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Street work slated for next week BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Milling and paving are expected to begin next week as the Wick Street improvements for the SoCo District continue and also to fix some other streets that were dug up for utility
work. The projects include the second phase of the Wick Street upgrade, extending the resurfacing done in the fall east to the Cass Street intersection; Webster Street from Linden Street to about midway be-
tween Fourth and Fifth Street; and Tate Street from the Kansas City Southern rail line to the Grant Street area. The Board of Aldermen recently accepted APAC’s bid for milling at $46,296.25. Delta Constructors of Jackson sub-
mitted a bid of $49,755.75. The paving cost will be determined through the existing supply bid contract. Concrete work on Wick Street is expected to begin later this week, weather permitting, said Street Commissioner Philip
Verdung. In other recent city business, property cleanup efforts are increasing as the warm weather months arrive. The board scheduled public hearings for Please see STREET | 3A
Former officer charged with assaulting arrestee Associated Press
SELMER, Tenn. — Special agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation have obtained indictments against a former Selmer police officer accused of mistreating an arrestee. The Jackson Sun reports the McNairy County Grand Jury returned indictments on Monday against 50-year-old Robert C. “Bob” Pipkins. He has been charged him with one count of official oppression and one count of simple assault related to a November
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Instructors Sara Beth Garrett (left) and Anne Lampkin share a laugh while working to capture the fine detail of one of the statues at the Corinth Contraband Camp.
Board approves high number of transfers BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com
Conference brings learning to life BY MICHAEL H. MILLER Northeast Mississippi Community College
For Northeast webmaster and technology specialist Jeffrey Powell, it has been a lifelong journey of bringing learning through technology to life through the college’s Mobile Learning Conference. In its seventh year and second at the Northeast at Corinth center on South Harper Road,
Powell and the organizers took the theme of “Bringing Learning to Life” to heart as the Mobile Learning Conference spent an afternoon at the Contraband Camp on North Parkway to help the attendees not only understand how to use technology in and outside the classroom but also as a way of preserving the historical importance of one of Corinth’s Civil War sites. “Our trip to the Contraband
Camp is not only about the history surrounding Corinth, but it serves a secondary function in showing the participants that the classroom can be anywhere,” said Powell. “To me, it is bringing learning to life.” Northeast’s Mobile Learning Conference not only helps educators embrace technology but offers a fun, engaging learnPlease see CONFERENCE | 2A
incident in which Pipkins arrested a man on a traffic-related charge. In a statement, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says Pipkins physically assaulted and injured the arrestee while he was handcuffed and being processed at the McNairy County Criminal Justice Center. Pipkins resigned from the department in December. Pipkins is out on a $5,000 bond. Jail records do not indicate if he has hired an attorney.
Fifty-seven students have been approved to exit the Alcorn School District. A list which included 45 student transfer requests to Corinth schools, six to Booneville schools and one each to North Tippah and Tishomingo schools was presented to the board of education on Monday. “This high number of transfers brothers me greatly,” said board president Mary Coleman. The board president did the math on the number of stu-
dents and the amount of state funds the district will lose when a student leaves the district. “ T h i s means the Coleman district will lose some $300,000,” she said. “We could certainly use the money and that tempts me to want to vote against releasing these Please see RELEASES | 6A
Corinth police officers get new vests BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Those who pledge to protect and serve the community are getting better on-the-job protection for themselves. The Corinth Police Department distributed new body armor protection to the entire force last week, and new impact weapons will soon be in the hands of officers. The bulletproof vests are considered to have a five yearlifespan. “We had some that had been in use eight to 10 years,” said Police Chief Ralph Dance. “It is very important in this day
and time for these officers to be protected.” The department has a policy making it mandatory for officers to wear the body armor. Getting the new vests is a boost for the police force. “It helps the officers feel appreciated and that you care about their safety,” said Dance. The purchase of more than 30 vests, at a cost of a little more than $20,000, was not in the current police department budget. The chief said he appreciates the Board of Aldermen making the purchase possible through
a budget amendment. The department has also applied for a grant that, if awarded, would reimburse half the cost. The department also has 43 new impact weapons in the form of expandable batons. They will be issued after officers complete training in their use. The batons were needed to provide a second weapon for every officer. “Everybody who is on duty carries a Taser,” said Dance. “But, if we have extra people working, we don’t have enough Tasers to go around.”
Corinth Police Department’s Dell Green (left) and Landon Tucker show the new body armor.
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University of Mississippi student Darwin Beshan Wooten of Corinth receives the Frank Montgomery Hull award for excellence in the study of biology. The award is given each year to an outstanding undergraduate student.
The city-owned Draper Building near the historic Corinth Depot is demolished due to deterioration, clearing the view of the Depot, which will soon become home to the Crossroads Museum.
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