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Jacinto readies next round of projects BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

With renovation work in progress, the Jacinto Foundation is seeking approval from the Mississippi Department and Archives and History to move forward on five addition-

al projects at the courthouse property. Executive Director Beth Whitehurst also expects to make a presentation to the Prentiss County Board of Supervisors on Monday as part of the foundation’s effort to

spur renewed financial support from the other two counties that, with Alcorn, made up the original territory of Tishomingo County. The foundation submitted a request for $5,000 to both Prentiss and Tishomingo counties.

Work is in progress to repair damage that resulted from a failed support beam in a window of the northwest room, allowing masonry above the window to move out of position. Work is about to begin on floor stabilization.

The latest renovations have uncovered a surprise. “For 40-plus years we have believed that the walls of the Jacinto Courthouse were made of solid brick,” said Whitehurst. Please see JACINTO | 2

Going Hog Wild since 1990 Second person dies

from Monday crash BY BRANT SAPPINGTON bsappington@dailycorinthian.com

A second Booneville woman has died as the result of a two-vehicle crash in Prentiss County. Deanna C. Leslie, 25, died Tuesday afternoon at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo of injuries sustained in the crash Monday on new Highway 30. Lee County Coroner Carolyn Green confirmed her death Wednesday morning. Leslie was the driver of a

1988 Chevrolet pickup the highway patrol reports traveled into the path of a log truck while attempting to cross Highway 30 from County Road 5031 Monday morning. A passenger in the vehicle, Courtney S. Owens, 22, died at the scene of the crash. Leslie was airlifted from the scene to NMMC. The driver of the log truck was not injured. The crash remains under investigation by the highway patrol.

Local unemployment is 9th among the 82 BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

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Main Street Corinth Director Brent Johnson shows off this year’s 25th Annual Hog Wild Festival tie dye shirt featuring a retro pig last seen on 1990 Hog Wild promotional items. The festival kicks off tonight in downtown Corinth.

Festival marks 25th year with retro shirts BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

The year was 1990 and Corinth’s newest festival paying tribute to Southern barbecue was celebrating its second

year. Gracing the front of festival posters, shirts and hats was a cartoonish character which some said favored a pig named Porky. Tonight kicks off the 25th

anniversary celebration of the Hog Wild Festival and Main Street Corinth Director Brent Johnson can’t wait for folks to Please see FESTIVAL | 2

Alcorn County unemployment dipped to 4.9 percent in August. This year’s decline in the jobless rate has taken it to its lowest level since 2000. The current rate places Alcorn ninth among the state’s 82 counties. The 4.9 percent rate is down from 5.8 percent in July and 6.6 percent a year earlier. Mississippi’s unadjusted unemployment rate was 5.6 percent, down from 6.9 percent in July and 7.7 percent a year earlier. The county had 2,300 jobs in the manufacturing sector and 11,440 categorized as nonmanufacturing. The county’s jobless numbered 750, down from 980 a year earlier, while

those working totaled 14,550, up from 13,780 a year ago. The labor force count of 15,300 was 540 larger than the year-ago level, according to the Mississippi Department of Employment Security’s latest labor market report. New claims for unemployment insurance in Alcorn County numbered 76, compared to 70 a year ago, and continued claims totaled 536, compared to 676 a year ago. Benefits paid during the month totaled $70,302, compared to $87,236 in August 2014. Mississippi’s not seasonally adjusted non-farm employment increased 6,900 over the month and was 8,500 more than one year ago. Industry Please see JOBLESS | 6

“Painting for Gracie” will be held Saturday at Tate Baptist Church. The event will raise money for 5-year-old leukemia patient Gracie Bain.

Paint party will benefit leukemia patient BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

Gracie Mae Bain is bringing the area together. The community will have a chance to help the 5 year-old, who was diagnosed with leukemia in August, by taking part in a paint party on Saturday. “Painting for Grace” is set for 9:30 a.m. in the Tate Baptist Church fellowship hall. Cost to paint a 16-by-20 canvas design is $40 per person or $70 for

two. “It’s time for all of us to come together for this little girl,” said Alcorn Central Elementary School teacher Helen Gillentine, who is helping spread the word about the event. “We want people to make plans to be here and to bring their friends.” The paint instructor is Emily Crabb of Ramer, Tenn. “It is amazing how people are so caring to do something for a 5 year-old,” said Jessica Bain, the mother of Gra-

cie. “The outpour of love from people has been awesome.” Gracie, the daughter of Kyle and Jessica Bain, was found to have leukemia in her bone marrow on Aug. 18. The kindergarten student underwent her first chemotherapy treatment three days later on Aug. 21 at St. Jude Children’s Hospital. “Being five is more of a blessing than a curse,” said Jessica. “She has been Please see GRACIE | 6

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Reenactors from throughout the region gather at the Northeast Mississippi Museum for a living history weekend. Museum curator Margaret Rogers says this year’s event is one of the most elaborate since the last full reenactment of the Battle of Corinth.

