Alcorn County American Legion’s Wreaths Across America
Prentiss County Multiple indictments reached in arrests
Tishomingo Co. Eight charged with burglaries
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Daily Corinthian Vol. 120, No. 306
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• Corinth, Mississippi • 18 pages • Two sections
Man dies in factory accident BY BOBBY J. SMITH bsmith@dailycorinthian.com
IUKA — An employee was killed in an accident at a Yellow Creek industry. Timothy Allen Harville, 24, of Savannah, Tenn., was killed
just before midnight Friday at FerrouSouth, a metal supplier industry at Yellow Creek Port. According to Tishomingo County Coroner Mack Wilemon, the E-911 office in Tishomingo County received
the call about the accident at approximately 11:45 p.m. on Friday. “He was lifting bundles of steel sheets, loading a truck, and for whatever reason those bundles came out of that lift
Storm damage
BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
The 21st Annual Corinth Rotary Club / Daily Corinthian Christmas Basket Fund has topped the $9,000 mark. A $23,000 fund raising goal was set so 1,000 food baskets could be given to local families on Saturday, Dec. 17. The baskets were given away on faith the goal will be reached. The newspaper has received $9,105 in donations so far. Donations include a $200 anonymous gift in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Robison, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Bain and Mrs. Oleta Sartain; $50 from Dick and Judy Wood in memory of Jim Corley; $100 from Sue McNair in memory of Charlie McNair; $100 from Mr. and Mrs. Billy Ray Briggs Jr. in memory of Bill and Marie Briggs and Bill and Harriet Williams; $100 from Tom and Bobbie Smith in memory of Ota May Maynard and Marguerite Truitt; $50 from Mrs. James L. Jones; $25 from Ronald Wood in memory of Vergil and Mary Wood; $100 from Mrs. Lester Strickland; $25 from Debbie Garrett in memory of Brady Eubanks and Johnny Gann; $100 Please see FUND | 2A
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Storm chasers with the National Weather Service reported seeing a tornado touchdown briefly in both the Kossuth and Rienzi area, but no major damage was reported. In Prentiss County, strong
The Corinth School District’s modified calendar might see a tweak around Thanksgiving next school year based on student attendance. After having a full week off for fall break in past years during the week of Thanksgiving, school was in session on Monday and Tuesday of that week this year with the new calendar. Superintendent Lee Childress reported to the board of trustees that attendance on the Tuesday prior to Thanksgiving was in the range of 65 to 70 percent. It was also down on Monday of that week to a lesser degree. Daily attendance, which had been tracking at 95 to 96 percent, was down in November as a result. Childress attributed the poor Tuesday attendance to people being accustomed to having the full week as fall break. He said it’s something the district needs to consider when the next calendar is formulated. In other business from the board’s latest session: • The board accepted a donation of $13,597.74 from the Corinth School District Foun-
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Staff photo by Brant Sappington
Strong winds pulled off a section of metal roofing from a business on Second Street in Booneville Saturday night, damaging power lines and transformers as the roofing landed in the middle of the street.
114 mph winds hit Corinth BY BRANT SAPPINGTON
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line severe thunderstorms ahead of a frigid cold front moved across the Crossroads area overnight Saturday. Alcorn County Director of
Emergency Services Ricky Gibens said the Corinth-Alcorn County Airport reported 114 mph winds around 11 p.m. “The tornado moved right over the top of us, but never touched down,” said Gibens. “We dodged the bullet, again.”
Legion distributes toys to area children Corinth’s American Legion Post #6 is working with Region IV Mental Health and a number of other local entities to provide a better Christmas for a large number of local kids. Members of the American Legion have been collecting toys over the last two months with the help of American Auction in Burnsville, the Rienzi auction and the Jacinto Volunteer Fire Department to provide toys for Region IV. “This our second year to join
People of Crossroads Judy Glenn, Corinth Staff photo by Zack Steen
with Corinthian Funeral Home giving toys to Region IV for their children, wherever they see the need for them to go,” explained Carlean Parker, president of the American Legion Auxiliary. “We’ve enjoyed doing this. With what Ricky at the funeral home has already carried over there we’ve gotten close to a 1,000 toys.” Parker said she believes the Legion has collected maybe three times as many toys this year as had been collected in 2015.
Judy Glenn has always volunteered her time for the needs of others. “I believe God has always opened my eyes to the needs of the community,” she said. “From a child, I was taught that one person can make a difference and I try to be an example of that.” The 40-year veteran real estate broker is past president and original founding member of the local Habitat for Humanity. She currently serves as the second vice president of the Kiwanis Club and is the vice president of the Corinth Artist Guild. Married to Bill, the couple has two grown children, Gary Glenn and Kelly Treadway. The owner of Corinth Realty since 1980, Glenn loves to travel. “I take an international trip once a year,” she said. “I have once walked the Great Wall of China – it was simply remarkable.”
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Kossuth High School celebrates the 100th birthday of the game of basketball with a special game recognizing all who have played at the school.
Doug Michael Jumper McCreary
Rick Jones
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Trustees may tweak calendar
Basket Fund Tops $9,000
BY BOBBY J. SMITH
on top of him and killed him instantly,” said Wilemon. The coroner estimated the total weight of the steel sheets that fell on Harville to
Neil Paul
Marea Wilson
John & Brenda Hayes
Alexis Rudd
Roger Clark
Audrey McNair
The Mississippi Department of Archives and History approves $180,000 in grants toward improvements at the old Corinth High School building.
Carl Jones
2782 S Harper Rd
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