. Make me interested in the purposes that will help the progress of the child to-day, and may I realize that the child does not need my casual charity as much as it needs my permanent justice. Amen.

A verse to share “Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.” –Psalms 32:1

The Donald & The La Raza Judge Before the lynching of The Donald proceeds, what exactly was it he said about that Hispanic judge? Stated succinctly, Donald Trump said U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, who is presiding over a classaction suit against Trump University, is sticking it to him. And the judge’s bias is likely rooted in the fact that he is of Mexican descent. Can there be any defense of a statement so horrific? Just this. First, Trump has a perfect right to be angry about the judge’s rulings and to question his motives. Second, there are grounds for believing Trump is right. On May 27, Curiel, at the request of The Washington Post, made public plaintiﬀ accusations against Trump University – that the whole thing was a scam. The Post, which Bob Woodward tells us has 20 reporters digging for dirt in Trump’s past, had a field day. And who is Curiel? An appointee of President Obama, he has for years been associated with the La Raza Lawyers Association of San Diego, which supports pro-illegal immigrant organizations. Set aside the folly of letting Clinton surrogates like the Post distract him from the message he should be delivering, what did Trump

do to be smeared by a bipartisan media mob as a “racist”? He attacked the Pat i n d e p e n Buchanan dence of the judiciary, we Columnist are told. But Presidents Jeﬀerson and Jackson attacked the Supreme Court, and FDR, fed up with New Deal programs being struck down, tried to “pack the court” by raising the number of justices to 15 if necessary. Abraham Lincoln leveled “that eminent tribunal” in his first inaugural, and once considered arresting Chief Justice Roger Taney. The conservative movement was propelled by attacks on the Warren Court. In the ‘50s and ‘60s, “Impeach Earl Warren!” was plastered on billboards and bumper stickers all across God’s country. The judiciary is independent, but that does not mean that federal judges are exempt from the same robust criticism as presidents or members of Congress. Obama himself attacked the Citizens United decision in a State of the Union address, with the justices

sitting right in front of him. But Trump’s real hanging offense was that he brought up the judge’s ancestry, as the son of Mexican immigrants, implying that he was something of a judicial version of Univision’s Jorge Ramos. Apparently, it is now not only politically incorrect, but, in Newt Gingrich’s term, “inexcusable,” to bring up the religious, racial or ethnic background of a judge, or suggest this might influence his actions on the bench. But these things matter. Does Newt think that when LBJ appointed Thurgood Marshall, ex-head of the NAACP, to the Supreme Court, he did not think Marshall would bring his unique experience as a black man and civil rights leader to the bench? Surely, that was among the reasons Marshall was appointed. When Obama named Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, a woman of Puerto Rican descent who went through college on affirmative action scholarships, did Obama think this would not influence her decision when it came to whether or not to abolish affirmative action? “I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the

richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life,” Sotomayor said in a speech at Berkeley law school and in other forums. Translation: Ethnicity matters, and my Latina background helps guide my decisions. All of us are products of our family, faith, race and ethnic group. And the suggestion in these attacks on Trump that judges and justices always rise about such irrelevant considerations, and decide solely on the merits, is naive nonsense. There are reasons why defense lawyers seek “changes of venue” and avoid the courtrooms of “hanging judges.” To many liberals, all white Southern males are citizens under eternal suspicion of being racists. The most depressing thing about this episode is to see Republicans rushing to stomp on Trump, to show the left how well they have mastered their liberal catechism. (Daily Corinthian columnist Pat Buchanan is an American conservative political commentator, author, syndicated columnist, politician and broadcaster.)

