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Iuka man dies in U.S. 45 crash Jones told the Daily Corinthian the accident victim was William A. “Billy” Nash of 188 CR 172, Iuka. Nash shares a birthday with another family member and was visiting family who live on Wheeler Grove Road, said Jones.
BY MARK BOEHLER editor@dailycorinthian.com
An Iuka man celebrating his 67th birthday died in a tragic traffic accident Tuesday night at the intersection of Wheeler Grove Road and U.S. 45 South. Alcorn County Coroner Jay
The victim was transported by ambulance to Magnolia Regional Health Center, where he was pronounced dead at 9:21 p.m. Tuesday, he said. The Mississippi Highway Patrol is investigating the fatal crash. Troopers responded to the
intersection of U.S. 45 south of Corinth and County Road 512 at approximately 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. Upon arriving, it appeared Nash was traveling east in a 2007 Ford on County Road 512 and pulled into the path of a
southbound 2010 Dodge driven by Sinoma G. Windham, 35, of Corinth, according to the MHP. Windham received moderate injuries from the crash and was transported to a local hospital. A 4 year-old child in Windham’s vehicle was not injured.
Country at the Crossroads Napping student Mark Wills to headline concert misses bus stop BY L.A. STORY
BY JEBB JOHNSTON
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ACM award-winning country singer Mark Wills said he wants to give everybody “a personal invitation to come out and have a good time” this Saturday. Wills will be part of an awardwinning lineup as a headliner, along with John Berry, with performances by “X-Factor” Top 8 Finalist and Nashville recording country artist Skyelor Anderson and performance host Amy Taylor as they all come together for Country at the Crossroads — a country music barn burner coming to the Crossroads Arena beginning at 7:30 p.m. Saturday night. Wills has been making music for two decades. He is a multi-platinum-selling country star who achieved his first topcharting success at the age of 23, Wills, now nearly 44, said all his years in the music business hasn’t changed his perspective about country music, but he has seen changes in the industry itself. “I don’t know that it’s changed my perspective. I’ve just seen the music industry change ... I’ve been watching the music shift to more of a pop or urban type of music. I’m still a fan of the traditional side of country music,” said Wills. Wills certainly knows country music and what fans like. He is known for #1 hits like “19 Somethin,” “Wish You Were Here,” and other chart-toppers “Don’t Laugh At Me,” “I Do (Cherish You),” “Back At One,” “She’s In Love,” “Places I’ve Never Been,” and “Jacob’s Ladder.” Among his long list of award
“We knew there were cuts coming, so we looked for ways towards the end of the budget year to find savings.” Lee Childress Superintendent
A combination of heavy traffic and a nap on the bus ride home made for an extra long first day of school on Monday for a Corinth first-grader. The usual traffic snarl at Droke Road and the South Harper Road roundabout happened as the school year opened Monday, and bus number 24 was not able to leave Corinth Elementary School until 4:45 p.m. to take students home. “The traffic to get to the elementary school was backed up,” said Superintendent Lee Childress. “I think it was even backed up past the roundabout. That delayed many of
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Mark Wills will be a part of an award-winning lineup as a headliner, along with John Berry, with performances by “X-Factor” Top 8 Finalist and Nashville recording country artist Skyelor Anderson and performance host Amy Taylor as they come together for Country at the Crossroads — a country music barn-burner coming to the Crossroads Arena beginning at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. nominations, he won the ACM Award’s Top New Male Vocalist in 1998 and his #1 Hit “19 Somethin’” was named the second most played country song of the entire decade in 2009 by Billboard. It was also the top Please see CONCERT | 2
Featuring Mark Wills, John Berry, Skyelor Anderson and Amy Taylor Crossroads Arena Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
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Living Free to host alumni meeting BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com
Living Free Ministries will welcome Home of Grace alumni on Thursday night during the local addiction recovery’s weekly meeting. Based on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, the Home of Grace has a working partnership with Living Free and offers a residential addiction recovery program. “With us sending so many folks to the Home of Grace to
get help we wanted to offer everyone the opportunity to celebrate the locals who have gone down there and received the help they need,” said Living Free founder Tommy Wilson. Home of Grace Executive Director Josh Barton will be Wilson’s guest speaker at the Thursday night event. “Living Free Ministries is such an important partner for Please see MEETING | 2
City school district will not ask for tax increase BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com
The Corinth School District will not seek a tax increase for the 2018 fiscal year. Finance Director Casey Palmer is projecting the city school district will finish the year $1,429,101 to the good. She presented the budget to the board of trustees at Tuesday night’s mandated public hearing. “The most important thing is we are no asking for a tax or millage increase,” Palmer said. “Per-
centage wise, expenditures will remain pretty much the same as previous years even though revenues have decreased.” Operational expenditures for the 2018 fiscal year are projected to total $22,823,414. The district plans to spend 60 percent or a little over $13.7 million on salaries, supplies and educating students, while around $5.6 million will be spent on support services including staff improvement, administration and transportation. Other expenditures include
around $719,000 for cafeteria and non instructional. A little more than $2.6 million will also be spent on debt and major repairs to buildings. Revenues total $24,252,515 and include taxes and revenues from local, state and federal sources. This includes a $1,118,339 funding shortfall from the Mississippi Adequate Education Program. “We knew there were cuts coming, so we looked for ways towards the end of the budget year to find savings,” said Super-
intendent Lee Childress. “We are staffed at the level that we need to be at this point, but we are going to continue to closely monitor our enrollment to see where we might need to add a person or two.” Palmer said spending within the district will also continue to be watched closely. “No one can predict the future and we don’t know what might be coming,” added Childress. The district has benefited from Please see BUDGET | 2
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Howard Anderson unveils his design for the official posters and T-shirts for the annual Roscoe Turner Hot Air Balloon Race.
Organizers announce plans for the Chili Today and Hot Tamale Festival set for November with the first ever Crossroads Regional Chili Cookoff.
Dr. Erica’s Laser Aesthetic Centers Erica Noyes, MD
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the buses getting to the school at the normal time that they would pick up children.” Childress received a call from the mother of the child at 5:11 p.m., along with calls from several other parents. After making a call to check on the bus, he learned it was out on the route. The bus had a new route driver accompanied by the previous driver. “As they had finished the route, the individual that previously had driven the route went to the back of the bus to begin putting the windows up, and that’s when she noticed that there was a child asleep
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