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Missing teenager reunited with family BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

Thanks to a railroad employee, a Corinth teenager who had been reported missing is back home. Danielle Guillot, 13, was reunited with her mother at the Corinth Police Department

early Friday afternoon. She had last been seen around 2 a.m. Tuesday morning. Police Chief Ralph Dance said he and Assistant Chief Josh Fortenberry were approached by the railroad worker while at lunch on Friday. The man told them he was not sure if it was

the person they were looking for, but he had seen a girl under the bridge on Polk Street on both Thursday and Friday. Dance and Fortenberry went to Henry Cemetery near the bridge, approached through the woods and found the girl sitting under the bridge.

She appeared to be clean and fed, leading police to believe that she received some assistance during her disappearance. Dance said it appears to be a case of teenage rebellion. He expressed thanks for the trainman’s tip. “If not for the help of this rail-

road worker paying attention and letting us know, she’d still be out there,” said Dance. According to her mother, Marle Sanders of Cass Street, the teen had last been seen near her home with two boys she knew, but the boys did not know her whereabouts.

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BY ZACK STEEN More than 55 fundraisers were approved earlier this week by the Alcorn School District Board of Education. At Alcorn Central Elementary School, three fundraisers will soon take place. Among those include a school picture sale, a cookie dough sale and the sale of field trip t-shirts. Alcorn Central Middle School students will sell t-shirts, candy bars and candles. The school will also host a Harlem Legends vs. Alcorn County All-Stars basketball game. Nine fundraisers are on tap in the coming months at Alcorn Central High School. Among those include a Little League basketball camp, the sale of homecoming t-shirts, the hosting of Mini-Cheer Camp, the sale of Rada Cutlery and t-shirts. ACHS softball players will host 20 Days of Christmas, the

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Today is the day to round up old chemicals, electronics, tires and other hazards for proper disposal. The gates will open at 8 a.m. at the transfer station located oﬀ South Harper on Getwell Road near Physicians Urgent Care for the Household Hazardous Waste Day coordinated by Keep Corinth-Alcorn Beautiful and its partners. The event runs through 1 p.m. With more phone calls and questions than ever before about the event, KCAB Director Andrea Rose is expecting a big turnout. “It is usually busiest between 8 and 9,” she said. “This year, we have added a second lane. We just need people to drive slowly and cautiously.” A wide variety of materials will be accepted for disposal and recycling. “Some people think it’s just Please see WASTE | 2

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Workers handle collected materials at last year’s Household Hazardous Waste Day.

Popular vocalist returns for mid-morning concert series

People of the Crossroads Emily Norton, Kossuth

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Back by popular demand, vocalist Josh Tippey is returning for a special program. Presented as one of the Corinth Music Club’s beloved Mid-Morning Concerts, the performance, held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 22 at the historic Fillmore Street Chapel, will kick oﬀ a new season of musical delight. The concert is open to the public and there is no cost to attend. Approximately 30-40 minutes in duration, the program titled, “The Best of Frank Sinatra” will feature some of the singer’s most celebrated hits. Musical selections will include: “I’ve Got The World On A String,” “Fly Me to The

Emily Norton is now back home. After beginning her banking career at the South Harper Road Southbank location 13 years ago, she was quickly moved to the downtown branch. Following the purchase of the Corinth bank by FMBank, Norton was moved back to South Harper Road. “I feel like I’ve come full circle,” she said. “It’s quite different here than downtown – a lot busier.” As head teller and customer service representative, she’s proud to be an FMB employee. “They are super good to us,” she added. “This is a real family bank.” Married to Lucas for 10 years, the Nortons have one son, six-year-old Cory.

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Former officer pleads guilty to child porn access BY JEFF YORK For the Daily Corinthian

A former Selmer Police Department lieutenant has pleaded guilty to accessing child pornography on a hidden website. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the guilty plea Thursday. According to information presented in court, Tony O. Miller, 36, of Finger, Tenn., was a member of a website dedicated

to sharing child pornography. Miller used special technology to access it regularly between early January and March 2015. The website could not be found using traditional search engines, like Google or Bing; members had to use special technology designed to conceal their identity in order to access it. Images of minor children engaging in sexual activity with adults were featured on the website. Some of the minors

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dance team will sell ads for basketball programs and Mu Alpha Theta will sell t-shirts. The ACHS Purple Pride Band will also host Cow Patty Bingo. The Alcorn Central choral department will sell classroom recorders, Music Maker t-shirts, Smencils, cotton candy and will also host car wash/garage sale/bake sale at Arby’s. The Alcorn Career Technical Center Educators Rising club will sell coupon books, t-shirts and Rada Cutlery. ACTC DECA will sell candles, while the FFA will sell mums. Six fundraisers will highlight Biggersville High School. Students will sell tickets to a Harlem Globetrotters show, while the junior chess team will host a car wash. The band will sell Premier Jewelry and the BETA club will sell t-shirts. BHS juniors will sell chances on a basket of donated items and also wait tables, receive tips and donations at Zaxby’s. At Kossuth Middle School, the football team will host a car wash and a fifth and sixth grade football league. The boys basketball team will also sell sponsorships for the gym. KMS students will sell yearbooks and school year pictures. More than 10 fundraisers were approved for Kossuth High School. Among those include the sale of school spirit items by the prom committee, the sale of Aggie drawstring bags by the booster club, the sale of cheese, discount cards and shout-outs by the band booster club, the sale of 50/50 chances by the booster club and the sale of sponsorships and t-shirts by the school’s FBLA. Kossuth’s basketball team will also host a ShootA-Thon and basketball camp fundraiser.

were under 12 years of age. An undercover investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) identified users of a website set up for the purposes of sharing child pornography. Visitors to the website could view, download, and comment on other users’ material, as well as upload their own. Miller was identified as one of the website’s users. At the time of the aforementioned conduct, Miller was a

lieutenant with the Selmer Police Department. Miller admitted that he used the Internet and work-issued digital devices to access the website and view child pornography. He also admitted to using technology to try to hide his criminal activity. On Thursday, Sept. 15, Miller pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge J. Daniel Breen to one count of accessing with intent to view child pornography.