Neither candidate is getting immigration right No contemporary political issue has been more controversial, or has been subject to more dubious analyses, than immigration. Take Donald Trump’s endlessly repeated promise to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. As I’ve pointed out, that is attacking a problem that no longer exists or that has diminished greatly. Net migration from Mexico to the U.S. was around zero between 2007 and 2014. But Trump’s critics also miss something. Walls can actually work. The wall along the border near San Diego worked well enough a dozen years ago that many migrants crossed into the Arizona desert instead. It may not be feasible to build a wall along the Rio Grande in Texas, but the border there can be patrolled more eﬀectively than it is now. Trump’s pointing out that some illegal immigrants from Mexico have been rapists drew harsh criticism. But it’s true: Some have been rapists, and on average, immigrants from Mexico have had lower skills and less law-abiding backgrounds than immigrants from any other country. That makes

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sense when you consider that it’s easier to cross a 2,000-mile land-andshallowMichael river borBarone der than an ocean. Columnist But it’s important also to understand how the flow of immigration has changed. Data from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey has shown how the picture changed from the pre-recession years of 1998-2007 to the most recent two-year period, 2014-2015. In the earlier period, immigration from Mexico averaged 429,000 a year, nearly one-third of total immigration. More recently, it averaged 170,000 a year, just 11 percent of the total. But immigration from the rest of Latin America has increased significantly, from 269,000 annually prerecession to 439,000 most recently. That leaves total Latin migration down by some 90,000. Immigration from East and South Asia has more than made up for this, rising

from a pre-recession average of 337,000 to 566,000 in 2014-2015. Immigration from Africa and the Middle East is also up, from 101,000 to 205,000. The ACS data does not categorize these immigrants by skill level. But past patterns suggest that current immigrants on average have higher levels of education and skills than was the case in the surge of immigration in the quarter-century from 1982 to 2007. That suggests less need for a wall on the Mexican border. But perhaps not. The Census data don’t show how many non-Mexican Latin illegal immigrants make their way across America’s southern border. The surge of “children” from Central America across the border in summer and fall 2015 suggests that this number is substantial – and could grow much larger. What should be done about this? Standard polling questions suggest most voters don’t want to see mass deportations of the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants. But veteran political reporter Thomas Edsall notes that those polls don’t explain the resonance

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of Trump’s immigration stands. There’s a strong argument for a revised immigration policy, like those of Canada and Australia, which would prioritize high-skill immigrants and reduce the number of low-skill people admitted under extended family unification provisions. The reduced flow of migrants from Mexico and increased flow from South and East Asia is producing results closer to such a policy than what we saw during the 1982-2007 surge of immigration. Trump’s incendiary statements don’t point directly toward that kind of immigration reform. But Clinton’s advocacy of what amounts to open borders for the unskilled points in the opposite direction – and it’s far from clear that’s what most voters want. (Daily Corinthian columnist Michael Barone is senior political analyst for The Washington Examiner, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a Fox News Channel contributor and a coauthor of The Almanac of American Politics.)

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Frazier Memorial Scholarships The Kiwanis Club of Corinth gave out 10 Leon Frazier Memorial Scholarships Saturday during the 19th Annual Leon Frazier Memorial Concert at the Corinth Coliseum Civic Center. Getting $1,000 each were (with college attending) Amber Kelly (Northeast) of Alcorn Central, Kayelyn Robertson (Ole Miss) of Alcorn Central, Deanna King (Northeast) of Corinth, Mark Larson (Ole Miss) of Corinth, Baillie Lancaster (Northeast) of Kossuth and Kasey McKee (Northeast) of Kossuth. $1,000 winners not pictured are Taylor Durham (Northeast) of Biggersville and Amber McDonald (Mississippi State) of Corinth. $500 Key Club scholarship winners not pictured are Sloan Weeden (Ole Miss) and Millie Hill (Mississippi State). Proceeds from the concert go to fund 10 memorial scholarships each year.

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Orientation counselors from Alcorn County include: Marshall Grooms of Corinth, Kelsey English of Kossuth, Logan Gates of Corinth, Abbie Clausel of Corinth and Claire Cornelius of Corinth. Not pictured are: Aaron Dean of Corinth and Chylencia Phelan of Corinth.

