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No resolution reached on demolition BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
The Corinth Board of Mayor and Aldermen had a lengthy discussion of the demolition of 600 Fillmore Street Tuesday night but reached no resolution on the matter. As with all previous discus-
sion about the property, the talk was behind closed doors with the board citing “potential litigation.” Attorney Bill Davis, representing the city on this matter, was instructed to share few details. “There was no vote that was taken,” he said as aldermen
filed out of the boardroom. “We are pursuing potential options to resolve it, and that’s as far as I can go.” Last Wednesday, the Corinth Preservation Commission passed a motion encouraging the city to enforce the law on what it deemed a willful de-
molition of the old gas station property, which was listed as a contributing building in the Downtown Corinth Historic District. Penalties can include a fine and a requirement to rebuild the structure. Attorney Nick Bain, representing property owner John
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Blythe gets Bonneville’s ‘backing’
Citizens in Rienzi elect 2 new members
BY BRANT SAPPINGTON bsappington@dailycorinthian.com
ing personal trials and finding that there is still time to change for the better.” Priced at $70 each (for a 20 percent savings) season tickets offer seven seats throughout the season — one seat at each of the seven productions, seven seats at one production or any other combinations. Season tickets are transfer-
BOONEVILLE — Democrat Derrick Blythe will be the next mayor of the city of hospitality with a win over Republican opponent Lindell “Lin” Floyd in Booneville’s general election on Tuesday. Blythe, a Booneville chiropractor, defeated Floyd, a special assistant to Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann, by a margin of 1,039 to 679 to secure the city’s highest office. The mayor- Blythe elect defeated first-term incumbent Joe Eaton in the Democratic primary runoff to advance to the general election. Floyd defeated Ron Kirk in the Republican primary to earn his spot in the general election. Alderman-at-large Harold Eaton defeated challenger Danny Inman by a vote of 1,229 to 459 to secure his third term in office in the only other contested race on Tuesday’s general election ballot. He previously defeated Mitch Barrett in the first round of the Democratic primary to advance to the gen-
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BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
RIENZI — Voters in Alcorn County’s only municipality holding an election on Tuesday chose a couple of new faces for the Rienzi Board of Aldermen and sent two incumbents to a runoff. Betty J. Williams and Dale A. Leonard will be newcomers to the board. Incumbents Melissa Bearden Morgan and Harold W. Palmer tied and will go to a runoff. Incumbents Sandra Williams and David Wayne Massey won re-election, while incumbent Jimmy Harwood will not return. Totals for the 11 candidates: Sandra Williams, 58; David Wayne Massey, 53; Dale A. Leonard, 52; Betty J. Williams, 49; Melissa Bearden Morgan, 45; Harold W. Palmer, 45; Jimmy Harwood, 43; Bonnie D. Davis, 41; James Harold Hall, 29; Johnny R. Stewart, 28; Bill Burnett Jr., 20. For municipal election commissioner: Jane Johnson, 74; Amy Norvell, 73; Dewayne Norvell, 68. Mayor Walter Williams, unopposed for a second term, received 90 votes. Municipal Clerk Elaine Pitts said turnout topped 100 but was down some from four years ago.
Dodd, has said the building collapsed during the process of asbestos removal a couple of weeks ago, but Davis has said the demolition of the rest of the building that followed the partial collapse was not authorized
Staff photo by Bobby J. Smith
CT-A Artistic Director Cris Skinner and Youth Council President Katelyn Mathis look over the season tickets that are now on sale for the 2013-14 theatre season.
CT-A announces performances, ticket package for new season BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com
Season tickets are now on sale for the Corinth TheatreArts 2013-2014 season. The upcoming season explores works from the American South with a healthy dose of classic theatre and literature, said CT-A Artistic Director Cris Skinner. Seven productions are slated for the new season, beginning in
August with “To Kill A Mockingbird” and closing with the musical “Big River” next May. “In delving into these works, we look for the new starts and transformations that happen in these plays. Many of these works will be familiar because of their theme of the fact that they were works of literature before becoming plays,” said Skinner. “We find growth in all these plays, overcom-
Mississippi National Guard recruiter Dennis Lautenbach talked about opportunities in the military to kids at the Teen OP program on Tuesday.
60 kids from 6 counties learn growth, leadership BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com
Staff photo by Bobby J. Smith
Index Stocks......8A Classified......5B Comics......3B State......5A
Weather......9A Obituaries......6A Opinion......4A Sports....11A
On Tuesday, a group of youths and young adults came together in Rienzi to learn how to become their own role models, not only for themselves, but for their communities as well. Hosted by Hopewell Baptist Church, Teen OP is a collaboration of programs designed to motivate and change the lives of youths and young adults in the Adolescent Opportunity Pro-
grams. It is comprised of a series of conferences designed to showcase opportunities for growth and leadership for at-risk youth. “We’re working with kids from diverse backgrounds. We want to show them they have all these opportunities, they have all these people believing in them — and they can do something different with their lives,” said Mary Smith, Adolescent Opportunity Please see TEEN
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On this day in history 150 years ago There is skirmishing along the Rappahannock River as the Federals try to ascertain if the Confederates under Robert E. Lee are still in their defensive positions. The main body of Lee’s army is marching west toward the Shenandoah Valley.
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