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for chemicals or tires, but we will be taking electronics,” said Rose. “Your computers, monitors, TVs, and old cell phones can be recycled and not end up in the landfill.” The contractor for electronics is R2 certified, and any information on hard drives or devices will be properly destroyed. Other items that can be turned in include paint, poisons, insecticides, scrap metal, oil, batteries, fluorescent light bulbs, CFL bulbs, disinfectants, brake fluid, tub and tile cleaners, pool chemi-

cals and others. Only residential waste is accepted. Prohibited items include explosives, PCBs, ammunition and radioactive materials. Funded through a solid waste assistance grant from the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, the event also relies on the support of 30 to 40 volunteers who will help coordinate traﬃc and the collection of materials. “We couldn’t do this if we didn’t have the strong support of the volunteers,” said Rose. The event address is 2610 Getwell Road.

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Coﬀee Song,” “Come Fly With Me” and “New York, New York.” “Most of the music set I’m doing this time is new for me. While I love Frank Sinatra, I haven’t performed but a couple of his songs ever,” said Tippey. “I’ve wanted to for a long time. So I’m FINALLY doing it!” “He’s one of the greats,” he continued. “It makes me a bit nervous to do, but I’m going to give it my best shot.” Hailing from a small town in central Illinois, Tippey attended

The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City, following high school. He went on to perform in multiple professional musical theatre performances in the United States and Canada. A resident of Corinth, he now enjoys singing at weddings, churches, festivals, small businesses, restaurants and other establishments. Organized in 1922, the Corinth Music Club, is a member of the Mississippi Federation of Music Clubs and oﬀers several concerts throughout the year.

Miller is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday, Dec. 16. He faces up to 20 years in federal prison and a fine of up to $250,000. This case was investigated by the FBI, with assistance from the FBI Major Case Coordination Unit in Linthicum, Maryland, and the Selmer Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Debra Ireland is prosecuting this case on the government’s behalf.

Musgrove joins center of early learning OXFORD — Melody Musgrove, an accomplished public education leader and advocate, has joined the University of Mississippi faculty as co-director of the Graduate Center for the Study of Early Learning and associate professor of special education. Housed within the UM School of Education, the center was established in 2015 to provide research and collaborative leadership to advocate for more quality pre-K education programs throughout the state. The center is financially supported by the Phil Hardin Foundation of Meridian. “The combination of working with the graduate center and the chance to teach at this university is a very appealing opportunity,” said Musgrove, a Mississippi native. “I believe that Ole Miss is on the move in the field of teacher education and I am excited to be part of that.” Before joining UM, Musgrove served as director of the Oﬃce of Special Education Programs at the U.S. Department of Education from 2010 to 2016. OSEP oversees the administration of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, a law that ensures educational services and opportunities for children of all ages. The $13 billion program provides grants, monitoring and technical assistance to states.

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Today in History Today is Saturday, Sept. 17, the 261st day of 2016. There are 105 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 17, 1978, after meeting at Camp David, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat signed a framework for a peace treaty.

On this date: In 1787, the Constitution of the United States was completed and signed by a majority of delegates attending the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. In 1862, more than 3,600 men were killed in the Civil War Battle of Antietam in Maryland. In 1908, Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge of the U.S. Army Signal Corps became the first person to die in the crash of a powered aircraft, the Wright Flyer, at Fort Myer, Virginia, just outside Washington D.C. In 1937, the likeness of President Abraham Lincoln’s head was dedicated at Mount Rushmore. In 1939, the Soviet Union invaded Poland during World War II, more than two weeks after Nazi Germany had launched its assault. In 1944, during World War II, Allied paratroopers launched Operation Market Garden, landing behind German lines in the Netherlands. (After initial success, the Allies were beaten back by the Germans.) In 1955, Tennessee Ernie Ford recorded “Sixteen Tons” by Merle Travis for Capitol Records in Hollywood. In 1966, “Mission: Impossible” premiered on CBS. In 1971, citing health reasons, Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black, 85, retired. (Black, who was succeeded by Lewis F. Powell Jr., died eight days after making his announcement.) In 1984, Progressive Conservative leader Brian Mulroney took office as Canada’s 18th prime minister.

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Across the Region Booneville Childers honored by development association BOONEVILLE — The Prentiss County Development Association hosted its 40th Annual Banquet last Thursday, honoring longitme Booneville businessman and public official Travis Childers with the group’s highest honor. The evening’s keynote speaker was Heidi Smith, General Manager of Global Business at TVA Economic Development. Smith talked to the crowd of business and industry leaders about the competitive landscape of economic development and how reducing the perceived risk for a prospective company can improve a community’s chances of winning a project. “Proving workforce is becoming even more important as companies and consultants expect communities to have competitive sites or buildings and a streamlined process,” stated Mrs. Smith. Those in attendance were also treated to a special performance by PCDA Board Member, Marshall Dickerson. Dickerson presented himself, in character, as the late George E. Allen, a Booneville native, businessman and presidential advisor. Among George E. Allen’s many accomplishments were being a trusted advisor to three U.S. Presidents and writing of a book, Presidents Who Have Known Me. A section in the Booneville’s public library is dedicated to him as well as the library being named after him. Prentiss County Development Association also held an election at the event for five Board of Directors positions. Those elected at this year’s banquet for a three year term were: Mike Kelley, Pat Short, Kevin Eubank, Jobie Lindsey and Lori Tucker. The banquet was capped with the presentation of the Doug “Moose” Mansell Award. The award is in honor of the late Doug Mansell who was a longtime Director of PCDA and who was very instrumental in the growth of industry in Prentiss County. This award celebrates an individual who has demonstrated a long term effort in supporting the economic development of Prentiss County in hopes of improving the quality of life for area residents. This year’s recipient of the Mansell Award was former Congressman and Prentiss County native Travis Childers. Childers has been a champion for the economic growth of Prentiss County for decades. He has been an active board member

of PCDA for many years, serving in many capacities including serving as PCDA Board President multiple times. Childers has been influential in some of Prentiss County’s largest economic development projects as both a PCDA board member and as Prentiss County Chancery Clerk, an elected office which he held prior to his election to the U.S. Congress. Upon recognition of the award, Childers said, “I am truly humbled and surprised. I would not choose to live anywhere else. Prentiss County is my home.”

Iuka High school recognized in Newsweek magazine IUKA — Tishomingo County High School is being recognized in the latest issue of Newsweek. The school is featured in the magazine’s 2016 “Beating the Odds” report, which identifies schools that excel in preparing students for college while also overcoming socio-economic obstacles. Out of the 500 public high schools identified across the country, Tishomingo County High School ranked number 301. Only four other schools in Mississippi were recognized in the report.