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BOONEVILLE — Northeast Mississippi Community College recently selected 39 students to serve as orientation counselors for the 2016 summer orientation sessions on

June 21 and 22. Orientation is a program designed to assist new students in making a smooth transition to college. Northeast’s orientation sessions provide an excellent opportunity to

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JACKSON — Lawyers for Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood are asking the state Supreme Court to order more evaluation of whether a man convicted of a 1995 murder in Bolivar County is too mentally disabled to execute. Assistant Attorney General Jason Davis told justices in a Wednesday hearing in Jackson that a psychologist didn’t administer proper tests to examine whether Kevin Scott is faking his disability. Davis cites other tests

of Scott that found that he wasn’t giving full eﬀort. The debate over Scott’s level of intelligence is important because the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2002 that it’s unconstitutionally cruel and unusual punishment to execute people who are mentally disabled. At that time, though, the court left it up to the states to determine who is disabled. Under state Supreme Court prior rulings, Mississippi required a test of “malingering.” Davis said that was appropriate because few people would have

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the beauty shop, wanted to know when she needs to vacate the building. Building Inspector Greg Tyson recommended she leave the property within the next seven to 10 days. The owners are moving toward demolition after asbestos removal is completed. • In response to an inquiry about spraying for mosquitos, Street Commissioner Philip Verdung said the city has in recent years moved to direct application of standing water sources rather than spraying because of liability concerns associated with spraying. • The board approved a quote from 3D Construction of $7,920 for some concrete and curb inlet work in the area of the Rubel House. First Baptist Church is replacing sidewalks in the area of the home, and the city will replace three drainage inlets in conjunction with

more reason to purposely score poorly to fake a disability than those facing execution. Davis said Bolivar County Circuit Judge Johnnie Walls’ 2014 ruling that Scott is too disabled to execute was so flawed that it’s “clear error,” meaning justices can throw it out and require a new hearing on his competency. Defense lawyer Jim Craig disputed those claims, saying the lower court ruled correctly. He said the defense psychologist, Dr. Marc Zimmer-

man, administered two separate IQ tests backto-back which served as a check on whether Scott was malingering. Craig said the tests cover different subject matter, and that Scott scored an IQ of 70 on each, which is in the borderline disabled range. “You would have to be an evil genius to dial in similar scores on two different tests,” Craig said. Davis, though, said there’s little to no scientific proof or legal precedent that Zimmerman’s method is acceptable to check whether Scott was faking.

MUSEUM the project. • Aldermen reappointed Thad Fulghum to a seat on the utilities commission for a five-year term. • The board approved the fire department’s air truck purchase at a total cost of $108,240. Grant funds cover $95,905 of the purchase. • In property cleanup, Code Enforcement Oﬃcer Kim Ratliﬀ reported 3921 Gaines is in the process of being demolished, and demolition is pending at 805 Wallace. Property adjudications made Tuesday are 1123 Madison, 1509 Washington, 100 Montgomery, 1408 Cruise and a couple of unnumbered properties. • The board gave approval for the removal of a tree in the historic tree district at a residence at 920 Cass Street. • White Street will be closed between Crater and MLK from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday for a church event.

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of their time in addition to their normal ‘paying-job’ workload. We can no longer fulfill our mission to the public without stable staffing brought about by sufficient and stable funding.” The museum, housed inside the 1870 old Tishomingo County courthouse, enjoyed more than 3,200 visitors in 2015. In addition to the museum, also housed inside the courthouse includes a historical genealogical database and the John M. Stone Research Library and County historical archives, both of which remain open to the public by appointment only. “All of these components of the museum require professional management by trained and qualified individuals,” said Gurley. “Volunteers would be welcome and might fill positions for docents or temporary absences, but even they must be trained and mentored by qualified staff to meet the public and tell our story while caring for the security, authenticity and integrity of the county’s precious historical artifacts and documentation assets.” The problem is twofold, according to the president. “First of all, we have been unable to secure sufficient volunteers to work the problem, and secondly, we do not receive sufficient stable funding to hire full-time employees. While we greatly appreciate public donations and have worked hard and been successful in getting grant funding, these are only partial stop-gap measures and are by no means stable or sufficient enough to meet our needs,” he said. (For more information, contact 662-279-1798.)

