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Alcorn backs Cochran, amendment BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
It was a day for landslide margins in Alcorn County voting on Tuesday. Congressional incumbents handily carried the county, while the ballot initiative to make hunting a constitutional
right won 92 percent approval, with a vote of 5,306 “yes” to 453 “no” in results that include all machine totals and 217 absentee ballots. After a bruising Republican primary, Thad Cochran, the longtime senator, carried Alcorn County with 4,276 (70.4
percent) to 1,679 for Travis Childers of Booneville. Childers carried only one precinct, the Democratic-leaning South Corinth box, by a margin of about 20 votes. Reform Party candidate Shawn O’Hara received 87 votes.
For the U.S. House First Congressional District, incumbent Alan Nunnelee (R) took the county with 4,599 votes (77.7 percent) to Democrat Ron Dickey’s 1,135. Danny Bedwell (Libertarian) had 138 and Lajena Walley (Reform) had 40. Incumbent Circuit Court
Judge Paul Funderburk easily carried the county with 3,287 votes (66.2 percent) to Dennis Farris Sr.’s 1,677. Despite the light ballot, turnout exceeded the expectations of some at 6,124 (26 percent). Please see ELECTION | 3A
Woman dies in fire BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
FARMINGTON — An Alcorn County woman died from injuries suffered in a house fire Monday morning. Carolyn Dunn passed away Tuesday afternoon. She had been airlifted to Regional Medical Center (The Med) around 7:15 a.m. “She was already outside and the fire was out when we arrived,” said Jeremy Childers,
Farmington Volunteer Fire Department Captain. Childers credited a relative with getting Dunn out the home on County Road 100. “Whoever the family member was, they did a heroic thing to get her out,” said Childers. The fire was believed to have started in the living room of the home. Funeral arrangements for Dunn are incomplete with Corinthian Funeral Home.
City board approves storage unit location Staff photo by Steve Beavers
Linda Carpenter adds ornaments to a Christmas tree as volunteers with the Magnolia Regional Health Center Auxiliary get ready for the annual gift shop open house today.
Gift shop stocks holiday items BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
It is starting to look a lot like Christmas. Around a dozen volunteers with the Magnolia Regional
Health Center Auxiliary made sure of it by stocking the gift shop with hundreds of holiday items. “We are really excited and have a lot of pretty things,” said
the auxiliary’s Linda Carpenter. Shoppers can check out the abundance of gifts today during the annual gift shop holiPlease see SHOP | 2A
BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
A proposal to locate climatecontrolled storage units in a downtown building gained approval of the Corinth Board of Aldermen on Tuesday despite some community opposition. Nick Dodd plans to open the business at the old Wilson’s Garage building at 712 Franklin Street. An application for a zoning variance to allow the business to operate in a C-3 com-
mercial zone previously gained unanimous approval of the board of adjustment, and aldermen gave approval in a 4-0 vote with J.C. Hill abstaining and Andrew Labas recusing himself from the discussion and vote. The application was made by property owners Clay and Chris Wilson. Plans are for the building to stay intact and not take on the Please see STORAGE | 2A
Fans warned of Egg Bowl ticket scams BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
Tickets to the Egg Bowl aren’t going cheap. Fans wanting to see Mississippi State and Ole Miss battle for the Golden Egg can expect to reach deep into their pockets for a seat in Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on Nov. 29. Tickets range from $200 to almost $12,000 on StubHub as of Tuesday. The Better Business Bureau is warning fans to beware of scams by fake ticket sellers seeking to cash in on the success of the two schools. “Scammers will be looking to take advantage of the excitement,” said John O’Hara President/CEO of BBB serving Mississippi. “We want to make sure consumers don’t become victims and take away from what is a truly memorable season.” Average ticket prices began to rise as both teams started the
campaign undefeated. The Bulldogs, currently the top team in the country, are 8-0 on the year with three games remaining before the annual contest with Ole Miss. Ole Miss opened the season by winning its first seven games. The Rebels rose to #3 in the country before dropping back-to-back meetings with LSU and Auburn. “The Internet has become the arena of choice for sports fans looking to buy or sell tickets, but unfortunately, it also has become a breeding ground for scammers looking to take advantage of sports fans,” said O’Hara. Sports fans most often get scammed buying tickets from individuals outside the stadium, on the street or through online auctions, classified ads and bulletin boards, according to O’Hara.
Sports fans can get burned by purchasing counterfeit tickets or paying in advance for tickets which never arrive. According to the BBB, the secondary market for sporting and entertainment tickets is estimated at more than $10 billion a year. It includes tickets bought and sold by professional brokers as well as those purchased and resold by speculators and season ticket holders. Tickets purchased for sports and entertainment events are the source of hundreds of BBB complaints by consumers nationwide. “The BBB’s database of BBB Business Reviews includes reputable, secondary market ticket firms which provide buyer protections, including money-back guarantees if tickets are fake,” said O’Hara.
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Fans hoping to attend the Egg Bowl should be wary of fake ticket sellers, the Better Business Bureau says.
On this day in history 150 years ago Gen. Forrest and his victorious troopers ride out from Johnsonville, Tenn. and head west for Corinth, where he expects to rendezvous with General John Bell Hood and the Army of Tennessee. Hood is actually in Tuscumbia, Ala.
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