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Daily Corinthian Vol. 121, No. 175

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Drugs, property crimes draw pleas glary of a dwelling and possession of methamphetamine — Five years to serve in custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections followed by five years of probation. He must pay restitution. • Barbara Ellen Fair, embezzlement — Suspended 20-

BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

Several defendants entered guilty pleas in Alcorn County Circuit Court this week. Sentences handed down by Judge Thomas Gardner III, according to court records, are: • Brandon Wheeler, 33, bur-

year sentence and five years of probation. She was ordered to pay restitution of $21,569.79 to the Southwest Volunteer Fire Department in monthly $1,000 installments beginning Sept. 1. • Joshua Neil Malone, 37, possession of methamphetamine — Sentenced to one year

in the house arrest program followed by five years of probation • Eddie Woods Jr., possession of marijuana with intent and possession of methamphetamine — Three years to serve followed by four years of probation on count two and a

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Corinth man honored as Top in Tech

Students experience national convention BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

BY L.A. STORY lastory@dailycorinthian.com

Looking toward the future of education is what helped one Corinth man win a Top in Tech award for 2017. Recently, 38-year-old Chandler Gray, along with his wife, Ashley, traveled down to Jackson where he received the 2017 “Top in Tech” award from the Mississippi Business Journal. The award winner said he still doesn’t know who originally put his name out there for the award. He learned about the honor through an e-mail. “Someone nominated me. I wish I knew who, so that I could thank them. I just got an e-mail saying that I had been nominated for the Top in Tech Leaders with the Mississippi Business journal,” said Gray. Gray is a native of Jackson and said his wife is from Florida. They lived in the sunshine state when they were first married, but when it came time to move back and start a family, they chose Corinth as a place to live. They have called Corinth home for about 12 years. For the past five years, Gray has worked in the Corinth School District. For the first four of those years, he worked Please see GRAY | 2A

The bigger picture of success. It’s exactly what four Alcorn Central High School students recently learned after climbing the Future Business Leaders of America competition ladder. Students Luke Price, Katelyn Mathis, John Mask and Chris Miller joined advisor Twila Bridges on a trip to nationals, otherwise known as the Future Business Leaders of America’s National Leadership Conference in Anaheim, Calif., on June 29-July 2. “I love taking students to the National Leadership Conferences because our students step out of what’s comfortable for them and see a bigger picture of success,” said Bridges. “They see and compete against excellent students. This is no easy competition for them and I know it motivates them to aspire to be better and step up their performance in the classrooms, as well as in the business world. They see what success looks like and want to strive for that more.” To get to nationals, the students each had to place at the district level at Northeast Mississippi Community

suspended five-year sentence on count one • Cajee Curlee, accessory after the fact to armed robbery — One year in the house arrest program followed by five years of probation Please see PLEAS | 2A

Man dies from crash injuries BY L.A. STORY lastory@dailycorinthian.com

Alcorn Central High School students Luke Price, Katelyn Mathis, John Mask and Chris Miller joined advisor Twila Bridges recently on a trip to the Future Business Leaders of America’s National Leadership Conference in Anaheim, California. College in February. After placing in the top six there, they competed at the Mississippi Leadership Conference in Jackson in April. At the state level, however, only the top few places were given the opportunity to continue representing Mississippi at the national level. At the nationals, the students participated in the

opening ceremony, individual competitions and the awards program. Although not all events had call-backs for final competition, many did. “ACHS was very fortunate to have had John Mask and Chris Miller in one of the 15 groups called back to comPlease see STUDENTS | 2A

TISHOMINGO COUNTY — A Friday evening crash has resulted in the death of a 25-year-old Corinth man. According to an preliminary report from Tishomingo County Sheriff John Dennis Daugherty, Orion Hughey was the name released by Tishomingo County Coroner Mack Wilemon as having been killed in a wreck which occurred around 5:30 p.m. Friday evening. The crash happened in a wreck on Old Steel Bridge Road in Tishomingo County when the vehicle Hughey was in apparently left the road, struck a power pole and then a tree. Daugherty said whomever was driving may have lost control in a curve, but the wreck is still being investigated and a formal report is pending. There were three people traveling in the vehicle when it crashed and one or more of them may have been ejected. Hughey was reportedly pronounced dead at North Mississippi Medical Center in Iuka. The other two individuals were flown for medical treatment, but it is unknown at this time which medical facility or their conditions.

Friend of the Forest: Mynatt reflects on career BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

A bit of chance brought Glen Mynatt to Alcorn County, where he made a home and spent most of a forestry career. The longtime friend of Alcorn County’s forest land recently retired after spending 28 years with the Mississippi Forestry Commission. A native of the Lake Center

area of Marshall County, he first became a county forester in 1989 in southwest Mississippi’s Jefferson County after finishing studies at Mississippi State University. As a fan of the outdoors, he was naturally interested in forestry work. A few years later, he was on track to become forester for Yalobusha County when his predecessor in Alcorn County, Bob

McGregor, took an interest in the Yalobusha job because he had family there. As a result, Mynatt took the Alcorn County job, “which was a blessing in disguise,” he said, “because it’s a good place to live, to raise a family, and good folks to work with.” Twenty-four years later, he remains a happy resident with wife Pherbia. The forestry job put him fre-

quently in touch with landowners to help them make decisions about the planting of timber and related issues. Responding to wildfires, often at the request of the local volunteer fire departments, was also a big part of the job. “I really enjoyed working with Alcorn County and Tippah Mynatt

Please see MYNATT | 2A

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Magnolia Hospital installs its first automated phone system to deal with increasing call volume rising to as many as 2,000 calls per day.

Crossroads area residents join in Potter mania at area bookstores as the final book of the Harry Potter series is released.

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