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“We were wrong. When the courthouse was built, wooden beams were placed horizontally inside the walls. These are between layers of brick and plaster. At this point, we think that the beams go all the way around the building.” The new round of projects submitted for MDAH’s consideration are: ■ Transform a dogtrot log cabin at the western end of the park into an open-air pavilion with bathrooms. This will provide a covered picnic space for campers, Scout groups and other park users. “The building is not old and was a kit purchased in the 1970s,” said Whitehurst. “Since there are unlikely to be existing grant funds left after the courthouse is repaired, this project, if approved, will involve seeking another grant. We also hope to use volunteer labor for this project.” ■ Stabilize the east and west brick walkways. This will involve taking up the brick, placing

a layer of concrete and re-laying the walkway in sand. The concrete should serve to stabilize the brick paths without altering the look, said Whitehurst. ■ Replace the rotten wooden beams discovered in the wall during the renovation process. This only applies to the area that has been uncovered during the window work. ■ Repair minor roof and gutter damage in the center of the north side of the courthouse. ■ Removal of the top part of a dead tree in a natural part of the park so that it does not fall onto a neighbor’s property. “The bottom part of the tree appears to be hollowed out and is probably used as a habitat by wild animals,” said Whitehurst. “When it comes down, the top part of the tree will be left in the natural area to deteriorate naturally.” Because of the building’s landmark status, the foundation needs approval from MDAH to make changes. The next meeting of the concerned citizens group is set for 4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 9, at the courthouse.

State weighs restraint, seclusion Associated Press

JACKSON — Children’s advocates are urging the Mississippi Department of Education to ban the use of seclusion and restraint for school discipline. The department has drafted a proposed policy and is taking public comments before presenting it to the state Board of Education. The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi says this is one of five states without a policy or law to govern when and how school employees can restrain students or put them in seclusion.

Correction An error appeared concerning the dates of the Tishomingo County Fair in Wednesday’s edition of the Daily Corinthian. The Tishomingo County Fair will be held Tuesday, Oct. 6, through Saturday, Oct. 10.

Contractor Jimbo Bryant stands in the second floor northwest window opening during work on the Jacinto Courthouse last week.

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see this year’s festival shirts. “It’s been 25 years, so we had to do something old school,” said Johnson. “We borrowed the pig used in 1990 and did all the shirts in tie dye, which looks very retro.” Johnson said the short sleeve shirts are available in youth sizes, extra small to large, and adult sizes, small to 4XL. Youth sizes are $14 and adult sizes are $18. Shirts can be purchased at the festival or at The Alliance office on Tate Street. “For those folks who have always collected festival shirts, this is definitely going to be one they don’t want to miss,” added Johnson. Three days of festival fun is set to begin tonight when gates

open at 5 p.m. Around 30 professional and local BBQ teams will fire up their grills, as entertainment takes the stage at the corner of Fillmore and Cruise Street. Several food vendors will also provide festival attendees meal options. Festival admission each night is $5. “Tonight’s musical lineup offers a little something for everyone,” said Johnson.” Starting at 6 p.m., Hannah Johnson & Tucker Brown will take the stage, followed by Ben Mathis and Andy Velo. “Hannah and Tucker are both local youngsters who have a knack for singing and entertaining. Ben is a local that has moved to Nashville and is working on his entertainment career and Andy is a recording artist

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who has a modern country feel, with a lot of fun energy,” added the director. Corinth born Homebrew, Tupelo based Mississippi Stomp and country artist William Michael Morgan will grace the stage on Friday starting at 7 p.m. “William Michael Morgan is actually our headliner for the weekend,” said Johnson. “He has a hit single that’s flying up the country charts.” “Trust me -- this guy is really good,” he said. “He’s got that George Strait kinda voice.” The Warner Music recording artist’s single “Met A Girl” is currently ranked 15th on the Billboard Country charts. Saturday’s main stage will heat up around 4 p.m. when the Kansas City Barbecue Society

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Today is Thursday, October 1, the 274th day of 2015. There are 91 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On October 1, 1940, the first section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike — described as America’s first superhighway — opened to the public, stretching 160 miles from Carlisle to Irwin.

On this date: In 1964, the Free Speech Movement began at the University of California, Berkeley. Japan’s first high-speed “bullet train,” the Tokaido Shinkansen, went into operation between Tokyo and Osaka. In 1965, the sciencefiction novel “Dune” by Frank Herbert was published by Chilton Books. The Byrds’ single “Turn! Turn! Turn!” was released by Columbia Records. In 1971, Walt Disney World opened near Orlando, Florida. In 1987, eight people were killed when an earthquake measuring magnitude 5.9 struck the Los Angeles area. In 1995, Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman and nine other defendants were convicted in New York of conspiring to attack the United States through bombings, assassinations and kidnappings.

