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Wednesday August 30,

Daily Corinthian

Storms, wind

2017

75 cents

Vol. 120, No. 207

Today

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60% chance of rain

• Corinth, Mississippi • 20 pages • Two sections

Churches coordinate Harvey relief efforts By L.A. Story lastory@dailycorinthian.com

The Alcorn County Baptist Association has begun to coordinate a multi-denominational relief effort to aid the Texas victims of Hurricane Harvey. The Alcorn County Baptist Association’s Director of Missions, Bro. Warren Jones, said Wheeler Grove Baptist Church will be instrumental in coordination of the effort to get help to the hurricane victims. Reports of catastrophic flood-

ing in Southeastern Texas has been widespread, along with images of victims displaced by the storm and seeking shelter. A USA Today Network Story by Rick Jervis and John Bacon said, “A National Weather Service gauge southeast of Houston recorded 49.32 inches from Harvey — one of the highest rainfall totals from a tropical storm or hurricane in the contiguous 48 states. The storm is expected to dump an additional 7 to 13

“There are thousands of people who have been affected. We’re trying to create a community effort and would like everyone to just join hands and get together on this thing.” Kara Blackard

Wheeler Grove Baptist Church Pastor inches of rain through Friday over the upper Texas coast and into southwestern Louisiana.

Wheeler Grove Baptist Church will be the collection point for financial donations,

from now through the month of September, for a new project called “Hurricane Relief for Harvey,” according to Ed Settle, Missions Director, Wheeler Grove Baptist Church. “There are thousands of people who have been affected. We’re trying to create a community effort and would like everyone to just join hands and get together on this thing,” said Wheeler Grove Baptist Church Please see RELIEF | 2A

Officials file assault charges after beating the cause of the altercation,” said Caldwell. A 28-year-old Alcorn CounBurress has been charged ty man remains jailed with aggravated asin lieu of a $15,000 sault after the victim bond after he severely suffered severe injubeat an elderly man ries to his head and over the weekend. face. Alcorn County SherSheriff’s deputies iff Ben Caldwell told were called to Alcorn the Daily Corinthian County Road 520 at the suspect was Joshua 10:30 a.m. Saturday Burress of Highway 2 to a report of a fight in Northeast. progress. Burress The sheriff did not The suspect was release the name of the taken into custody afvictim, whom he described as ter a traffic stop not far from a 74-year-old male. the scene where the man was “We are still investigating beaten. By Mark Boehler

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Some summer insects Visitors Center hosts Civil War Fair threaten trees, foliage Several special exhibits will welcome visitors on Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Shiloh National Military Park Visitors Center.

BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

SHILOH, Tenn. — A unique artifact collection will highlight a Civil War “Fair” set for Labor Day weekend. Several special exhibits will welcome visitors on Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Shiloh National Military Park Visitors Center. Appraiser and Civil War collec-

tor Rafael Eledge will also be on hand to take a look at visitors’ artifacts. All events are free and open to the public. “This will be a great event where visitors can not only see unique artifacts associated with the Battle of Shiloh and the Civil War, but can also bring their own items to show,” said Superintendent Dale Wilkerson. “The

variety of items that will be displayed will be amazing.” As a part of this event, visitors are invited to bring their personal Civil War items to display. Two major exhibits will be on display in the visitor center auditorium. The Army/Navy Expedition collection contains

Harvey brings heavy rainfall to Crossroads BY ZACK STEEN

zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

The Crossroads area is expected to get a drenched in the coming days as remnants of Hurricane Harvey approach. What’s left of Harvey, now a tropical storm, is forecast to move inland over the northeastern gulf coast early Wednesday morning. The storm’s persistent downpours have prolonged catastrophic flooding in Texas and Louisiana this week, and according to AccuWeather Meteorologist Brett Rossio, it could be the worst flood-

Please see FAIR | 2A

By Jebb Johnston

jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

The late summer is seeing certain types of foliage threatened by an abundance of a few insects. Caterpillars that defoliate oak trees are more active than normal in Alcorn County and other parts of the state. The variable oakleaf caterpillar and yellownecked caterpillars are the main culprits.

Bob Moore spends a lot of time in the courtroom. The 34-year-old 2001 Corinth High School graduate has been the elected county attorney for the past six years, has been prosecutor for the City of Corinth the past two years and has a downtown private practice, Moore Law Firm. “The ability to help people and make a difference,” is why the Mississippi State Business School and Ole Miss Law School graduate became an attorney. Moore has an interest in preserving Corinth history and serves as chairperson of the Corinth Preservation Commission. The MSU Bulldog sports fan has a wife of five years, Haley, and they have two kids, 2-year-old Kathryn and Grey, who turns 1 next month. His parents are Greg Moore of Corinth and Carolyn Kelly of Tupelo. By Mark Boehler

Please see RAINFALL | 2A

Author Colleen Townsend Evans headlines the annual women’s conference at First Presbyterian Church of Corinth.

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Country legend Charlie Daniels is announced as the headliner for Darryl Worley’s annual Tennessee River Run Concert.

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People of the Crossroads Bob Moore, Corinth

ing any area will see since the Hurricane Katrina disaster. “There will be locations receiving at least 50 inches of rainfall when all is said and done,” Rossio said, as the National Weather Service reported Cedar Bayou, Texas got 51.88 inches of rain from Harvey - a new continental U.S. record. The National Weather Service in Memphis says Corinth and Alcorn County may see five to six inches of rain, which could mean major flooding

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Mississippi State University Extension Agent Patrick Poindexter has heard from a number of residents concerned about the caterpillars, and he found them on a white oak at his home. “I have seen them strip all the leaves off a very young tree,” he said. “It was less than five years old. On older trees,

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