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• Corinth, Mississippi • 22 pages • 2 Sections
Law enforcement looking for Walmart robber BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
SELMER, Tenn. — The search for a male suspect believed to have robbed several Walmart stores in the region is ongoing. The Selmer store became the latest to be hit on June 30. Two Walmarts in Jackson, Tenn., one in Booneville and a Collierville, Tenn., location make up more than 10 supercenters robbed by the same suspect. “We think he could be a former employee,” said Selmer Police Department Investigator Roger Rickman. Rickman said the suspect is believed to have used a generic key given to employees to open registers in some of the robberies. After keys were changed, he started using a hammer. “It’s definitely the same
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guy who robbed the Jackson stores,” said the investigator. In the Selmer robbery, the suspect arrived at the store at 12:24 p.m. on a Sunday in a gold colored car. As he enters the store, the suspect covers his face and precedes to walk around all of the registers. “He goes to an outlying register and then by electronics before going to the hardware department to get a hammer,” said Rickman. Once he has the hammer, the man heads back to electronics, pacing the area until associates go to a different part of the store. Once no one is around, he uses the hammer to open the register and take the money. “He didn’t get a lot of money,” Please see SEARCHING | 2A
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The Selmer Police Department is looking for a male suspect believed to be involved in the robbery of the Walmart in the town.
Indy 500 Family Fun Day Quilt
Guild’s showing at FUMC
BY JEBB JOHNSTON
BY JEBB JOHNSTON
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jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
The agenda is set for a meeting of the Corinth Board of Mayor and Aldermen at 5 p.m. Thursday. The meeting has been moved from next week’s regular date because most of the board will be in Biloxi attending the annual conference of the Mississippi Municipal League Monday through Wednesday. Several previously tabled items resurface on Thursday’s agenda. These include an ordinance amendment to expand the park commission from five to seven members. The county would also need to approve the change. An agreement with the Northeast Mississippi Planning and Development District to commence work on redistricting of ward boundaries based on the 2010 census is back before the board. The previously tabled expansion of the Corinth Opportunity Redevelopment District to Shiloh Road is also on this week’s agenda. New business includes Louis Harris with Purple Heart Mississippi to address the board and a public hearing for property cleanup at block 87, Mitchell and Mask
geles Lakers are all ready to see which is the fastest. “I love every one of them and thought the kids did an awesome job,” said Corinth Unit Director Christy Grice. “Every day I would get more excited as the karts came together.” Chris Kelley, a staff member
The “piecemakers” are stitching together their second big show. The Cross City Piecemakers Quilt Guild members will showcase their talents at the First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. “We are trying to pique some interest for the quilters in the area and get more people involved,” said Sharon Beene, an avid quilter and past president of the group. “We want people to learn how to quilt to keep it going from generation to generation.” Nostalgia and love for family heirlooms handed down through the years helps fuel the popularity of quilting. “It came back in the ‘70s and has been growing ever since,” said Beene, who helped launch the Piecemakers about eight years ago as an offshoot of the Needle Chasers Quilt Guild in Iuka. Beene and several other of the “piecemakers” continue to be active with the Needle Chasers, as well. Beene hopes to see 50 to 100 quilts included in this week’s show. It will not be
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Driver JonDarius Warren and team member Arrianna Kelley get in some practice time before the July 20 Indy 500 Family Fun Day at the Boys & Girls Club.
5 teams taking part in B&G Club event BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
NASCAR has nothing on the Boys & Girls Club when it comes to putting together a race team. The Corinth Unit of the Northeast Mississippi Boys & Girls Club is ready to unveil its five teams when it plays host to the “Indy 500 Family Fun Day” on July 20 from noon to 3 p.m.
The go-kart event was originally scheduled for Saturday before being pushed back due to a conflict. Entries such as Think Pink – a solid pink kart made to draw attention to Breast Cancer Awareness, Corinth Warriors, Lowe’s, Boys & Girls Club and a kart painted in the purple and gold colors of the Los An-
Genealogy Society seeking information on Civil War era BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
What effect did the Civil War have on local citizens? The Alcorn County Genealogy Society is trying to find out. Spurred by a recent column by National Park Service Ranger Tom Parson, the Genealogy Society is calling on individuals with any information from the
time to share it with them. “We have almost no information from the era,” said Gale Judkins with the Alcorn County Genealogy Society. “Anyone who has old letters, diaries or even oral stories passed down through the family is encouraged to share the information with us.” Judkins said copies can be
made and transcribed at the genealogy office. “Whatever needs to be done, we will do so a copy can be put in a special file for researchers,” she said. In Parson’s column, which appeared in the June 16 edition of the Daily Corinthian, he mentioned a Corinth doctor by the name of Dr. Joseph Stout.
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The doctor was labeled a traitor by townspeople for his tending of Union soldiers. After his death, it was learned Dr. Stout was actually a Confederate spy who passed along information he learned while caring for the soldiers. “It was a great article,” said Judkins. “Prior to it coming out, a family from Arkansas and
south Texas were in town looking for any kind of information the war had on Corinthians.” The request got the ball rolling on seeking more info from the period. “So many researchers are looking for the same kind of articles,” added Judkins. Please see INFORMATION | 2A
On this day in history 150 years ago The siege of Charleston, S.C., begins. Union ironclads bombard Confederate positions on Morris Island while infantry prepares an assault on Battery Wagner. Charleston is hit by Union artillery as well.