Teenager shot, another jailed in Tipelo

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TUPELO (AP) — A 14-year-old is at the hospital and another 14-year-old is in jail after an early morning shooting in Tupelo. WCBI-TV reports, according to police, the two juveniles were at a home when one shot the other in the ear. It’s unclear if that gunshot was deliberate or an accident. The alleged shooter then went to school, Tupelo Middle School, where he was taken into custody shortly after classes started. Authorities say the teenager hid the gun on school property but the unloaded weapon was recovered. The school district issued a statement, saying Tupelo Middle and nearby Pierce Street Elementary and the Fillmore Center were put on lockdown about 9:50 a.m. That order was lifted about 10:25 a.m. after

Booneville’s Life Chain scheduled for Sunday

Burnsville High School will hold reunion

BOONEVILLE — Booneville’s 23rd annual Life Chain is set for 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday on Second Street in front of Booneville Church of Christ where signs can be picked up beginning at 1:30 p.m. Life Chain is a silent witness against abortion. (For more information on the local event contact John Caviness at 662-416-2126 or johncaviness@yahoo.com.)

Iuka Elementary School will host Fall Festival IUKA — Iuka Elementary will host a Fall Festival from 3 to 7 p.m. on Saturday. There will be new games with better prizes, a silent auction, inflatables, a haunted hall and

BURNSVILLE — Burnsville High School will hold its annual reunion on Saturday. Anyone who attended BHS is invited.

Tupelo group will offer mini-season Package TUPELO — The Tupelo Community Theatre is offering a mini-season package for its remaining productions for 20152016. The shows are “A Christmas Carol” on Dec. 10-12; “You Can’t Take it With You” on Jan. 28-30; “A Higher Place in Heaven” on March 10-12, 2016; and “Mary Poppins” on April 28-30, 2016. The package prices start at $50 and may be purchased by calling 662-844-1935.

Bookkeeper pleads guilty to theft from employer MEMPHIS (AP) — A West Tennessee bookkeeper has pleaded guilty to embezzling tens of thousands of dollars from her employer, five years after admitting to similar charges involving a different employer. Shelby County District Attorney Amy Weirich’s office said in a news release Monday that 62-year-old Joan Cordell of Horn Lake, Mississippi, was sentenced to eight years in prison and ordered to pay more than $81,000 in restitution to her former employer, Commercial Data Corp. The release says Cordell pleaded guilty in 2010 to similar charges stemming from the theft of money from a previous employer, Hyman Builder Supply. Weirich’s office said Cordell served 365 days in prison on weekends, with seven years suspended.

Man sentenced for shipping meth from California Associated Press

GULFPORT — A Mississippi man has been sentenced to 141⁄2 years in prison for the distribution of meth shipped from Fresno, California, to Jackson County, Mississippi. U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden also Tuesday fined Scott Joseph Houska, of Gautier, Mississippi, $5,000 and ordered him to serve five years under post-release supervision. The Sun Herald reports Houska pleaded guilty June 22 to possession with intent to distribute meth. In exchange for his plea,

the government dismissed a conspiracy charge. A federal drug investigation identified Houska and two other defendants as major suppliers of a number of kilos of meth to Jackson County. Marques DeAnthony Payton, 36, of Fresno, pleaded guilty Aug. 19 to a conspiracy charge and is facing penalties of five to 40 years in prison and a $5 million fine. His sentencing is set for Nov. 24. Michael Wayne Hanzik Jr., 27, of Pascagoula, Mississippi, pleaded guilty Aug. 25 to posses-

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Fiorina: Examining pros and cons BY DICK MORRIS AND EILEEN MCGANN Columnists