Burnsville Special election goes to runoff on Sept. 27 BURNSVILLE — A runoff election is scheduled for Sept. 27 to determine who will fill the remaining term of a retiring alderman Harold Barnes. Doyle Rorie and Robin Lambert will head to a runoff for the seat. Earlier this week, only 100 votes cast in the race between Rorie, Lambert, Marty Wilkins and Greg McAnally. A runoff will happen because no one earned more than 50 percent of the vote.

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6-9 p.m. at the Crazy K Ranch in Michie. Tickets are $80 a person or $320 for a table of eight. There will be no tickets sold at the door, so you must buy in advance. “Boots and Buckles is our main fundraiser of the year,” said Karen Lange, human resource manager for the developmental center. “It has gotten tough with our funding because of cuts by the state that were hard to replace.” A goal of selling 33 tables for this year’s ball would provide much needed funding for the McNairy County Developmental Services. The event raised $27,000 last year and Lange said they were hopeful to equal that amount this year. Lange said they still had a few tables left to sell to make it a complete sellout this year. “We are excited about this year’s ball,” commented Lange. “The people of McNairy County are great to us in helping to support the center.” An Elvis impersonator will provide the entertainment for the ball. Former McNairy County Sheriff Robert Lee will be the emcee and he is guaranteed to deliver good laughs during the night’s activities. A trio of people are competing to become the King or Queen of the Cowboys. They are Patrick Greene, William Hodge, and Tammy Moore. The meal will be barbecue and will be cooked by Oscar Main. A silent auction with several good items will be open for bids during the evening. The McNairy County Developmental Services center is located at 565 Industrial Park in Selmer. Their phone number is (731) 645-7730. The center has been in operation for 43-years. If you can’t come to this year’s ball, Lange said they would be glad to accept tax deductible donations to assist in the day-to-day operation of the center.

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Boots & Buckles Ball raises funds for services MICHIE, Tenn. — The 4th annual Boots and Buckles will soon return for another fun time of raising money for the McNairy County Developmental Services. A popular country and western theme has helped fill Crazy K with people eager to raise money for the developmental center in Selmer. This year’s event will be held Saturday, Sept. 24 from

HENDERSON, Tenn. —Fall 2016 enrollment at FreedHardeman University increased by 4.3 percent over Fall 2015, according to Dr. C.J. Vires, FHU provost. Total headcount for FHU, which includes students in Henderson, Memphis and Dickson, is 1,906. Undergraduates account for 1,402 of the total; graduate, 504. Vires also noted higher ACT and SAT scores for this year’s freshmen. “We are very

pleased with the outstanding academic quality of this year’s freshman cohort,” he said. “Nearly 50 percent of these students’ ACT and SAT scores ranked in the upper quartile, with 19 percent of them scoring in the upper 10 percent.” According to Vice President for Enrollment Management Matt Vega, this year’s freshman class includes FHU’s largest ever cohort of students with an ACT score of 30 or higher. “We were pleased to welcome 50 freshmen who are Trustee Scholars,” he said. The number of new students totaled 428, an increase of 23.3 percent. The first-time freshman cohort includes 325 students, a 10.5 percent increase over last year. The number of first-time transfer students jumped to 103, a 94.3 percent increase. Graduate enrollment also showed growth with 38 additional students. Graduate credit- hour production also increased by 7.4 percent. This year’s enrollment includes students from 32 states and 13 countries.

Oxford Grant offered for filmmakers OXFORD — The Magnifying Glass Fellowship is offering a new grant to Mississippi filmmakers. The Magnifying Glass Fellowship is an effort to help individuals produce progressive or radical short films. The Magnifying Glass focuses on short films that aggressively investigate social injustices. Projects also cover larger issues such as violence, racism, sexism, homophobia, and gun control. The total budget for granting these projects is $10,000. The grants aim to support projects made by individuals living or working in Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, or Indiana. The programs consist of three possible grants with one being $1,000 and two of $500 given individually to filmmakers in state. The Oxford Film Festival is the sponsor of the Mississippi grant. To apply for this grant filmmakers will need to submit a one-page treatment, an expected total budget, a description of intention for funds awarded, key crew bios, a prior sample work that is no more than five minutes long, and an outreach strategy. The application form can be found at oxfordfilmfest. com. The deadline for Mississippi filmmakers to apply for The Magnifying Glass Fellowship is Oct. 15.

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Racial issues centered on education Ordinarily, it is not a good idea to base how you vote on just one issue. But if black lives really matter, as they should matter like all other lives, then it is hard to see any racial issue that matters as much as eduThomas cation. The government could Sowell double the amount of money Columnist it spends on food stamps or triple the amount it spends on housing subsidies, and it will mean very little if the next generation of young blacks goes into the world without a decent education. Many things that are supposed to help blacks actually have a record of making things worse. Minimum wage laws have had a devastating effect in making black teenage unemployment several times higher than it once was. In my own life, I was very fortunate when I left home in 1948, at age 17 -- a high school dropout with no skills or experience. At that time, the unemployment rate of black 16- and 17-year-old males was 9.4 percent. For white males the same ages, it was 10.2 percent. Why were these unemployment rates so much lower than we have become used to seeing in later times -- and with very little difference between blacks and whites? What was different about those times was that the minimum wage, established in 1938, had been rendered meaningless by a decade of high inflation. It was the same as if there were no minimum wage. In later years, as the minimum wage was repeatedly raised to keep up with inflation, black teenage unemployment from 1971 through 1994 was never less than 3 times what it was in 1948, and ranged as high as more than 5 times the 1948 level. It also became far higher than the unemployment rate of whites the same age. The relations between the police and the black community are another issue that has gotten a lot of attention, and produced counterproductive results. After all the rhetoric and all the efforts towards more tightly restraining the police, the net result has been that murder rates have soared in cities where that policy has been followed -- and most of the people killed have been black. The one bright spot in black ghettos around the country are the schools that parents are free to choose for their children. Some are Catholic schools, some are secular private schools and some are charter schools financed by public school systems but operating without the rules that apply to other public schools. Not all of these kinds of schools are successes. But where there are academic successes in black ghettos, they come disproportionately from schools outside the iron grip of the education establishment. Despite all the dire social problems in many black ghettos across the country, somehow ghetto schools run by KIPP and Success Academy turn out students whose academic performances match or exceed the performances in suburban schools whose kids come from high-income families. What is even more astonishing is that charter schools are being opposed, not only by teachers’ unions who think that schools exist to provide guaranteed jobs for their members, but also by politicians, including black politicians who proclaim that “black lives matter.” Apparently these black children’s futures do not matter enough for black politicians -- including the President of the United States -- to stand up to the teachers’ unions. The teachers’ unions produce big bucks in campaign contributions and big voter turnout on election day. Any politician, of any race or party, who fights against charter schools that give many black youngsters their one shot at a decent life does not deserve the vote of anybody who really believes that black lives matter. Daily Corinthian columnist Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. His website is www.tsowell.com.

