Daily Corinthian

11/07/2025

Lifetime of Service: Retiring Kossuth mayor leaves last impacting on community
Not many people can say that they have served their community for nearly half a century, but Don Pace sure can. Pace has served terms both as alderman and mayor of Kossuth over the past 48 years.
https://www.dailycorinthian.com/news/lifetime-of-service-retiring-kossuth-mayor-leaves-last-impacting-on-community/article_5df65f2b-cdb9-58d4-bf16-13f22ece13d2.html

10/07/2025

A busy festival weekend is coming up in Corinth, and some people may also choose to also make it a busy shopping weekend, taking advantage of Mississippi’s sales tax holiday on back-to-school goods. According to the Mississippi Department of Revenue, the break on the 7 percent sales tax begins at 12:01 a.m. Friday and runs through midnight Sunday night for eligible clothing, footwear and school supplies priced at less than $100 per item. It is intended to give parents a break as the start of school nears.

A busy festival weekend is coming up in Corinth, and some people may also choose to also make it a busy shopping weekend, taking advantage of Mississippi’s sales tax holiday

10/07/2025

A furry visitor is drawing a lot of interest as he passes and snacks his way through the Biggersville area this week. Residents have reported sightings of a black bear in the area along US Highway 45 north of the community.
https://www.dailycorinthian.com/news/bear-with-us-black-bear-spotted-near-biggersville/article_3776c659-8153-50e0-9ce7-46436cbee01a.html

08/07/2025

Rienzi opened up its monthly board meeting by swearing in municipal officials for new terms. On July 1, Walter Williams was sworn in for his fifth term as mayor of Rienzi. Jimmy Harwood, Dale A. Leonard, Harold W. Palmer and Melissa Morgan all returned to as alderman for another term. Amy Norvell’s seat was filled by her son, Evan Norvell. All ran unopposed.
https://www.dailycorinthian.com/news/rienzi-swears-in-new-alderman/article_ded970d5-8d9c-574d-96d3-3c8ac222da63.html

07/07/2025

The Corinth Police Department is seeking information from the public on the perpetrator of a fatal Saturday night shooting.Detective Capt. Michael Suitor said officers responded to a shooting call at 9:53 p.m. at 1800 Bunch Street and found 30-year-old Darius Gaines in the front yard, deceased from an apparent gunshot wound.
https://www.dailycorinthian.com/news/police-seek-leads-in-fatal-weekend-shooting/article_93fed92e-326f-5a9e-8a39-e2f30f85591c.html

03/07/2025

A pursuit of a stolen vehicle ended in the Horton Circle area with one injury and arrests. Corinth Police reported that around 8:30 a.m. Thursday officers spotted the vehicle that was reported stolen Wednesday night. Officers attempted to make a traffic stop which led to the pursuit. When the pursuit ended, Corinth Police Chief Landon Tucker confirmed that a man, a passenger, exited the vehicle with a firearm. Tucker said the man accidentally shot himself in the leg. The man was taken to the emergency room. No officers were injured during the incident nor did they fire their weapons, Corinth Police report.

https://www.dailycorinthian.com/news/thursday-morning-pursuit-leads-to-arrests/article_87260be7-1ae2-4ea5-a16f-33e0f9b31cd6.html

02/07/2025

The Corinth School District Board of Trustees filled an administrator slot in a special meeting on Monday. Lindsay Degani, who has served as an English learner teacher at Corinth Elementary School, was named assistant principal for CES by the board. Before coming to Corinth, Degani served as an elementary curriculum coach and academic coordinator at Briarcrest Elementary and an educational support services advisor at Briarcrest Middle School. She has also been a classroom teacher, academic interventionist and state testing coordinator.

The Corinth School District Board of Trustees filled an administrator slot in a special meeting on Monday.

01/07/2025

Grocery shoppers and retailers will see a change on sales receipts today [July 1] as Mississippi’s reduction of the sales tax charged on groceries takes effect. Over the last few months, the Mississippi Department of Revenue notified retail businesses of the change so that they could make the technical adjustments needed in order to collect the correct amount of tax. The state’s 7 percent sales tax is now 5 percent on groceries.

Grocery shoppers and retailers will see a change on sales receipts today as Mississippi’s reduction of the sales tax charged on groceries takes effect.

30/06/2025

Alcorn County Correctional Facility’s warden is retiring effective June 30. After nearly a decade, Warden Josh Davis is stepping back from serving as the head of the facility.

Alcorn County Correctional Facility’s warden is retiring effective June 30.

26/06/2025

A former Farmington Police Officer has pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of violating the civil rights of a man he had handcuffed.
Gregory Scott Dalton entered his guilty plea to the single count of the indictment on Thursday before Senior US District Judge Michael P Mills. He is scheduled to be sentenced October 9.
The indictment states “On or about September 18, 2023, in the Northern District of Mississippi, the defendant, Gregory Scott Dalton, while acting under color of the laws of the State of Mississippi as a Farmington Police Officer, did willfully deprive a person with the initials C.M. of a right secured and protected by the Constitution of the United States, specifically the right to be free from unreasonable seizures, which includes the right to be free from the use of unreasonable force by a law enforcement officer, by brandishing a service weapon at C.M. when C.M. was in handcuffs and not posing an immediate threat, and which constituted the use of a dangerous weapon”.
https://www.dailycorinthian.com/news/former-farmington-police-officer-pleads-guilty/article_a750a048-6d1a-4e58-8c99-7ef38397ab13.html

26/06/2025

A federal trial date for former Corinth Superintendent Lee Childress and a former school district teacher has been moved to November. Senior US District Judge Glen H. Davidson granted Childress’ motion this week to move the trial date for him and former teacher Wilson Jones previously scheduled for July 14 to November 17 in US District Court in Aberdeen. In his motion for a continuance to move the trial date, Childress’ lawyers stated they had just recently received discovery materials from the government and need additional time to review the materials, investigate and prepare his defense.
https://www.dailycorinthian.com/news/federal-trial-date-moved-to-fall-for-childress-jones/article_8bee9760-4096-443b-b8aa-8a1c53869766.html

23/06/2025

Several months have passed since a tornado ripped through Selmer, Tenn., taking five lives, damaging homes and completely blowing away others. Some homes are starting to be rebuilt along New Bethel Road. However, debris still lines the sides of the road nearly three months after the April 3 storm. The debris includes pieces of houses, political yard signs, hygiene products and even a boat. McNairy County Mayor Larry Smith said it looks akin to a warzone.

MCNAIRY COUNTY, Tenn. — Several months have passed since a tornado ripped through Selmer, Tenn., taking five lives, damaging homes and completely blowing away others.