The sight of a woman like Carly Fiorina – like that of an African-American like Dr. Ben Carson – vying for the Republican nomination for president is enough to make all our pulses beat faster. It is, after all, only by breaking the Democrats’ condominium over blacks, Latinos, single women, gays, and young voters that Republicans can at avoid ultimate extinction. While Carson disappointed with his questioning of the use of force in Afghanistan after 9/11, Fiorina soared during the debate. As it turned out, none other than Donald Trump fed her the best straight line when he questioned her appearance and then tried to spin his remarks. Her flat out statement that all women heard what he had said and should make their own judgement was an ace that could not be returned. Carly Fiorina is a skilled advocate for the private sector, for limited government, against crazy regulations and for lower taxes. She is a Republican dream. In the debate, she showed how conversant she is with defense matters and her ability to summon passion and commitment in her answers triggered widespread admiration. But ... She has several key vulnerabilities that we have to take seriously. The worst is the way Democrats can successfully twist her business record to her own disadvantage. Haven’t we just lived through the Mitt Romney catastrophe? Didn’t we all hear Republican primary rivals like Newt Gingrich decrying Romney’s record at Bain Capital only to nominate him anyway and then watch President Obama tear him to pieces using the same arguments? What is acceptable in business makes for a very bad record in politics. Our thanks to Chris Cillizza, who writes “The Fix” blog for The Washington Post, for reminding us of just how vulnerable Carly’s Hewlett Packard record left her. He reminds us that she was closing in on California Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer in their epic 2010 contest. A few weeks before Election Day, they were locked in a statistical tie. Then Boxer threw the HP punch. Her ad noted that Fiorina had laid off 30,000 workers at HP. It played a film clip of Carly saying: “when you’re talking about massive layoffs – which we did – perhaps the work needs to be done somewhere else?” Then the announcer says “Fiorina shipped jobs to China and while Californians lost their jobs, Carly Fiorina tripled her salary, bought a million dollar yacht and five corporate jets.” The lethal ad ends by playing a clip of Fiorina saying “I’m proud of my record at Hewlett Packard.” This is just the kind of ad we don’t want to see in October, likely this time replete with testimonials from workers who have lost their jobs. In California, the damage to Fiorina was mortal. She fell apart the moment the ad started to run and lost by 10 points. With the current animus for high-priced corporate executives who make millions while laying off workers and outsourcing jobs, there is no reason to make our hopes for the White House hinge on the ability of one such CEO to justify her actions. To Republicans, it doesn’t matter. We get it that you often have to lay off workers and outsource to protect the remaining jobs still in the U.S. But if Romney taught us anything, it is that voters don’t get it. Let’s not make the same mistake twice. (Dick Morris, former advisor to the Clinton administration, is a commentator and writer. He is also a columnist for the New York Post and The Hill. His wife, Eileen McGann is an attorney and consultant.)

Prayer for today Heavenly Father, help me to get away from doubt that leads to despair. Give me a vision of hope that is stayed on faith. May I be conscious and appreciative of my privileges while they come to me and make them immortal. Amen.

A verse to share “What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:” — Romans 3:9-10

Biography reveals Joe Mitchell’s secret I devoured the recent biography “Man in Profile: Joseph Mitchell of The New Yorker,” hoping to find secrets about writing. Nobody wrote nonfiction better than Joe Mitchell, who for decades enthralled readers with his profiles of barkeepers, carnival freaks, fishmongers, homeless intellectuals and other noncelebrities. The book, by Thomas Kunkel, revealed a secret all right, but at first I fought against the truth of it. I kept wanting there to be a more complicated formula for such splendid writing. I made a list in my head of the reasons Mitchell had an advantage over the rest of us mere mortals. The creative types he ran with included A.J. Liebling, his best friend, and Harold Ross, founder of The New Yorker. You’d have to draw a certain amount of inspiration and lots of calories supping with a Liebling or a Ross, for heaven’s sake. He was a dapper dresser. He thought enough of his

profession and himself not to skulk around in blue jeans and a T-shirt that says Rheta “What HapJohnson pens at the Pig, Stays Columnist at the Pig.” Maybe if you lift yourself above the rabble sartorially, the rest follows. He used liberally a literary license. Supposed facts were often fiction. Some of his best-known characters were composites, a journalistic trick reporters get fired for today. He compressed dialogue and made his subjects say things in the order he wanted to hear them. It was the reporting equivalent of photo-shopping. He had all the time in the world to write a story. After producing prodigiously for a couple of New York newspapers, he went to The New Yorker where a writer could take his time, conduct countless interviews with

the same subject, mull over material for months and then write the story. He used certain clever devices. He often made long lists, telling you what was on a city block, or on a shelf. The details were important and evocative. And he used soliloquies, letting his main character tell the story himself. A Mitchell sentence might go on for pages, or reach 1,000 words. He succumbed to the most legendary writer’s block in literary history. He went three decades without writing a single story, all the while being paid by one of our most respected magazines. Maybe that was the secret to his success: a long, paid vacation! But if I am honest, which I try to be, there was one, and only one, rather simple reason why Joseph Mitchell wrote arguably the best and most effective nonfiction ever produced on a regular basis. He walked the streets.

Mitchell didn’t sit at a computer typing key words into the search engine of Google. He didn’t have research assistants who did all the legwork and reported back with what he needed. He walked the streets of New York – all of its boroughs – every day of his working life. He knew the bars and the restaurants and the bridges and the lowly wildflowers that sprouted through sidewalk cracks. He knew the city. He knew its architecture and its people. In the end, I had to admit that was essentially “Joe Mitchell’s Secret,” which was no real secret at all. He did the old-school, shoeleather reporting necessary to elevate human stories to literature. And his work, fiction or nonfiction, flawed or perfect, has lasted. (To find out more about Daily Corinthian columnist Rheta Grimsley Johnson and her books, visit www. rhetagrimsleyjohnsonbooks.com.)