Prayer for today Almighty God, help me as I start this day to remember how easy it is to drive the peace from it. May I do my best to keep it, and defy any indolence or disposition, that may make me spoil it. May I lay me down at night in peace and sleep because of the contentment that has filled the hours. Amen.

A verse to share For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; ‘he will lead them to springs of living water.’‘And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’ “ —Revelation 7:17

Will Mississippi lawmakers follow Alabama’s BP settlement template? STARKVILLE — Across the state line to the east, Alabama lawmakers meeting in a special session approved a compromise plan to spend the lion’s share of that state’s $1 billion BP oil spill settlement on Medicaid, retiring state debt, and highway infrastructure in two Gulf Coast counties - and Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has said he’ll sign that legislation. Could that a template of sorts as to how Mississippi lawmakers choose to spend our state’s BP settlement funds? Mississippi will receive almost $2.2 billion in total compensation for the 2010 BP explosion, fire, and resulting oil spill on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. The rig was leased to BP by Transocean. The Deepwater Horizon explosion killed 11 men (with Mississippians among the dead), injured others and resulted in an estimated 210 million barrels of oil being spilled into the Gulf of Mexico. It was the nation’s largest oﬀshore oil spill. Mississippi and other Gulf states suﬀered significant economic and environmental damages. Mississippi got a $2.2 billion settlement from BP, but

not all of that is subject to the unfettered will of the Mississippi Legislature. SpeSid Salter cifics of the settlement Columnist include, over time, $750 million in economic damages that will be subject to state legislative appropriations. There are other funds with regulatory strings attached that aren’t completely subject to legislative fiat, including some $183 million in Natural Resource Damage Assessment payments for environmental restoration, $582 million in Clean Water Act penalties to be used for research and economic development and for environmental projects. This year, the Legislature used $42 million of the initial $150 million payment of the BP settlement to the state to bolster a stagnant state budget. Gov. Phil Bryant, Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, and Attorney General Jim Hood – along with Gulf Coast lawmakers – have all spoken to their belief that since the BP oil spill disaster most directly impacted the Gulf Coast, that’s

where the preponderance of the settlement funds should be spent. Bryant’s Go Coast 2020 commission issued a report that made specific recommendations on focusing the BP settlement funds on Gulf region projects that bolstered the local economy and created jobs. Reeves launched his own series of fact-finding meetings with the same general focus. But upstate, lawmakers are not yet ready to concede to a plan that substantially excludes central and northern counties from benefitting from a portion of the BP settlement. That’s problematic for the lower six Gulf Coast counties, who don’t possess the numbers in either the Senate or the House to impose their will on the rest of their legislative colleagues. So most legislative observers expect a bruising sectional fight over the BP settlement funds that rivals the fight over the state’s Hurricane Katrina relief funds back in 2006. Former Gov. Haley Barbour and the state’s congressional delegation – led by U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran – worked with Congress and the Bush Administration to direct millions in hurricane

relief to Mississippi. While the Coast was obviously the hardest hit area of the state, damage was evident as far north as Monroe County in northeast Mississippi. Hurricane Katrina’s 2005 fury came at a time when Mississippi was really struggling with budget problems, principally how to pay for the state’s Medicaid program. Voters will recall that legislators fell over themselves to use substantial portions of the federal funds provided for relief from Hurricane Katrina to meet the state’s Medicaid expenses. It’s also not only possible but very likely that the Legislature could use the state’s BP money to oﬀset spending they would otherwise make on the Gulf Coast – the socalled “fungibility” principle – and still share the wealth with central and northern counties. Regardless, the looming sectional battle over the state’s BP settlement will be a prime mover in the 2017 regular session of the Legislature – or in possible special sessions that may arise earlier. Daily Corinthian columnist Sid Salter is syndicated across the state. Contact him at 601-507-8004 or sidsalter@sidsalter.com.

How’s that fundamental transformation going? When Air Force One landed in China last week for the G-20 Summit, Chinese authorities didn’t wheel out the usual staircase for the president to disembark. Instead he had to exit through an opening in the back of the enormous aircraft. It was, you might say, a pivot to Asia. That wasn’t the last insult Barack Obama absorbed in Hangzhou. The president of the Philippines, long considered a U.S. ally, called him a name family publications usually don’t print. It’s rare for an American president to be treated with such contempt. It’s what happens when you draw red lines and do nothing when people step over them. When Barack Obama promised to “fundamentally (transform) the United States of America,” this is probably not what he had in mind. But like the muchtalked-about pivot to Asia, his two most transformational policy initiatives, as identified by his foreign policy staﬀer Ben Rhodes -- Obamacare at home and the Iran nuclear deal abroad -- have had disappointing results.