That woman despised me for returning my date to the girls’ dormitory after curfew. She even went so far as to write me a sarcastic note stating I was no longer allowed to enter the dormitory, and if a co-ed living in Quigley Hall would stoop so low as to go out with me, I would have to send another man to fetch her, someone whose conduct was “more becoming of a gentleman of the University of Mississippi.” Her name was Velma Jane Battenbaum. We called her V.J. Battleaxe. She never moved from her station at the reception desk, and whenever we stood before her to sign out a girl, she did her best to melt us with the sinister glare of those prison-gray eyes framed by horn-rimmed glasses. Her hair was pulled back in a bun that may not have been undone since she graduated from Ole Miss. Her breath would convert gold to lead, and its pungency was amplified by her hissing, raspy voice. She also had an uncooperative leg that scraped when she walked. Word got out I was banned from Quigley, and the incessant ribbing I took was unbearable. I boasted I would get even by stealing Dean Quigley’s portrait hanging in the foyer of the hall named after her. The painting was V. J.’s pride and joy, and like V.J., the late Dean of Women viewed all males disapprovingly. To call my bluﬀ, the denizens of my dorm passed the hat and raised $100. The die was cast. I would pull a jersey over my head, walk backwards into the foyer, grab the portrait, and bolt. That night my cronies hid in the Quigley parking lot to watch. The theft would have gone oﬀ flawlessly ex-

She knew and I knew: this incident was a major milestone in my growing up process. cept for one thing. V.J. came after me with a vengeance! Outrunning her shouldn’t have been a problem, but when I heard the hissing and scraping behind me, I was immobilized by uncontrollable laughter. Just as her gnarled old hand was about to grab my jersey, I mustered enough self-control to flee to my cheering compatriots, but not before I heard her rasp, “I know who you are.” She couldn’t — no way! I was just one among thousands of male students at the university. Still, I had a sense of foreboding. Back in my dorm, I got a phone call. “Put Dean Quigley’s portrait in my car’s back seat, and I won’t report you to the Dean of Men.” Click. Then it hit me: here was a decent, caring old lady giving a foolish, irresponsible boy a second chance. Had she reported me, I would have been expelled immediately. Late that night, I put Dean Quigley’s portrait in the car. Turning to go, I saw V.J. in the foyer, arms crossed, watching me. I bowed my head in abject shame. She knew and I knew: this incident was a major milestone in my growing up process. I became a better person because I got a second chance from V. J. (Oxford resident, Ole Miss alumnus, Army veteran, and retired Mississippi Delta cotton farmer Jimmy Reed (jimmycecilreedjr@ gmail.com) is a newspaper columnist, author, and college teacher. His latest collection of short stories is available via squarebooks.com (662236-2262).)

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Clinton, Trump try to unify parties Associated Press

NEW YORK — Energized by a final batch of primary victories, Hillary Clinton is setting out on the difficult task of uniting her fractured Democratic Party for the five-month presidential battle with Republican Donald Trump. Fellow Democrats urged Bernie Sanders to end his all-but-hopeless challenge to her, but still tried to give him space to make that difficult decision. “Let him make that decision. Give him time,” Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday when asked if it was time for Sanders to halt his effort. Sanders vowed to continue to his campaign to the last contest in the District of Columbia next Tuesday. But about half his campaign staff is being laid off, two people familiar with the plans said Wednesday. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly about the layoffs. Clinton cruised to easy victories in four of the six state contests Tuesday. With each win she further solidified Sen. Sanders’ defeat and dashed his already slim chances of using the last night of state contests to save his flagging bid. The victories allowed Clinton to celebrate her long-sought “milestone” — the first woman poised to lead a major political party’s presidential ticket. Standing before a flag-waving crowd in Brooklyn, the former secretary of state soaked up the cheers and beamed. “Barriers can come down. Justice and equality can win,” she said. “This campaign is about making sure there are no ceilings, no limits on any of us. This is our moment to come together.”