Barksdale’s ballot fight continues 15-year push JACKSON — Jim Barksdale has put his money where his mouth is. “I’ve probably given more money than anybody in trying to improve our public schools,” is how Barksdale put it last week in an interview with The Associated Press. In 2000, the former Netscape and FedEx executive pledged $100 million to launch the Barksdale Reading Institute, an effort to improve reading in Mississippi’s public schools. Five years later, as lawmakers honored him for his earlier efforts to boost reading scores, he rolled out a big surprise. Barksdale pledged to spend up to $50 million to reward graduates of struggling schools — $5,000 when they graduated high school and $5,000 when they graduated college — if legislators would in turn agree to boost what Mississippi spent on education. Lawmakers turned down the inducement, coming up more than $87 million short of the amount demanded by the Mississippi Adequate Education Program. That formula seeks to provide enough money to Missis-

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sippi’s public schools to provide a sufficient education. But adequacy has Jeff Amy turned out to be a high Columnist goal for the Legislature, even when Barksdale offered the carrot. Only twice has the Legislature met the target set by the formula. So it’s no surprise that today, Barksdale is a passionate supporter of Initiative 42. He says that the effort to write a funding guarantee into the state constitution is key to the state’s future, and he is appealing to voters to approve it in November. “Think about the justice,” said Barksdale, sometimes counted as Mississippi’s richest resident. “Think about the common good. The common good is to get our children education to the highest level we can.” Barksdale gives some praise to Gov. Phil Bryant and current lawmakers, including for charter schools and a teacher pay plan that’s supposed to give raises next year based on test scores. The venture

capitalist financially backed Bryant’s election four years ago, and worked briefly as Bryant’s first director of the Mississippi Development Authority. But he rejects lawmakers’ arguments that they’ve done enough because they’ve put more money than ever before into education this year. He also disagrees with the argument by Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, House Speaker Philip Gunn and other Republicans that they couldn’t make up the current $200 million gap between current funding levels and the $2.5 billion demanded by the formula without widespread cuts to other agencies. Barksdale denies the contention by legislative leaders that the entire gap would have to be filled in the first year, noting that petitions that voters signed called for K-12 education to get 25 percent of the growth in state revenue each year until the gap between current funding levels and the amount demanded by the formula is closed. “They don’t have to fully fund it the first year,” Barksdale said.

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The threat of spending cuts was much on display during legislators’ budget hearings last week, helping opponents to build their case that passing the initiative would gut other agencies. But legislative leaders are rounding up allies outside state government, as well. Barksdale said he recently talked with a leader of a statewide group that’s being pushed to oppose the initiative. “There is an unbelievable amount of pressure,” he said. “All the trade associations are very threatened, so they’re coming out against it.” Barksdale said lawmakers’ opposition is based in part on protecting their own power to set the budget. “I think it’s a normal human reaction,” he said. However, the venture capitalist said it’s time to check that power. “They always talk about who’s holding the schools accountable,” he said. “But who’s holding the Legislature accountable?” (Daily Corinthian columnist Jeff Amy is a writer for the Associated Press based in Jackson.)

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Student shoots school principal HARRISBURG, S.D. — A shooting at a South Dakota high school that left the principal with a minor injury may have turned out far worse if not for staff members who tackled the student suspected of firing at the administrator, authorities said Wednesday. Just moments afterward, Harrisburg High School Principal Kevin Lein took to the intercom to announce a lockdown and tell students he had been hit, “but was fine,” senior Aanna Okerlund said. Other than Lein, who was struck in the arm, no one was reported hurt. Police said the student had confronted Lein in his office about 10 a.m. Wednesday before pulling out a handgun and firing a single shot that left the principal with a flesh wound. Assistant Principal Ryan Rollinger tackled the student and held him down with help from athletic director Joey Struwe, said Harrisburg Superintendent Jim Holbeck. “You really never know what this student would have done if they haven’t confronted him,” Holbeck said. “I believe what happened there, what those guys did, probably helped saved somebody else from maybe getting shot. I can’t tell you what was in his mind, but if he already shot once, who knows.” Officers quickly took the student into custody. Lincoln County State’s Attorney Tom Wollman declined to confirm the student’s identity but said he expected charges to be filed within a day. South Dakota law gives prosecutors some latitude in deciding whether to pursue felony charges against those under 18 years of age in juvenile or adult court. A South Dakota man told The Associated Press that his 16-yearold son is the student who shot Lein. He said his ex-wife, with whom his son lives, called to tell him that their son had been arrested following the shooting. He said his son’s been quiet over the past year. “Something’s just going on inside of him and he’s just mad at everybody, I think,” the father said. “I don’t know what would’ve made him do something like this.” He didn’t say where his son got the handgun, but said that he and his son would regularly target shoot outside and that his son had taken gun safety courses. The Associated Press is not naming the man so as not to identify his son, who has not been charged in the shooting or identified by authorities.

causes related to sudden infant death syndrome. Berry is facing murder charges in the death Monday of her newborn daughter. Authorities say the girl died of blunt injuries from the fall. Berry’s attorney didn’t return a call for comment.

