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Daily Corinthian Vol. 121, No. 170

BY JEBB JOHNSTON Alcorn County supervisors are looking to the parks and recreation commission to decide whether the park’s Fun Station playground will stay or go. Although no vote was taken, supervisors voiced disagree-

ment with the city board’s assessment that it should be demolished. “I see absolutely no reason that that playground should even be close to being torn down,” Supervisor Steve Glidewell said during Monday evening’s meeting of the Board of Supervisors. “I’ve had a world

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of phone calls from the Fourth District and folks in other districts. I feel like you could take a couple of good guys and not a lot of money and material and have that playground in tip-top condition again.” The supervisors received a Please see PLAYGROUND | 5

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Tishomingo Co. man shot, brother charged BY L.A. STORY lastory@dailycorinthian.com

TISHOMINGO COUNTY — A 25-year-old Tishomingo County man has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly shooting his 34-year-old brother. Casey Pruitt was arrested Friday afterC. Pruitt noon at his residence at 1309 Beachum Road, right outside the city limits of Iuka, according to a report from the Tishomingo County Sheriff’s Department.

Events leading to the arrest began when his older brother, Anthony Pruitt, of the same residence, was brought in to the North Mississippi Medical Center in Iuka, with a gunshot wound to the arm. Pruitt was later flown to the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo for treatment of his injuries. Casey Pruitt was arrested at the residence without incident. The weapon was also recovered and collected. He was subsequently charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. TCSD officials report that he was released Sunday on a $35,000 bond.

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A 40-year-old Glen man was taken to the hospital following a Monday morning wreck.

Man injured in wreck Staff photo by L.A. Story

Experienced quilter Sheila Burton of Corinth works to complete her first quilted postcard.

Class makes postcards from cutting edge A class recently held at the Mississippi State University Extension Service helped teach students to make postcards that are much more than just sewsew. Barbara Hickman was the teacher of the “Quilted Post-

cards” class where she taught students to learn how to create handmade, quilted postcards. Hickman, who is a Corinth resident, said she has been quilting for 15 or 16 years. She said it was about five years ago when a woman, who was

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a member of the same quilting guild as Hickman, was teaching quilted postcard classes. There were several classes, but Hickman couldn’t make it until the very last one. Please see POSTCARDS | 2

GLEN — A 40-year-old Glen man was taken to the hospital with moderate injuries after a single vehicle crash which occurred just after 8 a.m. Monday morning. A preliminary report from the Alcorn County Sheriff’s Department said Jodie Freeman was driving a black Saturn Vue along County Road 218 (Cen-

tral School Road) in the Glen area when he lost control of his vehicle and struck a utility pole. The utility pole fell onto a utility trailer and the service line fell onto another truck. Freeman’s vehicle came to rest in the yard at 90 County Road 218. Freeman was transported to Magnolia Regional Health Center via ambulance with “moderate injuries.”

Temple to compete in ambassador pageant BY L.A. STORY lastory@dailycorinthian.com

ORLANDO, Fla. — Corinth’s own TaNechi Temple will be representing Mississippi this week at the Miss Black US Ambassador pageant. The 26-year-old Corinth native and pageant veteran currently holds the Miss Black Mississippi US Ambassador title and will represent the state Friday and Saturday during the 2017 Miss Black US Ambassador Pageant at Disney World in Orlando, Fla. Temple said this is the first African American pageant to be held at Disney World and she is excited to be there. Temple said there has been a lot of work involved as she prepared for the pageant such as being in the gym every day working with a personal trainer. However, the work she is most ex-

“I love what I do. I get to touch young people’s lives daily. I don’t know what God has planned for me, but I can make a difference right here at home. Honestly, I am doing this pageant here for my home town.” TaNechi Temple cited to discuss is the panel-style interview, after which she will have the opportunity to present a community service project. She said visual aids are allowed for the presentation and she chose to construct a video with a message — “God First, Others Second, I’m Third.” “The video focuses on ‘why’ I do

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TaNechi Temple of Corinth will represent Mississippi this week at the Miss Black U.S. Ambassador pageant in Orlando, Fla.

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Supervisors approve a contract to bring a Mississippi Department of Corrections regional jail to the county.

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what I do, rather that ‘what’ I do. Sometimes, I think it is the ‘why’ that makes the ‘what’ so special,” said Temple. “Then, we will have a discussion about issues that particularly face the African American community. We will talk about those issues and ways to

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