Clinton had already secured the delegates needed for the nomination before Tuesday’s contests, according to an Associated Press tally. Still, Sanders had hoped to use a victory in California to persuade party insiders to switch their allegiances. Sanders picked up wins in Montana and North Dakota, but Clinton won substantially in California. Clinton’s victory in California assured her a majority of pledged delegates — those chosen in primaries and caucuses. That’s notable because Sanders has argued that his White House bid remained viable as long as he stood a chance of winning a majority of those delegates. He would have needed a landslide Tuesday to reach that goal. Sanders is under intense pressure from top Democrats hoping to coax him gently out of the race, win over his voters and turn to the task of challenging Trump, the presumptive GOP nominee. Sanders planned to meet separately Thursday with President Barack Obama and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid. While Reid has stopped short of publicly calling for Sanders to drop out, other senators were less restrained Wednesday. Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida said Sanders should “stand down” and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire said would like to see him wind down his candidacy sooner rather than later. The president is expected to endorse Clinton in the coming days. He called both Clinton and Sanders after voting wrapped up late Tuesday. There were signs Sanders was listening to Democrats. In his typically passionate remarks,

the socialist firebrand repeatedly noted late Tuesday night that “we are in this together” and argued that a tenet of his campaign was that “we will not allow right-wing Republicans to control our government.” As the Democratic race was wrapping up, Republicans were unraveling anew. Despite handily winning GOP contests in California, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota and Montana, Trump was in damage control mode over his ethnicity-based attacks on a Hispanic judge that had party leaders in fits. After one senator rescinded his endorsement and House Speaker Paul Ryan called the comments “racist,” Trump sought to calm worries with a rare, scripted victory speech for his new batch of primary wins.. “I understand the responsibility of carrying the mantle and I will never, ever let you down - too much work, too many people, blood, sweat and tears,” Trump said, reading from a teleprompter at a rally at one of his golf courses in suburban New York City. “I will make you proud of your party and our movement, and that’s what it is, is a movement.” Despite Ryan’s concerns about Trump’s remarks, the speaker reaﬃrmed his support in a closed-door meeting with fellow GOP lawmakers Wednesday. It was Ryan’s first meeting with House Republicans since endorsing Trump last week after initially withholding his support. A Ryan aide said the speaker told his colleagues he would continue criticizing the billionaire when needed. Ryan’s remarks were greeted by applause, according to the aide, who spoke

on condition of anonymity to describe the private remarks. Clinton now has 2,184 pledged delegates — or more than half of the 4,051 total. Sanders has 1,804. When including superdelegates, or party oﬃcials who can back any candidate, Clinton’s lead is much bigger — 2,755 to Sanders’ 1,852. It takes 2,383 to win. Clinton crossed that threshold Monday, according to the AP tally Sanders and some in his army of die-hard supporters expressed frustration about the survey. As he addressed supporters in Los Angeles, the crowd chanted “Media is corrupt.” Both Clinton and Trump made overtures toward an energized and passionate pool of voters. Trump noted he and Sanders both oppose the president’s Pacific Rim trade deal, and he sympathized with frustration for having “been left out in the cold by a rigged system of super delegates.” Clinton thanked the senator for driving the debate over economic mobility and income inequality and tried to show she absorbed some of his message. Mostly, she expressed empathy of a candidate who knows the bitter taste of defeat. Still, it was her night to celebrate. Her campaign produced a video to introduce her speech, chronicling women’s rise in politics from the suﬀragettes through Clinton’s own concession to speech to then-Sen. Obama, eight years ago. Then, she had thanked supporters for helping her put “18 million cracks” in the “highest, hardest glass ceiling.”

Deaths Sheila Callens

Services for Sheila Callens, 59, of Corinth, are set for 3 p.m. Friday at Magnolia Funeral Home with visitation preceding the service from 1 to 3 p.m. Ms. Callens died Wednesday, June 8, 2016, at Magnolia Regional Health Center.

Pickering has 3 months of Guard duty Associated Press

JACKSON — Mississippi Auditor Stacey Pickering says he will be on National Guard duty in Nevada for 90 days, starting in late June. He said on Wednesday that this will be his longest military deployment since becoming auditor in 2008. Pickering says he intends to be in daily contact with the Audit Department by phone or video conferencing, and says he has confidence in the department staﬀ. Pickering was on duty Wednesday in Florida with the 186th Air Operations Group. He says his deployment to Nevada is as an individual, not as part of the 186th. He says a biography on the auditor’s website, which lists him in the 253rd Air Support Squadron, is outdated.