Police: Officer killed in mall shooting FOREST ACRES, S.C. — A police officer responding to a report of a suspicious person was fatally shot at a suburban South Carolina mall on Wednesday, and police say the suspect is charged with murder. Police first got a call on the shooting about 8 a.m., Forest Acres police Chief Gene Sealy told reporters. Two officers responded and attempted to talk to Jarvis Hall, who fled on foot and ran through parts of Richland Mall, including the Barnes and Noble bookstore, officials said. Officer Greg Alia confronted Hall, there was a struggle, and he was shot, Sealy said. Alia was taken to a hospital and later died, officials said. No other injuries were reported. The State Law Enforcement Division charged Hall with murder and possession of a weapon during commission of a violent crime Wednesday afternoon. He killed Alia with a .40-caliber handgun that had been stolen from neighboring Lexington County in early September, according to arrest warrants. Hall also had a knife along with the gun, Sealy said. The chief did not take questions at the news conference.

Man held in shooting of fan after game ST. LOUIS — A man is being held in connection to a shooting and robbery after a St. Louis Cardinals game that may have left an Army veteran paralyzed, a spokeswoman for the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s office said Wednesday. Susan Ryan said the person of interest is jailed on an unrelated charge in St. Louis County while St. Louis police investigate the shooting Friday night. Police have not formally arrested the man because he’s not a flight threat, Ryan said. She said the circuit attorney’s office will consider

charges once police complete the investigation, perhaps as early as Wednesday. Christopher Sanna, 43, and his girlfriend had just left the Cardinals game and were in a parking lot a few blocks from Busch Stadium when two men demanded their belongings. The woman gave up her purse and the couple turned to run when one of the gunmen shot Sanna in the back. Sanna’s mother has said doctors have told the family her son will probably never walk again. The Cardinals, who are preparing for the playoffs, hire off-duty police officers to work at Busch Stadium during games, with as many as 25 inside the ballpark. More are expected for the postseason. Mayor Francis Slay and Police Chief Sam Dotson have pledged to increase the police presence outside the stadium too, although Slay said it is impossible to have officers everywhere. St. Louis has seen a spike in violence this year, with 152 killings, just seven shy of the total for all of 2014.

Prosecutors decline to charge Jenner LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors declined to charge Caitlyn Jenner on Wednesday in a California car crash that led to the death of another driver, saying there was not enough evidence for a conviction. Authorities said Jenner was towing an off-road vehicle on a trailer behind a Cadillac Escalade on Feb. 7 when she crashed into two cars, pushing one into oncoming traffic. Driver Kim Howe was killed when her Lexus was hit by a Hummer. “We believed from the start that a thorough and objective investigation would clear Caitlyn of any criminal wrongdoing,” said Blair Berk, Jenner’s attorney. “We are heartened the district attorney has agreed that even a misdemeanor charge would be inappropriate. A traffic accident, however devastating and heartbreaking when a life is lost, is not necessarily a criminal matter.” The accident occurred before Jenner announced she is transgender and transitioned into her new identity as Caitlyn.

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NEW YORK — Prosecutors in New York say a woman charged this week with tossing her newborn daughter to her death from a seventhstory window had an infant son die seven years ago. The Westchester County district attorney’s office said Wednesday that authorities have reopened the investigation into the 2008 death of Jennifer Berry’s 21⁄2 -week-old son. In that case, she brought the boy to a hospital at least once before he was found dead in a basement of her home. An autopsy determined he died of natural

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it in the summer heat with no food, water or shelter pleaded not guilty in Adams County Justice Court. The Natchez Democrat reports 29-yearold Robert Lewis and 30-year-old Natasha Lewis Short were booked into the county jail Aug. 10 on a charge of animal cruelty. After the defendants made their initial plea Tuesday, Judge Patricia Dunmore appointed an attorney to defend them because a conviction has the possibility of up to six months jail time. No trial date has been set for the matter.

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Inmate found dead in Desoto cell HERNANDO — A Desoto County inmate was found dead in a holding cell at the jail. The sheriff’s office, in a news release, said the incident occurred Monday evening. Chief Inspector Roger Hutchins identified the inmate Tuesday as 31-year-old Steven Mark Allen, of Horn Lake. He was being held on charges of grand larceny and burglary. Hutchins said the Mississippi Bureau of Investigations is handling the probe.

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BILOXI — Police say a 16-year-old boy is accused of murder in the shooting death of a Biloxi man. Lt. Christopher De Back tells multiple news outlets the teenager was arrested Tuesday night and booked at

GULFPORT — Federal prosecutor say a member of the Black Gangsta Disciples street gang has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison and fined $7,500 in a meth distribution case in George County. Chief U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola Jr. also ordered 41-yearold Kermit Blackston, of Lucedale, to serve five years under postrelease supervision. Blackston pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute meth. In exchange for his plea, The Sun Herald reports the government dismissed a conspiracy charge.

the Biloxi police station before he was taken to the Harrison County jail. Justice Court Judge Bruce Strong set his bail at $100,000. DeBack says he is being treated as an adult in the case. De Back says the 16-year-old is accused of fatally shooting 32-year-old Jeremy Lowery during a verbal altercation.