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Consider Obamacare. “Insurers are pulling out of the exchanges and premiums Michael are rising,” Barone as Bloomberg’s MeColumnist gan McArdle writes. Fewer people are uninsured, but mostly because they’re shoved into bare bones Medicaid-type plans, which some studies indicate don’t improve health outcomes. We may be seeing death spirals, with higher premiums making healthy people drop coverage until only the very sick buy policies. One reason for Obamacare’s problems is that it was jammed through Congress in defiance of public opinion and contrary to legislative regular order. The public, speaking through the unlikely medium of the voters of Massachusetts, made clear their views when Scott Brown won a January 2010 special election after promising to cast a decisive vote against Obamacare. Obamacare has been tested in hundreds of polls since

it became law in March 2010. In just about every one, pluralities and usually majorities have expressed negative feelings about the law. Obama’s gamble that the law would work as he hoped and promised has failed to date. Health insurance markets and health care delivery have been transformed, but not fundamentally and not sustainably. Mark him incomplete, at best. Incomplete is also the best mark conceivable for Obama’s other attempt at fundamental transformation, the Iran nuclear deal. It’s part of his basic approach of spurning traditional allies and courting traditional enemies. Sometimes this works: Friends stay friendly; enemies change course. But Iran’s mullah regime has certainly not done so to date. In lengthy negotiations it extracted concession after concession Obama and John Kerry said they’d never make. They even got secret approval of transfers --in cash -- of at least $400 million and apparently $1.3 billion more. It’s plain, however, that Iran’s extremists have not

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given up on their goal of obtaining nuclear weapons, deliverable to Israel, India, Europe and maybe beyond. The best the deal’s defenders can say is that it delays the process. All signs are that Iran remains an obdurate enemy, supporting terrorists and spreading its influence in Iraq, Syria, Yemen and the Gulf. America’s traditional friends in the region are looking for other sources of support. That seems the case in Asia as well. The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, intended to bolster America’s regional lead role, now looks dead, as both majorparty presidential nominees oppose it. Which leaves Obama, who never pressed the deal hard with his own party, scampering out of the back of his plane. Some fundamental transformation. Daily Corinthian columnist Michael Barone is senior political analyst for The Washington Examiner, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a Fox News Channel contributor and a co-author of The Almanac of American Politics.

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Gothic literature brings plenty of creepy fun In my last article, I discussed drawn / Sea-nymphs in their the advantages of reading, es- pearly wagons / Do, but awake pecially reading fiction. It ex- a hope to live / That had gone / pands our worlds and gives us With the dragons?” This poem seems to the ability to see through indicate that the primary others’ eyes. Now there reason we read imaginaare many diﬀerent genres of fiction, such as tive literature is to “awake a hope to live,” to pull us realistic fiction, science out of our monotonous, fiction, fantasy, and hisordinary days and help us torical fiction. These are things in a new way. only a few examples, but Cody see With this in mind, I’d like we can see that there are Daniel to discuss our first genre many diﬀerent ways of “pretending” in reading. Librarian of imaginative fiction: gothic literature. Some of my favorite Gothic literature is stories come from the more unrealistic fiction genres, a fairly new genre, having such as fantasy. Likewise, one emerged in the 18th and 19th of my favorite poems comes centuries. This genre takes its from W.B. Yeats. It’s called name from the style of architec“The Realists,” and it speaks to ture known for pointed arches, those who question the value rib vaults, and flying buttressof reading unrealistic fiction: es. It often involves dark and “Hope that you may under- dreary environments, such as stand! / What can books of men a castle or house (sometimes that wive / In a dragon-guarded haunted!). land, / Paintings of the dolphinThere are usually appear-

ances of the supernatural, and a battle between good and evil often underlies the story. Many times, it involves the “damsel in distress” motif, particularly in earlier literature. It may not be surprising that this is also a precursor to the horror genre of modern literature. Literary scholars will often distinguish between terror and horror. Terror is the feeling of an anticipated fear, often felt as a cold, icy emotion. The creak of a door in an abandoned house, or perhaps the slowly rising lid of a coﬃn, can both be terrifying experiences. Horror, however, is more related to the disgust felt at a manifested fear. So when Frankenstein’s monster stumbles through that opening door, stitched together haphazardly, one feels horror. Or when an animated corpse emerges from the rising coﬃn lid, we can consider that as horror.

Perhaps the earliest work of Gothic literature is Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto. Published in 1764, it describes the events of a family struggling with an ancient prophecy of death. However, one of the most famous works is Matthew Lewis’s The Monk, a classic tale of how a pious religious man can be brought down to the depths of human sin through his own pride and ego. Due to its graphic nature, it is considered one of the most scandalous books of the period. Gothic novels do not always have to be graphic or particularly supernatural. Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights and Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca are often considered Gothic novels of this variety. Jane Austen even parodied much of Gothic literature in her novel Northanger Abbey. Of course, you know I can’t leave you without mentioning how this genre shows up

in film. Often these movies are based on books, such as Shirley Jackson’s The House on Haunted Hill or William Peter Blatty’s The Exorcist. The movies Constantine (starring Keanu Reeves), Gothika (starring Halle Berry), and Underworld (starring Kate Beckinsale) are all modern films employing the themes of Gothic literature. The next time you read a strange book or watch a creepy movie, see if you can spot any Gothic elements in them. The genre truly has influenced much of popular entertainment over the last two hundred years. Next time, I’ll be discussing post-apocalyptic and dystopian literature. But until then, keep on reading! Cody Daniel is the head librarian at the Corinth Library. He can be reached at cdaniel@ nereg.lib.ms.us or by calling 662-287-2441.

Dietitians provide reliable nutrition information BY BECKY SHARP, RD, LD Clinical Dietitian Magnolia Regional Health Center Food and Nutrition Department

In the world of food and nutrition, almost everyone has an opinion, whether it’s on Facebook in your favorite magazine, or the lady selling you a supplement. There is so much information out there, how do you weed through it to decide what to believe? How do you strike that balance between eating food that tastes good and food that is good for your body? My name is Becky Sharpe, and I am a reg-

istered dietitian at Magnolia Regional Health Center. My colleagues, Darby Heiland, MS, RD, LD, Cassie Tidwell, RD, LD, and I would like to oﬀer you some tips and information to help you discover what your own personal healthy diet looks like. At our hospital we are able to provide one-onone outpatient nutrition counseling with a doctor’s referral. However, as clinical dietitians in an acute care facility, the majority of the patients we see are in the hospital due to some type of critical ill-

ness. We give advice on diabetic diets to patients who are in the hospital for diabetic emergencies, we give heart healthy diet education for patients who have had open heart surgery, and we teach about low sodium diets to patients who have congestive heart failure. Our goal in writing this column is to provide some tips for improving your overall diet and health in ways that can prevent these serious illnesses or avoid their serious complications before they become emergencies. First, let me explain

what a dietitian is, and what sets us apart from the nutrition advice you might see on Facebook. All clinical dietitians are required to have a 4 year degree in food and nutrition, in addition to a year-long internship and successful completion of a national standardized exam. In addition to nutrition classes, our coursework includes a strong science background (biochemistry, organic chemistry, microbiology), as well as some practical business, counseling, and food safety courses. Dietitians work in many set-

tings with duties ranging from diet counseling, to calculating tube feedings, to managing food service operations. We are taught to follow evidence based nutritional practices. We are not likely to suggest the newest cleanse or crash diet, but rather diet strategies that have been clinically proven to be safe and helpful. We don’t believe there is one perfect diet for everyone because we know that people are individuals with their own preferences, habits, abilities, and health concerns. We