2 pilots eject after Cleared man freed after stay in prison midair collision Associated Press

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MCENTIRE JOINT NATIONAL GUARD BASE, S.C. — Two F-16 fighter pilots who survived a midair collision in Georgia are home with their families, the commander of the South Carolina National Guard said Wednesday. “The pilots are in good shape,” Maj. Gen. Robert Livingston Jr. told reporters at a news conference on the tarmac of the 169th Fighter Wing at McEntire Joint National Guard Base. But the wreckage of only one of the planes has been found, Livingston said. Searchers were still looking for the sec-

ond F-16C that crashed at a bombing range in Jeﬀerson County, Georgia, about 9:15 p.m. Tuesday. Neither of the aircraft was carrying any bombs or explosives, Livingston said, but he asked local residents not to touch any parts they might find because fuel or other materials form the high-tech aircraft could be dangerous to handle. The jets do not have beacons that would help locate them. They do have technical recorders that will give authorities information about what caused them to go down at the Bulldog Military Operations Area.

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DETROIT — A man who entered prison as a teenager in 2008 stepped out into sunshine and freedom Wednesday, a day after his guilty pleas to four fatal shootings were erased by a judge at the request of prosecutors who conceded the case was compromised by flawed police work. Davontae Sanford, 23, declined to speak to reporters as he left prison in Ionia in western Michigan with a brother and a lawyer. They drove oﬀ in a sedan for the 130-mile trip back to Detroit. “I feel blessed,” said Sanford’s mother, Taminko Sanford, who stayed behind to greet her son at home. Sanford was 14 — blind in one eye and barely able to read or write — when he was charged with killing four people at a drug

den in his neighborhood in 2007. At 15, he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the midst of trial and was sentenced to a minimum of 39 years in prison. The case appeared closed and unremarkable until lawyers discovered that a hit man had confessed to the same so-called Runyon Street murders, along with eight other killings, just 15 days after Sanford was sent to prison in 2008. That touched oﬀ years of eﬀorts to get the guilty pleas set aside, but prosecutors resisted at every turn until state police last year were asked to take a fresh look. The agreement to throw out the convictions doesn’t mention the hit man, Vincent Smothers. Instead, prosecutor Kym Worthy said Detroit police — not Sanford — had drawn a diagram of the

murder scene. She said that “seriously undermines” the entire case. “No one can give Davontae Sanford and his family back the nine years he has spent in jail for a crime he did not commit, but the court’s decision corrects a grave injustice,” said Heidi Naasko, an attorney for Sanford. David Moran, director of the Innocence Clinic at the University of Michigan law school, said Sanford’s time in prison reflected a “complete breakdown” in the justice system. Smothers is in prison for 52 years after pleading guilty in 2010 to eight other killings. He has said he was regularly hired by drug dealers to kill others in the trade but would never take on a kid like Sanford as a sidekick. In an aﬃdavit filed in court last year, the

35-year-old described in great detail how he and another man carried out the Runyon Street attacks. He said he scouted the house for weeks, even playing catch one day with a buddy so he could get a feel for the neighborhood. “I hope to have the opportunity to testify in court to provide details and drawings of the crime scene that could only be known by the person who committed the crime: me,” Smothers said in the aﬃdavit. He told The Associated Press during a prison interview in 2012 that he wanted to help Sanford. “I understand what prison life is like. It’s miserable. To be here and be innocent — I don’t know what it’s like,” Smothers said. “He’s a kid, and I hate for him to do the kind of time they’re giving him.”

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there.” West Clinic has been overjoyed to receive the caps. “They are so appreciative when the caps are delivered,” said Casey of the colorful caps which come in both a cotton and fleece style. “I know it touches so many people and they need something to perk up their day … this is just a little thing we can do for them.” Cross City Piecemakers, which meets the third Thursday of each month at the Mississippi State Extension Oﬃce, plan to continue making the caps. “This is a good project because there is a need,” said Stables. Cancer patients will be honored and remembered Friday during the annual Alcorn County Relay for Life. Organizers plan to “Give Cancer the Boot” at Corinth High School, beginning at 6 p.m. The Survivor Walk is set for 6:15 p.m. Entertainment is slated for 7-9 p.m. with the luminary lighting taking place at 9 p.m.