Retired Prentiss editor dies PRENTISS — Patsy Speights, retired editor and general manager of the Prentiss Headlight weekly newspaper, died. She is a past president of the Mississippi Press Association and was inducted into the MPA Hall of Fame in 2012, the year she retired. MPA director Layne Bruce says Speights died at home Tuesday after a lengthy illness. Her age was not immediately available.

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VW: ‘Nothing changed’ at Tennessee site Associated Press

C H AT TA N O O G A , Tenn. — Inside Volkswagen’s only U.S. assembly plant there’s little hint of the diesel emissions cheating scandal embroiling the German automaker around the world. Sparks fly off robotic welding arms, new versions of the Passat sedan roll off the line and workers install equipment to build a new SUV billed as a key to reviving the company’s growth prospects in America. “Nothing has changed, and the factory construction goes on,” plant spokesman Scott Wilson told The Associated Press on a tour of the sprawling facility where Volkswagen plans to add 2,000 jobs as it expands the facility by 30 percent. But despite the business-as-usual feel of the plant, production of diesel-engine vehicles has been put on hold by VW until they get more clarity on the consequences of the emissions scandal, which has already

led to the CEO’s resignation, cost the company billions of dollars in lost stock value and unleashed a flood of lawsuits. The carmaker has admitted that 11 million of its diesel vehicles worldwide were fitted with a program that duped U.S. testers into believing the vehicles meet environmental standards. And while the full effect on demand for Volkswagen’s remaining vehicles remains to be seen, some Tennessee officials fear for job prospects at the plant that currently employs 2,400, where the average hourly wage is about $21 and perks include reduced-cost leases on VW vehicles with free insurance coverage. Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam said the scandal presents a “big hit” to Volkswagen’s status in the United States. “My primary concern is getting Volkswagen back to where they’re in a mode to sell cars ...,” Haslam said.

Deaths Wynona G. Byram

IUKA — Funeral for Wynona “Nonie” Gilley Byram, 85, of Lynchburg, Va., formerly of Tishomingo and Iuka are set for 11 a.m. Friday Tishomingo Baptist Church with burial in Tishomingo Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Cutshall Funeral Home in Iuka. Mrs. Byram died suddenly on Monday, Sept. 28, 2015, in Alamogordo, N.M. from natural causes while visiting her daughter. She was born Sept. 10, 1930, in Holcut, to Ernest and Annie Gilley. A Tishomingo High School graduate, Byram earned her bachelor’s degree from Jacksonville State Teachers’ College and taught mathematics for more than 30 years at Burnsville, Iuka, and Tishomingo high schools. Survivors include her daughter, Melissa Ann Byram of Alamogordo, N.M.; her son, Morris Byram, Jr. of Lynchburg, Va.; a sister, Ruby G. Nettles; and nine grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband; and her youngest son, Thomas Alan Byram. Bro. Robbie Crane will officiate.

Willie Ray Taylor

Funeral services for Willie Ray Taylor, 66, of Corinth, are set for 11 a.m. Friday at Mt. Moriah Methodist Church with burial at Corinth National Cemetery.

Visitation is from 6 to 7 p.m. today at Patterson Memorial Chapel. Mr. Taylor died Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015, at his home. Born April 12, 1950, he attended Easom High School and worked as a brick mason. He served in the Marines and was a member of Mt. Moriah United Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife, Betty Coleman Taylor; 11 children, Shabaka Prather, Willie Ray Taylor Jr., Gerald Coleman Taylor Jr., Muriel Taylor, Antwione Green, Lamar Green, Tashaela Green, Bodrick King, Aurion Blanchard, Gabrielle Blanchard and Faith Blanchard; siblings Earline Snorton, Hazel Brady, Ethel Gibbs, Annie B. Smith, Sarah Spencer, Mary Ratliff, Wanda Taylor, Lillian Moore, Herbert Taylor Jr., Johnny F. (Debra) Taylor, and special sisters Freddie Mae Patterson and Kaser Betts; six grandchildren, Markela Prather, Lakiabra Bosman, Mishay Freeman, Katavious Prather, Gerrard Coleman and Germyra Coleman; and one greatgrandchild. He was preceded in death by his parents, Herbert and Mable Taylor; four siblings, Charlie James Hill,

Bobby Hill, Jeffery Taylor and Mary Hill; and his grandparents, William and Annie McKenzie. The Rev. James Dye will officiate the service.