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Obesity rates in America continue to be health crisis BY TRUDY LIEBERMAN Rural Health News Service

Is the message that the nation is getting too fat beginning to sink in? The answer is “yes but,” says the Trust for America’s Health, a nonprofit, non-partisan group that aims to protect the health of communities and make disease prevention a national priority. And a study of healthcare quality and quantity across the nation suggests some reasons why things are not improving uniformly. Obesity is a disease, and for the last 13 years the Trust and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation have monitored obesity rates in the country, focusing on the proportion of a state’s population that is obese. The study designates someone as obese whose body mass index (a measure based on height and weight) is 30 or higher. This year’s results show that after a decade in which every state’s obese population rose, a few

Sedentary activities like computer games have replaced physical activity. states have finally experienced a decrease. “We’re seeing the rates plateau albeit at a very high level,” says Richard Hamburg, the interim president of the Trust. Although rates have dropped in Montana, Minnesota, New York, and Ohio, even those decreased rates are still high. Twenty-six percent of adults in Minnesota were still considered obese, and nearly 30 percent were in Ohio. Even in the states with the lowest rates - Colorado, California, Utah, Montana, Hawaii and Massachusetts rates remain between 20 and 25 percent. Twenty-two of the 25 states with the highest adult obesity rates are in the South and Midwest, including Kansas and Kentucky, both of which experienced an increase.

To put this in perspective, Hamburg told me that in 1980 no state had a rate above 15 percent; in 1990 no rate was above 20 percent. “Colorado is the healthiest state but exceeded the 20 percent rate years ago,” he said. What happened? Hamburg explained that many societal changes have conspired to increase obesity rates. Children have less opportunity for physical activities; parents are no longer comfortable sending their kids out to play and telling them to come home by dark. Other reasons? Sedentary activities like computer games have replaced physical activity. Many schools no longer oﬀer physical education, and are not always open for physical activity after the school day ends. More kids arrive at

school via car or bus. In 1969, 89 percent of kids walked or rode their bikes to school. By 2009, the number had dropped to 35 percent. Eating habits are different, too, with families eating more often in restaurants, including fast food establishments, and consuming more added sugars and fats. Many families eat at McDonalds or Burger King a few times a week, but even if they cooked at home, they might not be eating “healthy” because they don’t have access to fresh fruits and vegetables. Hamburg told me 30 million people don’t have easy access to a supermarket; many residents in dense urban areas have to walk or take public transportation more than a mile to get more than a “convenience store” selection. Many in rural areas must drive 10 miles or more. Powerful marketing from the food industry is also a culprit, beckoning

consumers to eat pizza, overstuﬀed tacos, and sodas without regard for the eﬀect on their weight or health. I usually don’t pay much attention to state rankings from various groups. Most people aren’t going to move to another state just because it ranks better on whatever is being measured. But this time I did because as the obesity report came out, a personal finance website, WalletHub, announced its latest report “2016’s States with the Best & Worst Health Care.” And I was struck by a possible connection. What did WalletHub have to say about those states in the South and Midwest with high numbers of people who are obese? Were they getting routine examinations, and dental care? Were physicians accepting Medicare? Were there adequate hospital beds particularly, in rural areas where many hospitals have closed?

Now I didn’t attempt to do a scientific correlation, and there may be many reasons why a state’s healthcare system ranks high or low on the WalletHub site. But for me, the take-away from these studies is that communities must oﬀer not only treatment for health problems relating to obesity but also ways to prevent the underlying cause in the first place. Communities must have not just enough and appropriate medical facilities and personnel but also programs to encourage better eating habits and more physical activity. The Trust report oﬀers suggestions that point in that direction. To learn more about how your state ranks on both these studies, go to stateofobesity.org and wallethub. com. What is your community doing to address the obesity problem? Write to Trudy at trudy.lieberman@gmail.com.

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Trump: Obama was born in U.S. Associated Press

WASHINGTON — After five years as the chief promoter of a lie about Barack Obama’s birthplace, Donald Trump abruptly reversed course Friday and acknowledged the fact that the president was born in America. He then immediately peddled another false conspiracy. “President Barack Obama was born in the United States, period,” Trump declared, enunciating each word in a brief statement at the end of a campaign appearance. “Now we all want to get back to making America strong and great again.” But as the GOP presidential nominee sought to put that false conspiracy theory to rest, he stoked another, claiming the “birther movement” was begun by his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton. There is no evidence that is true. “Hillary Clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy. I finished it,” Trump said.

While the question of Obama’s birthplace was raised by some backers of Clinton’s primary campaign against Obama eight years ago, Clinton has long denounced it as a “racist lie.” “Trump has spent years peddling a racist conspiracy aimed at undermining the first AfricanAmerican president,” Clinton tweeted after his Friday event. “He can’t just take it back.” Indeed, it is clear Trump’s foes will try to keep the criticism of his actions alive. AfricanAmerican members of Congress held a news conference at the Capitol to denounce him immediately after his appearance. Trump’s allegation on Clinton starting the controversy is the latest example of his tendency to repeat statements that are patently false. However, that did not aﬀect his ability to beat more than a dozen challengers in the GOP primaries and has yet to dissuade his loyal supporters.

His statement Friday, in a sprawling ballroom at his new Washington hotel, lasted only a few seconds following a lengthy campaign event featuring military oﬃcers and award winners who have endorsed him. That turned the appearance into a de facto commercial for his campaign and property, as the major cable TV networks aired the full event live in anticipation of comments Trump had hyped hours before. “I’m going to be making a major statement on this whole thing and what Hillary did,” he told the Fox Business Network. “We have to keep the suspense going, OK?” For years, Trump has been the most prominent proponent of the “birther” idea. He used the issue to build his political profile, earn media attention and define his status as an “outsider” willing to challenge conventions. Friday marked the first time he said in no uncertain terms he was mis-

taken. But Trump did not explain how or when he’d come to that conclusion. As late as Wednesday, he refused to acknowledge Obama was born in Hawaii, declining to address the matter in a Washington Post interview published late Thursday. “I’ll answer that question at the right time,” Trump said. “I just don’t want to answer it yet.” Clinton seized on Trump’s refusal during a speech Thursday night. “This man wants to be our next president? When will he stop this ugliness, this bigotry?” she asked. Hours later, Trump’s campaign spokesman Jason Miller issued a statement that suggested the question had been settled five years ago — by Trump. “In 2011, Mr. Trump was finally able to bring this ugly incident to its conclusion by successfully compelling President Obama to release his birth certificate,” Miller said.

