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Welcome to 30th Annual Slugburger Festival Today’s events Miss Slugburger Festival Pageant; Corinth Coliseum; 10 a.m.; $5 Midway carnival; corner of Fillmore & Cruise; opens at noon; $20 armbands World Slugburger Eating Championship; Corinth Depot; 4 p.m.; Free Entertainment area at Corinth Depot opens at 5:30 p.m.; $10 Tate Moore 7:30 p.m.; 1-900 Band 9:30 p.m.; $10

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Daily Corinthian Vol. 121, No. 168

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• Corinth, Mississippi • 16 pages • One section

Aldi, Marshalls coming to Corinth BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

Some doors have closed, but others are opening. Southeast Real Estate Development Group, developer for the Harper Square shopping center, confirms Marshalls is set to join Harper Square as a neighbor of Hobby Lobby, which is a couple of weeks away from opening. A rapidly expanding grocery chain, Aldi, also confirms plans to locate in

the city. Harley White of Southeast Real Estate Development Group said Marshalls, an off-price retailer of apparel and home fashions, is leasing approximately 20,000 square feet adjacent to Hobby Lobby. Demolition has begun in the existing building space of the shopping center to prepare for the interior construction of Marshalls, which is planned to open in the spring of 2018.

“We are very excited to bring another best-in-class retailer to Harper Square and Corinth,” said White, “and we are appreciative of the people at Marshalls for choosing to open a store at our shopping center.” Another national retailer yet to be named is also expected to occupy a 20,000-square-foot space in the existing mall space. Part of the same company as Please see STORES | 2

Join the fun in Kossuth Prison cook faces

charges for having sex with inmate BY MARK BOEHLER editor@dailycorinthian.com

Photos courtesy of Jennifer Morgan

J.T. Morgan, (from left) Ashley Martin, Trinity Martin, Melissa Schneider and Destiny Martin fill backpacks in anticipation of Operation Back To School. The fundraiser to help this important charity takes place today.

Community helping FUEL children BY L.A. STORY lastory@dailycorinthian.com

KOSSUTH — Folks planning their day may want to add a trip to Kossuth to their “to do” list and check out the FUEL fundraiser today. Kossuth Methodist Church will be launching the Operation Back To School in July, and the after school FUEL (Forever, Unending, Eternal Love) program to help area children. These programs are free, but they need money to “fuel” them.

Kossuth Methodist Church is hosting a community-wide yard sale and craft fair today beginning at 7 a.m., in the shaded area outside the Christian Life Center in Kossuth. Funds gained from the event will benefit the Operation Back To School and FUEL after school program for area children. There will be a wide variety of things to do including shopping and enjoying the craft fair. Event organizers will begin selling fresh vegetable

plate lunches, hamburgers and hotdogs beginning around 11 a.m. There will also be a 5K run. There is a $25 registration fee for the 5K, which includes a tee-shirt. The children can enjoy inflatables, face painting, a volleyball game and there will be free entertainment for everyone. Event organizer Anthia Follin-King said the money raised will be a big help to-

BY JEBB JOHNSTON Taking the Girl Scout motto “to help people at all times” to heart, Caroline Grisham is asking local leaders to designate reserved parking spaces for military veterans. It is the Gold Award proj-

ect for Grisham, an incoming Corinth High School sophomore. She recently took the proposal to City Hall and made her case before the Corinth Board of Mayor and Aldermen. “It’s easy for a teen like myself to become involved in the many activities we hold to

show respect for our veterans,” she said, such as placing a flag at each grave in the Corinth National Cemetery for Memorial Day and helping to organize the Grand Illumination. “But after these events end, Please see VETERANS | 2

“She has been banned from the facility.” Ben Caldwell Alcorn County sheriff activity between an employee and an inmate. Iwema was arrested Wednesday and bond was set at $3,000. She remained in jail on Friday morning. “She has been banned from the facility,” said Caldwell on Thursday. It was not quite clear if the contract company terminated the cook, he said. The case is being investigated by the staff at the regional prison.

Four men arrested for double homicide Staff Reports

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Girl Scout project to honor veterans jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

A 51-year-old Corinth kitchen cook at the Alcorn County Regional Correctional Facility faces criminal charges after allegedly having sex with a prison inmate. Alcorn County Sheriff Ben Caldwell told Iwema the Daily Corinthian the suspect was Susan Iwema, an employee of Texasbased CBM Food Services, the company which has the contract to provide meals for inmates. The official charge is conspiracy to commit a crime for sexual

WALNUT — The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, along with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Tippah County Sheriff’s Office, have arrested four people in connection with the July 6 double homicide in Walnut. Authorities have arrested Kedarius Hamer, 20, and Nakero Hamer, 17, both of 102 Elmview Street; Thomas J. Hamer, 17, of 725 Sugar Hill Loop, Bolivar, Tenn., and Terrenz Mason, 21, of 2347 Hardaway Church Road, Michigan City.

The Hamers have been charged with two counts of first degree murder each. Mason has been charged with accessory after the fact of first degree murder. The arrests came after Paul Joel Koster and Ayla Roxanne Hopper were found dead in their home, located at 231 County Road 303, in Walnut, at about 4:30 a.m. Thursday, July 6. The Hamers are being held without bond. Mason is being held on $20,000 bond. All four are being held in the Tippah County Jail.

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Dax Byrd of Corinth earns ninth place in the National Technology Student Association contest with his creation of an electronic filter to remove vocals from music.

Supervisors approve bids for improvements to County Road 513 in District 3.


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