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Cross City Piecemakers Quilt Guild member Gail Stables and other group members have made over 100 Caring Caps for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.

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Autopsy: Magnateâ€™s death accidental OKLAHOMA CITY â€” The fiery car crash in which energy industry magnate Aubrey McClendon died was an accident, the Oklahoma medical examinerâ€™s office ruled Wednesday, also noting that he had traces of a drug in his system commonly used in sleep aids. The eight-page autopsy report shows the 56-year-old suffered numerous broken bones and other serious injuries in the March 2 crash and that his body was badly burned after he died. The report, which comes a day after police said there wasnâ€™t enough evidence to prove whether the crash was intentional, lists multiple blunt force trauma as the cause of death. Besides traces of the antihistamine doxylamine, there were no other drugs or alcohol in his system, the report said. The crash happened the day after the former Chesapeake Energy CEO and part-owner of the NBAâ€™s Oklahoma City Thunder was indicted by a federal grand jury for bid rigging, leading to speculation of a possible suicide. â€œWe spoke to anybody who may have had contact with him after he found out about the indictment,â€? Oklahoma City Police Capt. Paco Balderrama said Tuesday. â€œHe did not leave anything that would be interpreted as a suicide note or message.â€? Police have said McClendon was driving 78 mph when his SUV hit a bridge support and burst into flames and that there was no evidence suggesting he tried to avoid the crash. Â

Officer shoots and injures homeowner STOCKBRIDGE, Ga. - Authorities say a Georgia police officer shot and injured a man who refused to drop a handgun. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a news release that Henry County police asked the agency to investigate the shooting, which happened early Wednesday at a Stock-

bridge home. The GBI says someone called 911 a little before midnight Tuesday to report hearing a woman yelling for help and gunshots. The GBI says a preliminary review of the 911 call indicates the three officers who responded went to the wrong home. The GBI says the officers were met by the homeowner, 63-year-old William Powell, who had a handgun. One of the officers shot Powell in the neck when he didnâ€™t obey officersâ€™ commands to drop the gun. Â

â€˜Aliâ€™ to return, celebrate legend NEW YORK (AP) â€” The 2001 Muhammad Ali biopic â€œAliâ€? will return to theaters this weekend to celebrate the late boxing legend. Sony Pictures said Wednesday that Michael Mannâ€™s film, starring Will Smith, will play in a few hundred theaters nationwide. â€œAliâ€? earned Oscar nominations for Smith and supporting actor Jon Voight as Howard Cosell. Following Aliâ€™s death Friday at 74, numerous theaters have also scheduled screenings of â€œWhen We Were Kings.â€? The 2006 Oscar-nominated documentary chronicles the 1974 â€œRumble in the Jungleâ€? between Ali and George Foreman. Â

Room of pot goes up in smoke WALWORTH, N.Y. â€” A roomful of marijuana has gone up in smoke during a fire at a house on High Street in a New York town. The Wayne County sheriffâ€™s office says firefighters were called to the house in Walworth shortly after 5 a.m. Tuesday. They found smoke coming from a locked office upstairs. Once the fire was out, investigators found 40 to 50 potted marijuana plants under grow lights in the room. The sheriffâ€™s office says the fire is believed to have been sparked by an electrical malfunction. Firefighters contained the blaze to that room and the roof. None of the four residents were hurt. A man who lives

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there was charged with a misdemeanor count of unlawful growing of marijuana and released on a court appearance ticket. Â

Four added to periodic table NEW YORK (AP) â€” Youâ€™ll soon see four new names on the periodic table of the elements, including three that honor Moscow, Japan and Tennessee. The names are among four recommended Wednesday by an international scientific group. The fourth is named for a Russian scientist. The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, which rules on chemical element names, presented its proposal for public review. The names had been submitted by the element discoverers. The four elements, known now by their numbers, completed the seventh row of the periodic table when the chemistry organization verified their discoveries last December. Tennessee is the second U.S. state to be recognized with an element; California was the first. Element names can come from places, mythology, names of scientists or traits of the element. Other examples: americium, einsteinium and titanium. Joining more familiar element names such as hydrogen, carbon and lead are: â– moscovium, symbol Mc, for element 115, and tennessine, symbol Ts, for element 117. The discovery team is from the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Vanderbilt University in Tennessee, and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. â– nihonium, symbol Nh, for element 113. The element was discovered in Japan, and Nihon is one way to say the countryâ€™s name in Japanese. Itâ€™s the first element to be discovered in an Asian country. â– oganesson, symbol Og, for element 118. The name honors Russian physicist Yuri Oganessian.