First lady hits campaign trail debut for Clinton BY JULIE PACE Associated Press

FAIRFAX, Va. — When Hillary Clinton returned to the campaign trail this week after a brief illness, she promised a more aspirational finish to her White House bid. And she used Michelle Obama as a guidepost. “As Michelle Obama said in her fabulous speech at the Democratic Convention, when we go to the polls this November, the real choice isn’t between Democrat or Republican. It’s about who will have the power to shape our children for the next four years of their lives,” Clinton said Thursday during a cam-

paign stop in Greensboro, North Carolina. It’s a message Clinton aides want Mrs. Obama herself delivering in battleground states as much as possible between now and Election Day. So far, the first lady has publicly committed to only one event — a rally Friday afternoon in northern Virginia, less than an hour drive from the White House — though the campaign expects her to make additional appearances. Mrs. Obama’s rally Friday is aimed in part at encouraging Virginia voters to register ahead of the state’s Oct. 17 deadline. But her broader mission is to rally the groups who

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were so crucial to her husband’s two White House wins: young people, many of whom are skeptical of Clinton, and black voters, who overwhelmingly back Clinton over Republican Donald Trump, but need to show up to vote in big numbers. Caroline Adler Morales, Mrs. Obama’s communications director, said the first lady will highlight “the qualifications and demeanor a president needs, the values we hold dear as Americans and our shared hopes for the future.” The outlines are similar to the widely praised speech Mrs. Obama delivered at the Democratic convention this summer. Her primetime address ran just about 10 minutes, yet it was perhaps the most powerful of the four-day gathering. She delivered a searing indictment of Trump without ever mentioning his name, yet

wrapped her critique in the hopeful optimism of a mother trying to protect her daughters’ futures. She spoke of telling her daughters that “the hateful language they hear from public figures on TV does not represent the true spirit of this country” and said the Obama family motto is “when they go low, we go high.” In the midst of a heated campaign, with two candidates who are viewed negatively by so many Americans, the first lady provided a striking contrast. “Part of what makes her so appealing and eﬀective as a surrogate is that she’s relentlessly positive, even when things on the campaign trail get negative,” said Olivia Alair Dalton, Mrs. Obama’s former spokeswoman. “It was a breath of fresh air.” Mrs. Obama has carefully cultivated her image as a devoted mother who prefers to stay out of the political fray.

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Funeral services for Joshua Dalton “Josh” Crews, 16, of Corinth, are set for 2 p.m. Monday at Pursuit Church in Meridian with burial at Old Marion Cemetery in Russell. Visitation is Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. at Magnolia Funeral Home in Corinth and Monday from 12:30 p.m. until the service at Pursuit Church in Meridian. Mr. Crews died Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016, at his home. Born June 8, 2000, he was a junior at Alcorn Central High School. He was a Baptist who enjoyed running track, fishing, hanging out with his cousin and playing PS3. Survivors are his father, JoshCrews ua Harold Crews of Meridian; his mother, Megan Carney Alexander of Meridian; a brother, Nathan Crews of Meridian; his maternal grandparents, Shonda Carney and Robert Earl Carney of Mississippi; two aunts, Katrina Mullinax and husband Phillip of Corinth and Maria Long of Meridian; a cousin, Kalinda Mullinax of Corinth; the Junior Class of Alcorn Central High School; other relatives; and a host of friends. He was preceded in death by a brother, Andrew Davidson, and his paternal grandparents, Roger Crews and Linda Crews. Bro. Jimmy Williams will oﬃciate the service. Online guestbook: magnoliafuneralhome.net

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SELMER, Tenn. — Funeral services for Floyd Franklin Holland Jr., 73, are set for 2 p.m. Monday at Magnolia Funeral Home Chapel of Memories with burial at Carter Cemetery in Michie, Tenn. Visitation is Sunday from 5 to 8 p.m. and Monday from 1 p.m. until the service. Mr. Holland died Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016, at his home. Born Jan. 16, 1943, he was a retired Diecast employee and a member of the Christian faith. Survivors include sons Floyd Franklin Holland III of Selmer and James Leslie Holland of Chewalla, Tenn.; daughters Clara Fay HemHolland bree of Selmer, Teresa Fay Holland of Bethel Springs, Tenn., and Joann Bryant of Selmer; eight grandchildren: Alecia Harrison, Dannie Woods and husband Billy, Christy Suitor and husband Ricky, Michael Bryant and wife Shaina, Chrystal Devine, Felicia Devine, Cody Hollands and Jordan Elliott; five great-grandchildren: Madison Suitor, Gatlyn Johnston, Nevaeh Woods, Blake Harrison and Alex Radabaugh; brothers Roy Hollands of Arkansas, Greg Hollands and wife Shirley of Glen, Michael Hollands and wife Sheree of Corinth, Gary Hollands of Glen, Ricky Hollands and wife Cindy of Michie, and Floyd “Shorty” Hollands of Arkansas; sisters Norma Jean Gilbee and husband Otis of Marmaduke, Ark., and Sandra Wilson of Corinth; numerous nieces and nephews; other relatives; and a host of friends. He was preceded in death by a great-grandson, Ricky Suitor III; his father, Floyd Franklin Holland Sr.; his mother, Minnie Lea Lambert Holland; his stepmother, Mildred Louise Holland; three brothers, Chris Hollands, Larry Hollands and James McKenny; and a sister, Imogene Petty. Pallbearers are Michael Hollands, Gary Hollands, Ricky Hollands, Greg Hollands, Floyd “Shorty” Hollands and Michael Bryant. Honorary pallbearers are Ricky Suitor II and Dennis Milligan. Charlie Browning will oﬃciate the service. Online guestbook: magnoliafuneralhome.net

Shootings by police drawing comparisons BY MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press

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CLEVELAND — The fatal police shooting of 13-year-old Tyre King by a Columbus police officer Wednesday has drawn comparisons to the police killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice by a Cleveland police officer in November 2014. Both boys were black and both had replica firearms tucked in their waistbands when they were shot. The officers who shot them are white. There also are differences surrounding the two shootings, the children, and the officers. Here are some highlights:

Replica guns Columbus police say Tyre was carrying a BB gun that is diﬃcult to distinguish from a .40-caliber Ruger handgun carried by police. Tamir had an Airsoft gun that was a replica of the .45-caliber Colt 1911 sidearm used by the military for decades.