GRACIE away from her 3 year-old sister Finley, according to her mother. “It has been odd for her not being together with her sister,” said Jessica. “Gracie misses her and can’t understand her family not being here.” Those planning to attend the paint event are asked to pre-register so the correct number of materials will be on hand. “People are also welcome to come the day of the event,” said Bain. All proceeds raised from the party will go to support Gracie and her family.

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the best kid and is taking it in stride.” Doctors caught the leukemia before it spread to the child’s blood after she underwent a bone marrow surgery. It was first thought Gracie had mono before a flow test came back less than 1 percent abnormal. A procedure then determined the disease was still in her bone marrow and had not spread to the blood. “If not for the bone marrow surgery, doctors tell us it would have been a while before they caught it,” said Jessica. “She knows she has leukemia and that we are trying to get it out of her.” The toughest part for Gracie is being

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THE CORINTH HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING CLASS OF 1965 WILL BE CELEBRATING IT’S 50TH CLASS REUNION OCTOBER 2-3, 2015 IN CORINTH.

Approximately seventy classmates, spouses and friends plan to be in attendance for the weekend activities. Starting Friday, October 2 at The Franklin Courtyard in downtown Corinth, the crowd will gather at 6 p.m. for a casual time of reminiscing, enjoy heavy hors d’oeuvres, and dance to music of the 60s. Class member Jimmy Laughlin has prepared the music play list and will DJ the evening. Dr. Richard Warriner, Master of Ceremonies, will welcome the class and give an outline of the weekend activities. All the class members are asked to bring scrapbooks, pictures, yearbooks and any other memorabilia to help everyone remember all the activities the class participated in through the years. Along with the 1965 Graduating Class, members of the Corinth High School administration, faculty and staff are all invited to attend. Dr and Mrs. Julian Prince, Mrs. Glenn Parker, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Smith, Coach and Mrs. Johnny Plummer, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Pearce, Mr.and Mrs. Charles Ellington, and Mrs. Richard Sharp all plan to attend. The Corinth Coca Cola Company has generously agreed to provide cold drinks and water for the weekend activities. Mr. Hall and his staff have graciously made their auditorium available to us. In “addition, they have been extremely helpful in providing the necessary items required. Saturday morning October 3 at 10 a.m. the class will gather at the Corinth Middle School Auditorium, the former old high school auditorium, located at 1000 East Fifth Street, for a Memorial Service honoring the 31 class members, who have passed away since 1963. There were a total of 138 class members of the class of 1965, who graduated. Family and friends of the deceased are all invite to attend the short Memorial Service. Following that service the class will tour the old high school building, hopefully remembering all their experiences of 50 years ago. Class President Thomas Phillips will preside over this special service. According to Joe Vann, Class Spokesman and one of the organizers of the weekend, “Thomas has spent most of his adult life working far and traveling with the Billy Graham and Franklin Graham Crusades out of North Carolina. Until this year, Thomas has been unable to attend any of the other reunions. We are honored to have him speak and lead this service.” Vann concluded, “ We hope everyone comes to the service and bring any photos of deceased classmates, as we remember those who have passed away.” After the Memorial Service and tour, the class will gather at Richard Warriner’s cabin on Pickwick Lake for lunch. Assuming good weather, yard games and boat trips on the lake are anticipated. This should be a great time for the class to relax and enjoy each others’ company. Vann added, “We hope that everyone, who is able, will attend and we all look forward in 10 years to our 60th Class of ‘65 Reunion.” Anyone who has questions about any of the weekend activities is welcome to call Joe Vann at 662212-4488 or Richard Warriner at 662-790-4908.

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RALEIGH, N.C. — Steady rain drenched much of the East Coast on Wednesday, flooding roads, closing schools and forcing some people from their homes. And forecasters say the worst is yet to come. The rainstorms may soon be joined by Hurricane Joaquin in a powerful weather system that could linger for days and dump as much as 10 inches through early next week in some places. The deluge has the potential to saturate the ground so heavily that trees topple onto power lines even without heavy winds. Before the hurricane draws close to the U.S., an area of low pressure in the Southeast and a front stalled over the East Coast will pull moisture from the Atlantic Ocean that falls as rain over the next few days, Terry said. The heaviest rain is expected in wide swaths of North Carolina and Virginia, along with parts of Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey, according to a National Weather Service forecast map. Joaquin could make the difference between a few days of constant rain and an especially damaging storm.

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sectors registering the largest monthly employment gains were government; educational & health services; and professional & business services. Across the state, rates ranged from 3.3 percent in Rankin County to 13.7 percent in Issaquena County. Only six counties are at 10 percent or more. Regional and state unemployment rates were little changed in August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Twenty-nine states had unemployment rate decreases from July; 10 states had increases; and 11 states and the District of Columbia had no change. Fortyone states and the District of Columbia had unemployment rate decreases from a year earlier; seven states had increases; and two states had no change. The national jobless rate edged down from July to 5.1 percent and was 1 percentage point lower than in August 2014.

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