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Woman arrested for rape of child MCCOMB â€” A 31-yearold McComb woman is in custody, accused of raping a child and other charges. Detective Sid Boyte says Erica Labruzza faces charges of statutory rape, production of child pornography and touching and handling for lustful gratification. Labruzza is accused of recording a child, about 2 years old, during an incident of sexual abuse. Boyte, in a news release Tuesday, said the video of the alleged incident was discovered on a cellphone by someone else and reported to police. He said the exact date of the incident is still in question and it may have occurred one or two weeks ago. Labruzza, arrested Monday, is being held at the Pike County Detention Center. Â

Milwaukee Tool to hire 75 in expansion GREENWOOD â€” Milwaukee Tool will add 75 jobs in Greenwood and invest $1.5 million, expanding to meet increasing demand. The unit of Hong Kong-based Techtronic Industries has hired 10 workers and plans to hire the remainder by yearâ€™s end, bringing Greenwood employment to 583. The company also employs 737 at a Jackson factory and Olive Branch distribution center. Mississippi Development Authority spokeswoman Tammy Craft said Monday that MDA is giving Milwaukee Tool $1.5 million for building renovations, with the city of Greenwood adding $150,000. Craft says Milwaukee Tool expects to seek property tax breaks, but didnâ€™t specify a value. Milwaukee Tool makes saw blades and repairs tools in Greenwood. Last year, it expanded into a second building, investing $16.8 million and hiring 126. Â

ers to create a Safety Profile with information that helps 911 workers respond to emergencies quicker and more efficiently. During a news conference Tuesday, officials spoke about the benefits of Smart911, which adds participantsâ€™ health details to the information already received by dispatchers. Forrest Countyâ€™s 911 coordinator Debbie Windham tells The Hattiesburg American health information can tell emergency responders what to expect when they get to the scene. Windham says about 800 people are signed up for the program, which is less than 1 percent of the about 70,000 in the service area. Â

City moves ahead on go-cup ordinance LONG BEACH â€”The Long Beach City Council has passed a motion directing the city attorney to draft a proposed â€œgo-cupâ€? ordinance that would allow open containers of alcohol on the streets of a designated entertainment district. Tuesdayâ€™s measure was the cityâ€™s first step in taking advantage of the new state law permitting cities on the Gulf Coast and about a dozen other localities to set up entertainment districts where people can walk from one establishment to another without having to trash their beers, cocktails or wine. The statute mirrors the liberties enjoyed by New Orleans tourist hot spots. The city council plans to review and hold a final vote on the ordinance on June 21.

SBA disaster loans offered after flooding WASHINGTON â€” The U.S. Small Business Administration has approved disaster assistance for South Mississippi counties that saw torrential rains and flash flooding April 28 through May 2. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency announced the flooding aid Tuesday in a news release, a week after saying FEMA had denied federal funding to the area. The SBA named Harrison and Walthall as the primary counties affected, but assistance is available to adjacent counties, including Hancock, Jackson, Pearl River, Stone, Lawrence, Lincoln, Marion and Pike counties. Residents, businesses and nonprofit groups in those counties can apply for low-interest loans to aid in recovery. Â

2 candidates move to runoff to fill seat JACKSON â€” Two candidates are heading to a June 28 runoff to fill a vacant seat in the Mississippi House. Abe Marshall Hudson Jr. of Shelby and Earl S. Lucas of Mound Bayou advanced from a field of six in a special election in the Deltaâ€™s Bolivar and Sunflower counties. Unofficial results show Hudson received 45 percent and Lucas received 23 percent of 2,193 votes cast Tuesday. The numbers donâ€™t include absentee ballots. The runoff winner will succeed former Rep. Linda Coleman, a Democrat who had served since 1992.

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