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Daily Corinthian Vol. 117, No. 240
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• Corinth, Mississippi • 16 pages • One section
Police arrest students for assault BY BRANT SAPPINGTON bsappington@dailycorinthian.com
BOONEVILLE — Four Northeast Mississippi Community College students have been charged in connection with an assault on a college police officer. The officer was following up on a previous incident when he came in contact with the four
students at the Yarber Hall dormitory. Booneville Police Chief Michael Ramey said the officer was violently assaulted by the students and was transported by ambulance to Baptist Memorial Hospital in Booneville where he has since been released. One 17-year-old juvenile student has been charged with
one count of assault on a police officer and was transported to the Alcorn County Juvenile Detention Center. He has been released to the custody of his parents pending a hearing in Prentiss County Youth Court. Three other adult students – Willis Tomaz Cork, 19, of Weir; Rico Quartez Kimble, 20, of Belden and Marquez
Desean Holland, 19, of Shannon – have each been charged with assault on a police officer and hindering prosecution. Bond was set for each at $25,000. Ramey said officers from his department were called to Yarber Hall at 3:03 a.m. Friday on a report that a police officer had been assaulted.
Northeast Mississippi Community College Vice-President for Public Information Tony Finch said Monday he could only confirm there was an incident on the campus and that it is under investigation by authorities. He said he could not release any further information at this time.
Cruise-In
County moves into next phase on redistricting BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
With new county district lines adopted, the work now turns to making sure Alcorn County voters are moved into the appropriate districts and voting locations. The Alcorn County Board of Supervisors on Monday approved a contract with Circuit Clerk Joe Caldwell to enter all supervisors and state representative lines in the statewide election system. The updated information must be entered into the address library for every address that is being moved into a different district. In addition to the changes for the county supervisor districts, Caldwell said multiple precincts are going to see state representative line splits. For example, a district will extend from Tippah County into Alcorn and split the Union Center precinct. Caldwell will drive the district lines and verify that houses are placed in the correct district or precinct. The first priority will be completing the split of the College Hill precinct, he said. The county’s largest box will now be split into two locations, Please see COUNTY | 3
Bakery enters site lease for retail space, distribution
Staff photo by Steve Beavers
Magnolia Antique Car Club member Reggie Rickman (right) and Lighthouse Foundation Executive Director Gary Caveness check out the inside of a 1936 Ford Coupe owned by Billy Briggs.
Annual event to help make for a brighter Christmas
BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Alcorn County has inked a lease agreement with a bakery distributor to occupy the county-owned building formerly occupied by Final Touch. Flowers Baking Co. of Tuscaloosa, LLC currently uses another facility in Corinth for a distribution point and will move to the South Harper Road building, which is expected to be used for distribution as well as retail space in the front of the building, according to county officials. The county is doing some limited retrofitting of the building now. Attorney Bill Davis said completion is expected around Nov. 29 with the tenant moving in shortly after. Flowers Foods acquired Hostess bread assets in July and, in late September, announced that it is beginning to return four bread brands, including Wonder bread, to store shelves. The brands have been off the market since the Hostess bankruptcy.
The Lighthouse Foundation Toy Store is getting something shiny before Christmas. The oldest car club in the state is bringing out all of its sparkling automobiles to help make Christmas brighter for youngsters with its Magnolia Antique Car Club and Arby’s Annual Cruise-In. “There will be no charge for entries because we want to give all we can to the Lighthouse Foundation,” said car club president Rick Kelley of the Oct. 20 event. “All proceeds collected will go to their Toy Store.” Each Dec., members of the community come together to meet the needs of hurting families with Toy Store.
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BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
Staff photo by Steve Beavers
The Mangolia Antique Car Club and Arby’s are partnering to have a cruise-in to benefit the Lighthouse Foundation. Members of all three groups got together recently. Those on hand for the meeting were (from left) Reggie Rickman, car club; Billy Briggs, car club; Wyoma Walker, Lighthouse; Linda Pace, Arby’s Manager; Gary Caveness, Lighthouse Director; Rick Kelley, car club president; Louis Walker, Lighthouse; and Marcus Simmons, Lighthouse.
Farmington ready for 151st battle reenactment at original battleground BY JOSEPH MILLER jmiller@dailycorinthian.com
The City of Farmington will again celebrate their history this week with the 151st Battle of Farmington Reenactment which is set to start on Thursday. This year the 151st battle reenactment and the Battle of Corinth will be held Oct. 10-13 at the original battleground in Farmington. On April 6-7 in 1862 the Battle of Shiloh brought the sounds of booming guns and cannon fire and the dead, dying, wounded, and surviving
“We are excited about this year’s event and the weather should be great. We are really proud for our school days and how these kids will get a chance to witness how everything worked back in these days.” Dale Fortenberry Mayor of Farmington soldiers of the Confederate Armies were trekked back through Farmington on their way to Corinth. On May 3-5 battles between the Union and
Confederate forces took place in Farmington. In this year’s reenactment, spectators can watch fighters battle on over 160 acres
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of Mississippi’s rolling hills as the Blue-Gray Alliance hosts this large scale Civil War reenactment. On Thursday, the event will open up the ground for registration starting at 6 a.m. and at 8:30 a.m. it will open for the school days. Fridays schedule will be uniform with Thursday except for the 7 p.m. “Night with the Generals” at the Corinth Coliseum Civic Center. Saturdays lineup will feature the opening ceremony starting at 9 a.m. followed by the Military demonstration on battle-
field at 10 a.m., along with the ladies social under activities tent. At 2 p.m. the Battle of Farmington reenactment will begin, at 7 p.m. dance activities tent will kickoff, at 8 p.m. night artillery fight and at 10 p.m. the camps will close for quiet time. “We are excited about this years event and the weather should be great,” said Farmington Mayor Dale Fortenberry. “We are really proud for our school days and how these kids will get a chance to Please see BATTLE | 2
On this day in history 150 years ago Chalmers’ cavalry column gets into a fight with an equal number of Union troopers at Salem, Miss. In typical Civil War fashion, both commanding officers exaggerated and reported facing a vastly superior enemy force while inflicting severe casualties, if not downright slaughter, on the enemy. In truth, there were only a few wounded on each side.