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Tishomingo County Former Iuka man charged with arson

Prentiss County Singing convention coming to Booneville

McNairy County Promise Forward grants top $800,000

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Vol. 120, No. 198

• Corinth, Mississippi • 20 pages • Two sections

Police investigate gunfire exchange BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

Corinth police are investigating an exchange of gunfire Tuesday morning that left no one injured and police frustrated that victims are not identifying suspects whom they know.

The department responded to a call of shots fired around 10:30 a.m. in the area of White Street and MLK Street and found two possible victims. “They were not hit but they were being shot at,” said Police Chief Ralph Dance. “Apparently they were walk-

ing east on White Street when a vehicle pulled up behind them, stopped, and two male subjects got out of the car and started firing rounds at them.” The pedestrians ran, one of them

“He said he could identify them but he wasn’t going to.” Ralph Dance Corinth police chief

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School bus crash

Regional prison has new warden

“It was not an easy process, but it helps plan our year better and be more effective with the money.”

BY JEBB JOHNSTON

Christy Burns

jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

Tourism director

The Alcorn County Regional Correctional Facility and county jail have a new warden. The Board of Supervisors on Monday approved the promotion of Josh Davis, who has been chief of security, to warden. The promotion follows the exit of Allen Lyles, who joined the Corinth School District as a law and safety education instructor in the new C-Tech program, which is an alternative to the traditional vocational school. Lyles, a former state trooper, had served as warden since December. In other business before the board: • As the county looks toward restructuring all or a portion of the $22.7 million special obligation bonds on the justice center in order to improve the county’s financial situation, the board agreed to retain bond advisors Lynn Norris, E.J. Gregory and Buddy Critchfield. More discussion of the bond situation is expected at the next regular meeting. • Sheriff Ben Caldwell reported that Tippah County is looking to house some inmates Please see SUPERVISORS | 5A

Tourism board okays 2017 budget BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

ingo. The collision caused Shepherd’s vehicle to strike the rear of the bus. Shepherd and Flanagan were transported to area hospitals with moderate injuries and one child on the bus was taken to a hospital with minor injuries. The bus had just left Hills Chapel Elementary School at the end of the school day

The Corinth Area Convention and Visitors Bureau Board met to approve its budget for Fiscal Year 2017 on Tuesday. The budget was presented to the Corinth Board of Mayor and Aldermen on Tuesday night. It will be placed in the hands of the Alcorn County Board of Supervisors for approval in the coming weeks. The new budget is the first done by the seven-person board after changing funding guidelines to better promote events which will attract visitors to Corinth restaurants and to overnight stays in hotels. Most funding requests are now done only one time a year. First-time events requesting

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Staff photo by Brant Sappington

Three people were injured, including one student, in a crash involving a school bus in Prentiss County.

Three people hurt in chain-reaction wreck BY BRANT SAPPINGTON bsappington@dailycorinthian.com

Three people, including one student, were injured in a chain-reaction crash involving a stopped school bus Monday afternoon. Officials are crediting the bus driver with preventing the crash from being much more serious. The Prentiss County School District bus with 27 students aboard was stopped dropping off a child on Mississip-

pi Highway 30 near the Hills Chapel Crossing when an SUV struck a truck stopped behind the bus, slamming the truck into the back of the school bus. MHP Troop F spokesperson M/Sgt. Ray Hall said a 2006 Chevrolet pickup driven by Tommy Shepherd, 34, of Tishomingo, was stopped behind the bus when it was struck from behind by a 2007 Chrysler SUV driven by Linda Sue Flanagan, 56, of Tishom-

‘Nunsense’ sequel brings laughter to CT-A stage

People of the Crossroads Jordan Bray, Iuka Staff photo by Zack Steen

BY KIMBERLY SHELTON kshelton@dailycorinthian.com

Corinth Theatre-Arts’ latest venture will have patrons rolling in the aisles! An uproarious musical, filled with kookiness and heavenly hilarity, “Nunsense II: The Second Coming” will leave audience members in stitches as they follow the antics of an order of nuns. The sequel to “Nunsense,” the musical takes place six weeks after the sisters have staged their first benefit and are back presenting a “thankyou” show for all who supported them in the past. Having now been “bitten by the theater bug,” the nuns are a bit slicker than they were

A sophomore at Tishomingo County High School, Jordan Bray is a busy teenager. She not only plays slow pitch softball, but she’s also a member of the Bravettes Pom Squad. Dancing is her passion and it was evident when she won All-American earlier this year. “This is only my second year on the team, but I love it,” she said. “I love the excitement and energy after performing a dance routine we have practiced so hard for. I have also made great new friends from being on the team. I am truly blessed to be a Bravette.” The daughter of Bryan and Carolyn Bray of Iuka, the TCHS student is also a member of FCCLA and is active in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

“There will be a great deal of laughter, a few tears and some heavenly fun.” Eli Rodgers CT-A guest director upon first introduction. Things get to off to a rousing start as the sisters sing “Nunsense, the Magic Word”, but their ethereal joy is momentarily halted when two Franciscans come to claim Sister Mary Amnesia (who Please see CT-A | 2A

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A grant from the Peoples Bank and Trust company will provide high tech physics tools for classes in the Alcorn School District.

Mary Winkler is released on a $750,000 bond as she awaits trial in the murder of her husband, Selmer Fourth Street Church of Christ minister Matthew Winkler.

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