The calls In Tyre’s case, a caller reported he’d been robbed of $10 by a group of people and that someone in the group had a gun. In Tamir’s case, a caller

told a 911 operator that he was scared because a “guy” was waiving a gun and pointing it at people. The caller also said that the person might be a juvenile and the gun might not be real, but that information was never passed on to the oﬃcers.

The shootings Columbus police chased after Tyre and two other males after responding to the report. The chase continued into an alley, where oﬃcer Bryan Mason said he shot Tyre when the teen began pulling a gun from his waistband. There’s no known video of the shooting. Columbus police don’t yet have body cameras. The killing of Tamir is one of the most documented and scrutinized police shootings in U.S. history. Grainy footage from a surveillance video shows Tamir standing up from a concrete picnic table beneath a now iconic gazebo and being shot by rookie patrolman Timothy Loehmann within two seconds of a cruiser skidding to a stop on a slippery sidewalk less than 5 feet away. The video shows Tamir putting a hand on the Airsoft gun tucked in his waistband when he is shot.

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Across the Nation Associated Press

Trump: Obama was born in the U.S. WASHINGTON â€” After five years as the chief promoter of the false idea that Barack Obama wasnâ€™t born in the United States, Donald Trump reversed course and admitted on Friday that the president was â€” and then claimed credit for putting the issue to rest. â€œPresident Barack Obama was born in the United States, period,â€? Trump said in a brief statement read at the end of a campaign appearance. â€œNow we all want to get back to making America strong and great again.â€? But as Trump sought to put that false conspiracy theory to rest, he stoked another, claiming that the â€œbirther movementâ€? was started by rival Hillary Clinton. There is no evidence that that is true. â€œHillary Clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy. I finished it,â€? Trump said. â€œI finished it, you know what I mean.â€? While the birther theory was pushed by some bloggers who backed Clintonâ€™s primary campaign against Obama eight years ago, Clinton has long denounced what sheâ€™s called a â€œracist lieâ€? that sought to â€œdelegitimize Americaâ€™s first black president.â€?

Police: Man shoots wife in front of kids BOLIVAR, Tenn. â€” Police in Tennessee say a man fatally shot his estranged wife 10 times in front of her children and then led police on a chase before turning

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the gun on himself. News outlets quote Bolivar police as saying that 26-year-old Camille Thompson was taking her two oldest children to school Thursday morning when 24-yearold Johntate Thompson tried to block her car with his vehicle at an intersection. Authorities say the mother of four tried to drive around him, but he got out of his car and shot her before fleeing. The children werenâ€™t injured. Police say Johntate Thompson had gone to a home earlier to talk to his wife, but she refused. Officers pursued Johntate Thompson, who they say later stopped and killed himself.

lia was centered about 240 miles southeast of Cape Fear, North Carolina, with maximum sustained winds were near 40 mph. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says little change in strength is expected, and Julia is expected to dissipate during the coming days. Meanwhile, former Tropical Storm Ian, which spun at sea for days without threatening land, transitioned to an extratropical storm and was quickly moving to the northeast. The Hurricane Center said its 11 a.m. advisory was the last it was issuing on the storm. Ian was 1,185 miles south-southwest of Reykjavik, Iceland, racing northeast at 53 mph.

Advisories: Ian no longer tropical

Man burned by stun gun pleads guilty

CHARLESTON, S.C. â€” Small-craft advisories were posted along the East Coast on Friday as Tropical Storm Julia continued to meander off the Carolinas. Two other storms spun in the Middle of the Atlantic, far from land. The National Weather Service posted smallcraft advisories along the Atlantic coast from near Charleston, South Carolina, to the Maryland-Delaware border because of winds and swells from Julia. Forecasters also warned of the danger of rip currents in some areas of Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina through Friday evening. Seas near the shore were expected to be 5 feet or greater because of swells from the storm posing a hazard to small boats. At 10 a.m. Friday, Ju-

CHESTERFIELD, Va. â€” A man who nearly burned to death after being shot with a stun gun following a police pursuit has pleaded guilty to drunken driving and eluding police. The Richmond TimesDispatch reports that 27-year-old Miles November pleaded guilty Thursday to three of the four charges against him. A charge of felony assault of a police officer will be tried separately on Nov. 29. November filed a $95 million lawsuit in February accusing a Chesterfield County police officer of negligence when he shot November with a stun gun following a February 2015 pursuit and crash. Novemberâ€™s clothes had touched spilled gasoline and caught fire.

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USM to reduce nonresident tuition JACKSON â€” The University of Southern Mississippi is cutting tuition for students from outside the state in a bid to boost enrollment and revenue. Mississippiâ€™s College Board voted Thursday to approve USMâ€™s plans to cut non-resident tuition and fees from $16,529 to $9,964 starting in fall 2017. In-state residents are scheduled to pay $7,963 for the same two semesters of full time classes starting then. Facing a flat number of high school graduates in the state, Mississippi universities are trying to attract students from elsewhere. Three smaller universities â€” Alcorn State, Delta State and Mississippi Valley State â€” have dropped surcharges on nonresi-

dents, charging them the same as Mississippi residents. Vice President of Finance and Administration Douglas Vinzant says USM believes it can benefit by filling empty seats in classrooms with non-residents.

Deputy, wife convicted of tax evasion HATTIESBURG â€” Forrest Countyâ€™s chief deputy sheriff and his wife were convicted of tax evasion charges Thursday. Charles Bolton was found guilty of four counts of tax evasion for the years 2010-13, not guilty of one count of tax evasion for 2009, and guilty of five counts of filing a false tax report for 2009-13. Linda Bolton was found guilty of five counts of filing a false tax report for 2009-13 and not guilty of one tax evasion count for 2009. U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett declared a mistrial on four counts of tax evasion for the years 2010-13 after jurors deadlocked on those charges.

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