McNairy County Church honors fallen firefighters.
Prentiss County Authorities recover stolen firearms.
Tishomingo County 63rd annual fair kicks off today.
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Supervisors hear Jacinto request BY BRANT SAPPINGTON boonevilleeditor@bellsouth.net
Prentiss County supervisors are taking additional time to consider a request for funding by the Jacinto Foundation.v The foundation, charged with the preservation of the historic Jacinto Courthouse and surrounding grounds, has request-
ed $5,000 in funding from supervisors in Prentiss County. Foundation Executive Director Beth Whitehurst told board members Monday the courthouse is a regional treasure that is used by people throughout the area and draws tourists to the entire region. “There’s a misconception that
Jacinto is used primarily by Alcorn County residents. That’s not true,” said Whitehurst. Noting the courthouse sits only four-tenths of a mile from the Prentiss/Alcorn County line, Whitehurst said the courthouse grounds are used for numerous activities by people throughout the area and the
annual July 4th festival draws politicians from all surrounding counties. Whitehurst told the board the foundation operates the courthouse and eight other surrounding structures on a budget of around $27,000 per year. She said they’ve been operating at a deficit, and are
taking every measure possible to keep expenses down. They are currently using funding from a pair of grants (one from the Mississippi Department of Archives and History and one from the Mississippi Development Authority) to pay for Please see JACINTO | 2
Crash kills couple BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com
TIPPAH COUNTY — A threevehicle wreck claimed the lives of two people in Tippah County early Sunday morning. According to Mississippi Highway Patrol Public Affairs Officer Ray Hall, Michael Jackson, 32, of Grand Junction, Tenn., was traveling east on U.S. Highway 72 in a Nissan SUV when his vehicle collided into a northbound Lincoln Town Car sedan driven by Deward D. Simpson, 88, of New Albany.
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AmeriCorps NCCC volunteer Erin Bleacher shows 2-year-old pup Josie some love at the Corinth-Alcorn Animal Shelter.
AmeriCorps volunteer aids shelter BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com
For the last few weeks, Pennsylvania native Erin Bleacher has been chopping down trees and helping clear an overgrown battleground at Shiloh National Military Park. Last weekend, Bleacher took a break and traveled south to Corinth to volunteer at the Corinth-Alcorn Animal Shel-
ter. “Working at Shiloh is pretty neat. We’re helping make a certain part of the park more historically accurate by clearing a wooded area, but I’m not gonna lie, loving on these cats and dogs sure is more relaxing,” said Bleacher. The 19-year-old is a member of an eight person Vicksburgbased AmeriCorps National
Civilian Community Corps team, a federally funded fulltime residential program for men and women ages 18-24. “Our main project right now is at Shiloh, but we are required to work extra hours at independent service projects on the weekends,” said Bleacher. “We got word the Corinth Please see VOLUNTEER | 2
Simpson and his wife, Ima Simpson, 75, were killed in the wreck. Hall said a third vehicle, a Dodge sedan, driven by Teresa A. Chessor, 72, of Corinth, was also struck after the first wreck. Chessor and Jackson were each transported to local hospital with minor to moderate injuries. The wreck happened around 9:15 a.m. near the intersection of U.S. Highway 72 and Mississippi Highway 15. The Mississippi Highway Patrol continues to investigate the wreck.
Supervisors approve employee pay raises BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
The Alcorn County Board of Supervisors opened the month with a light agenda Monday, dealing with routine matters alongside consideration of pay raises for certain county employees. The board gave approval to pay raise requests for employees in justice court, the staff in the supervisors’ office and the chancery clerk’s office, as budgeted, and approved the hiring of Janet Sagely to work on an as-needed, part-time basis in
the supervisors’ office. The board approved an increase in the pay of the youth court judge from $1,450 to $1,600 monthly and the lunacy special master from $458.34 to $625 monthly. The board also approved several hires and accepted resignations of correctional officers at the regional jail. In other business: ■ The board received a public records request from O’Connor Please see RAISES | 2
MRHC Women’s Imaging to offer health info at open house BY KIMBERLY SHELTON kshelton@dailycorinthian.com
Continuing their fight against breast cancer, Magnolia Regional Health Center and the Magnolia Foundation will host a Women’s Imaging Open House from 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 15. Free and open to public, the open house will be located at hospital Entrance A. “We invite everyone to come and tour our Women’s Imaging
Department, meet our physicians and staff, see our state of the art equipment and hear about the benefits of mammog-
raphy at Magnolia,” said Credentialing Specialist Lindsey Fitzpatrick of Tri-state Health Care Group.
Since breast cancer is the most common cancer among women regardless of race or ethnicity, it imperative that women be proactive when it comes to their health. As with many ailments, early detection is key. Aside from lifestyle changes like weightwatching, staying active and limiting alcohol, the most important action a woman can take is in breast cancer is to follow early detection guidelines,
according to Fitzpatrick. The following advice is recommended to aid in early detection: ■ Perform a breast self-examination every month. ■ Have a clinical breast examination by a doctor or nurse practitioner every three years through age 39 and every year beginning at 40. ■ Yearly mammograms are Please see MRHC | 2
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Alcorn School District leaders vote to close Union Center Elementary School by the end of the year. District superintendent Keith Parker says the decision is based on declining enrollment.
Booneville mourns the loss of its former mayor. Wayne Michael, who served as mayor from 2001 to 2005, died at the age of 69.
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