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Vol. 117, No. 236
• Corinth, Mississippi • 16 pages • 1 section
Dismissal filed in library threat case BY BRANT SAPPINGTON bsappington@dailycorinthian.com
A New Site man will not be prosecuted for allegedly threatening a killing spree at the George E. Allen Library in Booneville if he complies with terms of a pretrial diversion agreement including a program
of psychological treatment. The U.S. Attorney’s office filed a motion Monday to dismiss the indictment against Robert Scott Goodin in exchange for his compliance with the agreement requiring him to get appropriate psychological counseling. The motion is
awaiting final approval by a federal judge. He has been released on a $10,000 bond following hearing held last Friday in U.S. District Court in Oxford. Goodin was indicted in March on one count of transmitting threats by interstate commerce and entered a plea of not guilty
to the charges. Court documents show he allegedly threatened to use knives and swords to stage a violent attack at the library. The threats were made during online conversations from Nov. 22, 2012 through Jan. 14, 2013, with an unidentified library employee .
The suspect confessed to making the threats in an interview with an FBI investigator, saying he was hearing the voice of a demon inside him telling him to kill and he wasn’t sure how much longer he could Please see THREAT | 2
Aldermen announce selections to boards
2 drivers injured in crash BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Two people were treated for injuries following a Tuesday afternoon highway crash that left both vehicles severely damaged. The 4:11 p.m. crash happened at the intersection of U.S. Highway 72 and Mississippi Highway 2 in Corinth as a car turned in front of a pickup, according to the Corinth Police Department’s report on the crash. Brandon C. Mansfield, 27, of Meadowbrook Drive, Corinth, was driving eastbound in a 2008 Ford F-350 when a 2004 Chevrolet Tahoe driven by Doris Peters, 65, of County Road 615, attempted to make a left turn from Highway 72 onto Highway 2. Police Chief David Lancaster said the truck struck the car on the right side. The report states that the car failed to yield the right of way. The car had severe intrusion with the impact pushing the passenger side door almost up to the console, he said. There was no passenger in the vehicle. Lancaster said both drivers were lucky to have escaped the crash without more serious injury. Both were taken to Magnolia Regional Health Center.
BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
up around court square, the carnival will be located on Fillmore Street near Cass behind the Alliance. “They have brought everything they have and I am excited about that,” said Main Street Director Taylor Coombs. So is carnival owner Pam Casper. “We have a lot more space than downtown,”
With a dozen boards and commissions seats up for consideration, the Board of Mayor and Aldermen on Tuesday made some appointments and held others for further consideration. A new appointee is Clayton Stanley, who will fill an unexpired post on the airport commission following the resignation of Allen Lee. The term runs through April 20, 2015. Returning to their seats are Emma Lee Newcomb, Corinth Housing Authority Board of Directors, and Wayne Gann, Magnolia Regional Health Center Board of Trustees. Newcomb’s current term expires Oct. 1, and Gann’s term expires Nov. 15. Both are five-year appointments. The board also gave approval to the reappointment of Pauline Sorrell and Billy Taylor, who serve on the board of the Corinth Area Convention and Visitors Bureau. The two posts are jointly appointed with the Alcorn County Board of Supervisors, and the appointments await consideration by the
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Staff photo by Steve Beavers
Sam Tozer gets prizes ready for tonight’s opening of the 23rd Annual Hog Wild BBQ Festival.
Carnival has more rides for 23rd Hog Wild festival BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
PBJ Happee Days Shows is emptying the bottle when it comes to the 23rd Annual Hog Wild BBQ Festival. The amusement rides and attractions company, from Marion, Ark., has expanded its carnival for the festival from nine to 26 rides. Happee Days also has a new location for the three-day event. Instead of being set
Green Market brings out bright fall colors BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
With the changing of the season, the Green Market will be awash in the colors of fall this weekend. Set for the depot area on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., the event is expected to draw a wide range of vendors. “The October market is usually a really big one,” said Zack Steen, a member of the Green Market committee. “We’ll have lots of arts and crafts, and everything is kind of Halloween and fall-centric. Also, people usually bring out some early Christmas stuff.” This weekend’s market also includes the pet costume contest benefitting the CorinthAlcorn Animal Shelter at noon. Registration begins at 9 a.m. under the portico and the cost is $10. Prizes will be given. The shelter will also have a
vendor spot and will be selling T-shirts and offering animals for adoption. Among the 50 to 60 expected vendors, Curtis and Sherra Potts will bring a trailer loaded with pumpkins and gourds for fall decorating. Some other notable vendors on the list, said Steen, include Kenna Hernandez of Mooreville, who makes wind chimes from hand-cut and handpainted glass bottles; Katherine Dobbins of Corinth, who makes crosses from railroad spikes; and Crystal Null of Corinth, who repurposes a variety of items such as windows and chalkboards. The museum will offer free admission during the hours of the market, which provides a venue for local growers to sell produce and local artisans to show and sell their creations. The Studio Rossi dance group
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Fall offerings, such as pumpkins and gourds, are expected at Saturday’s Green Market at the depot. will perform in front of the depot at 10:30 a.m. The committee is also looking ahead to the season-ending
Index Stocks........8 Classified......14 Comics........ 9 State........ 5
Weather...... 10 Obituaries........ 6 Opinion........4 Sports...... 12
Red Green Market on Nov. 23, the weekend preceding Thanksgiving, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The vendor application will be available at Saturday’s market and also can be found at corinthgreenmarket.com.
On this day in history 150 years ago There is trouble in the Confederate Army of Tennessee. The problem is Gen. Bragg, who is told by President Davis, “The opposition to you in the army and out of it has been a public calamity in so far that it impairs your capacity for usefulness.”
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