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Prentiss County Resident arrested on outstanding porn indictment.

Iuka Tishomingo County jobless rate hits 6.9 percent.

McNairy County Election Commission moves to former PEC facility.

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• Corinth, Mississippi • 18 pages • One section

Serious injury avoided after pedestrian struck chael Smith. “The driver tried to avoid her, but made contact with the right front of his vehicle,” said Corinth Police Department Detective Dell Green. Smith, of Third Street, Corinth was headed north toward downtown when he swerved to miss Hill before hitting her. Hill was listed with moderate injuries from the collision when she was flown to NMMC in Tupelo. No charges were filed in the accident.

BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

A local woman was treated and released at North Mississippi Medical Center after being hit by a vehicle near Southgate Shopping Center. Darneshia Hill, 17, of 1410 Tate Street, Corinth was hit as she attempted to cross Cass Street around 3:57 p.m. Monday. Hill was walking across Cass Street from the shopping center area in the direction of Combs Court Apartments when she was struck by a 2001 Saturn driven by MiStaff photo by Mark Boehler

This photo taken of barber Moon Mullins on Aug. 30, 2012, shows the barber pole that was at the shop for over 40 years before it was stolen earlier this month.

Main Street Corinth wants stolen barber pole returned thing to help,” said Johnson. A board member approached Johnson about what Main Street could do to help. He then took the cause to social media. “It just blew up when it was posted.” said the director. Over 21 hours, the post has been shared 927 times and received 320 likes. The pole had been at the barber shop right at 40 years.

BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

Main Street Corinth is doing its part to see an iconic piece of history returned to downtown. Director Brent Johnson took to Facebook when he learned the barber pole at Mullins Barber Shop – owned by Moon Mullins for 50-plus years – was stolen on July 6. “Downtown is our area of focus and we wanted to do some-

It was bolted to a cement wall when it was stolen. “Most people are shocked it happened,” said Johnson. “We just want it back with no questions asked.” Johnson has been impressed with the outpouring of support in the cause. “We might not get the pole back, but it is great seeing the community get behind getting it back,” he said.

Local Boys & Girls Club seeks money for program BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

With plans to beef up its after-school educational efforts, the Boys & Girls Club is asking Alcorn County to get involved in funding the program. Executive Director Antoine Walker presented a request to the Board of Supervisors on Monday for $13,000 to fund Project Learn. “The gist of the program is basically to get the kids and the parents and the schools back involved and increase the quality of staff that we are offering kids in our afterschool program,” said Walker. Funding from the county would be a first for the organization. “We found out in other areas, the cities and the supervisors were contributing to the budget of the boys and girls club because they know it’s a good thing,” said board member J.C. Hill. The budget for the program includes pay and benefits for three tutors and two youth development staff, as well as

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reclaiming the old green carts this week. “The biggest problem we had was peoples’ address being wrong with Gas and Water,” said Street Commissioner Philip Verdung. “I would like to put a general reminder out there to people to check your bills, check your tax records and make sure the addresses are correct. It allows us to offer more timely service.”

BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

The city and county are reporting mostly smooth transitions with the big changes that have come to both sanitation operations this month. While Corinth is wrapping up the changeover to new trash carts this week, Alcorn County handed over residential garbage collection to Waste Connections on July 1. Delivery of Corinth’s new carts is complete, and the city will complete the process of

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Northeast hosts health camp for kids BY BRANT SAPPINGTON bsappington@dailycorinthian.com

educational supplies and incentives. “Our plan is to identify some of the students who may have a ‘C’ or below and pull them aside and have them work one-on-one with teachers, teacher assistants and qualified tutors,” said Walker. Field trips and other rewards will be used to help keep students interested. “You need the incentive for some of those that lack the motivation,” said Hill. “We don’t want the kids to be satisfied with a ‘D’ or ‘C.’ We want the academic achievement level in the school to be good.” Tutors will be certified teachers, and the youth development staff will be trained employees of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Mississippi. The Board of Supervisors received the request and will consider it along with other funding requests made for the upcoming fiscal year. A request will also likely be made to the Corinth Board of Aldermen.

A camp underway this week at Northeast Mississippi Community College offers children the chance to run, jump, eat tasty treats and enjoy a variety of fun-filled activities. It also just might change their lives. That’s the hope of organizer Phyllis Colson with NEMCC’s Department of Continuing Education. This week’s Tiger ROAR Health Camp for Kids is aimed at instilling healthy habits that can last a lifetime, she said. The camp, for ages 8-12, is providing the students with encouragement to live healthier lives. “We want them to learn to be active,” she said. Activities included an obstacle course and exercise in the school’s newly renovated fitness center, lessons on how to choose and prepare healthy snacks, reminders of the importance of staying active and a variety of safety presentations including gun and ATV safety, sun and heat safety and more. Colson said they want the students to come away with an appreciation of how their life-

Photo courtesy Michael H. Miller/NEMCC

Participants in Northeast Mississippi Community College’s Tiger ROAR Health Camp navigate an obstacle course in the college’s newly renovated fitness center while learning about exercise and healthy activity. style choices - including what they eat and everything they do - affect their health. The camp couldn’t have happened without support from the college and community, she said. She noted the Mississippi

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E-911 system coordinator Jim Loncar says work to implement the enhanced emergency system is on schedule. Officials expect to have the system operational within a year.

Two major stretches of U.S. Highway 72 are getting a paving makeover. David Ward of APAC paving urges caution as workers redo the highway from Cass Street to Tate Street and from Galyean Road to the intersection of U.S. Highway 45 and U.S. Highway 72.

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