McNairy County Post office honors employee for long service.
Tish County Glen man arrested for business break-in.
Tippah County Citizens restore Confederate monument.
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Supervisors propose millage rate hike BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
The Alcorn County Board of Supervisors spent five hours Wednesday going line-by-line through a draft budget that is expected to include a tax increase for the coming fiscal
year. The work session ended with a proposed millage increase of 5.24 mills, which would increase the total tax levy with school taxes to 111mills from the current 105.76 mills. The board will consider adopting
the budget in a special meeting at 9 a.m. on Sept. 14, when the public hearing is scheduled. The tax levy has gone unchanged for the past five years. Board President Lowell Hinton said the increase is needed because of the landfill and 911 def-
icits and as a result of previous supervisors’ cuts to the general fund and landfill tax. Former tax collector and incoming chancery clerk Greg Younger, who helped crunch the numbers, said the proposed increase would yield a tax in-
BY BRANT SAPPINGTON AND ANGELA STOREY bsappington@dailycorinthian.com
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Tammi Frazier and Taylor Coombs give a sneak preview at some of the items available during the “Moon and Magnolia” silent auction.
Event features unique silent auction kshelton@dailycorinthian.com
Guests will have an opportunity to own a piece of Corinth history as they cast their bids on unique items during a spe-
cial silent auction held as part of the festivities during the Corinth School District Foundation’s first-ever “Moon and Magnolias.” “We are expecting to have
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Pisgah Head Start center closes doors
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crease of $52.40 per year or $4.36 monthly on a $100,000 home with homestead exemption. The proposed increases will add back the 2 mills previously
a large turnout and are so excited about the response we’ve received from the community in support of our foundation,” Please see AUCTION | 2
Parents in the Pisgah Community received an unwelcome surprise when they learned in early August the Pisgah Head Start center would be closing for the 201516 school year. Officials with Mississippi Action for Progress Inc. (MAP), the non-profit agency in charge of operating head start centers in 26 counties across the state through federal grant funding, say the cut was the result of a reduction in funding as well as decisions made regarding where best to allocate available resources. MAP Chief Operating Officer Dr. Dorothy Foster said in an e-mailed statement the agency is operating under a new grant for the 2015-16 school year which reduces by over a thousand the number of children it can serve statewide. The Office of Head Start also did a review of the overall program considering a variety of factors including the number of economically eligible children, available facilities and other issues. “Unfortunately, all of these factors resulted in a decrease in the number of facilities and children that we have previ-
ously been able to serve in some of the communities,” said Foster. Other affected centers include those in Tishomingo and Ecru. Foster attributed the delay in announcing the closings to negotiations with the Office of Head Start that continued through the end of July and prohibited any public announcements. She said they are working to lessen the impact on children and families by helping them locate other services where possible. “We are committed to providing quality head start services in facilities that are environmentally safe and conducive for learning. We are also committed to serving as many eligible children in the state as our grant will permit,” said Foster. An employee of Pisgah Head Start who requested her name not be used said the center served 56 children last year and had the same number signed up for the new school year when they were notified by officials the center was to be closed. Only 18 students were able to be placed at another location. She said they were told the building had been ruled unsafe and funding was cut and Please see CENTER | 3
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Flywheels club loves slow pace BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com
Bright blue skies and shinny red tractors highlighted the Ryan’s parking lot on Wednesday. About 15 members of the Burnsville-based Tri-State Flywheels Antique Tractor Club took part in the midweek ride from Glen to the Corinth restaurant. The journey included old 1940s to 1960s model John Deere and Ford models — some looked brand new, while others were still covered in dust from their last work day. American and Mississippi state flags were seen flapping in the wind and mounted on the back of each club member’s tractor.
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Phillip Logan rode his red and white 1947 Ford 8N tractor from Glen to Ryan’s in Corinth on Wednesday as part of the Tri-State Flywheels Antique Tractor Club midweek ride.
“It’s been a nice day to ride down the highway on an antique tractor,” said Phillip Logan. “It took a little while to get here — of course, these old tractors will only go about 11 mph.” Logan, who works at Vicki’s Flooring in Corinth, had to nurture a small oil leak on his red and white 1947 Ford 8N tractor during the ride. “It’s all original,” he said. “I brought it about 15 years ago and actually used it to bush hog for several years.” Logan said he joined the tractor loving club in March and doesn’t plan on shining up his model like Please see FLYWHEELS | 2
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Magnolia Hospital begins offering laser laparoscopic gallbladder surgery. Dr. Ray Gregory says the state-of-the-art surgery offers decreased recovery times and lower risk of complications.
The Alcorn County Courthouse gets a security upgrade. Circuit Clerk Joe Caldwell says the new walk-through metal detector will screen all people entering the courtroom in an effort to prevent dangerous situations.
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