MSU Pushes Fundraising Goal to $1B Two Arrested for Walgreens Burglary
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ESTABLISHED 1879 | COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI C DISPATCH.COM 50 ¢ NEWSSTAND | 40 ¢ HOME DELIVERY FRIDAY | APRIL 29, 2016 $1 BILLION Two arrested for Walgreens burglary Incident occurred Monday evening on Fifth Street N. DISPATCH STAFF REPORT Two Texas residents have been arrested for allegedly breaking into a Columbus pharmacy. Shangralaura Broussard, 30, and Tyrone Bernard Coo- per, 24, both of Houston, Texas, were stopped on High- way 82 in Oktibbeha County Broussard around midnight Monday. They had been traveling west, according to authorities. They were stopped by the Mississippi Highway Patrol, which contacted the Colum- Mark Wilson/Dispatch Staff bus Police Department and Mississippi State University President Dr. Mark Keenum announced Thursday at The Mill in Starkville that university the Mississippi Bureau of officials are extending Infinite Impact, the school’s fundraising campaign, goal to $1 billion by 2020. Narcotics, according to a Cooper MHP press release. Broussard and Cooper, along with another passenger, James E. Turner, 31, also of Houston, Texas, were ar- rested and booked in Oktibbeha County Jail MSU pushes fundraising goal to $1B on felony charges. At the time, the Columbus Police De- Impact is going to help us attract partment was investigating a break-in at Capital campaign broke $600M goal in December world class faculty, bring in quality Walgreens on Fifth Street North that had just been reported. The vehicle Cooper and BY CARL SMITH President Mark Keenum at an an- students, enhance our facilities and Broussard were in was suspected to have [email protected] nouncement ceremony Tuesday at construct new facilities. It’s amaz- been used in the break-in, according to a The Mill. ing to see the generosity of so many STARKVILLE — Mississippi of our donors, who stepped up and CPD press release. “We take great pride in being “A search of the vehicle revealed nu- State University officials extended gave their own personal resources.” the state’s flagship research univer- merous pill bottles which were stolen from the school’s most successful fund- The university quietly launched sity, but you have to have talent to Walgreens in Columbus,” the press release raising campaign’s goal to $1 bil- do that,” he said. “You have to have Infinite Impact six years ago and states. lion by 2020 after Infinite Impact brilliant scientists and researchers secured almost $350 million before Broussard and Cooper have both been reached its original $600 million bring their energy and experience it went public with the fundraiser in charged with burglary of a commercial goal in December. into the laboratories and testing fa- 2013. Last April, university officials building. The new goal represents the larg- cilities, and then take that first-hand announced the campaign broke the They remain in the custody of the Oktib- est ever set by a Mississippi institu- knowledge and put it in the class- $500 million threshold. beha County Sheriff’s Office. tion of higher learning, said MSU rooms with our students. Infinite See MSU, 8A Volunteer TIME FOR RELAY More area Appreciation communities Day to adopting honor youth smoking bans Party at Lock & Dam MUW and MSU, Artesia Saturday will include join Columbus, Starkville in entertainment, food adopting policies BY ISABELLE ALTMAN [email protected] BY ALEX HOLLOWAY [email protected] Volunteer Co- lumbus will host Artesia will be officially smoke free in a Volunteer Appreci- week. ation Day for young The Lowndes County town’s Board of people from Lown- Aldermen unanimously approved a smoke- des, Noxubee and free ordinance on April 5. The ordinance Monroe counties at — which prohibits smoking in all places of the John C. Stennis public accommodation — takes effect on Sanders Lock & Dam in Co- Thursday. lumbus on Saturday. Yolanda Pruitt, project director for the The free celebration will feature Mississippi Tobacco Free Coalition of Ok- music, food and entertainment. It is tibbeha, Clay and Lowndes, said the orga- for any volunteer between the ages Luisa Porter/Dispatch Staff nization worked with the city to develop the Rex Dickerson, left, and Ty Wyckoff, of Columbus, are the first to start ordinance after the city expressed interest 5 and 25 from the three counties, setting up for Relay for Life this morning by moving metal poles from said Volunteer Columbus director their trailer to pitch the ‘survivor’s tent’ which will be by the main in it at a Mississippi Municipal League con- Renee Sanders. stage. The annual community event will take place from 2 p.m. to 9 ference. See VOLUNTEERS, 8A p.m. Saturday at the Columbus Soccer Complex. See SMOKING, 8A WEATHER FIVE QUESTIONS CALENDAR LOCAL FOLKS PUBLIC 1 What does an anemometer mea- MEETINGS Today May 2: Lowndes sure? ■ Art Rocks: Rock and roll in the Columbus Arts Council’s 2 Who played Peter Brady on “The County Super- Rosenzweig Arts Center gallery at 7:30 p.m. with the party Brady Bunch”? visors, Court- band, The Bouncing Betty (Hayden Allen, Mike Chain, Mark 3 Whose last words before he drank house, 9 a.m. Ellis, Amber Gibson, Slade Guin, Robert Staggers). Appetiz- poison reportedly were, “Crito, we owe May 3: Colum- a cock to Asclepius. Pay it and do not ers by Celestial Creations. Tickets $6 in advance; $8 at the bus City Council, neglect it.”? door. Get tickets at columbus-arts.org or 662-328-2787. Kaylan Leech Municipal Com- 4 How many U.S. states border the ■ Jazz combo: Mississippi University for Women presents Kindergarten, New Hope Gulf of Mexico? plex, 5 p.m. a jazz combo in Poindexter Hall on campus at 7:30 p.m. 5 What does JPEG stand for? May 9: Colum- Free to the public. bus Municipal High 84 Low 62 Answers, 8B Chance of t-storms School District Full forecast on Saturday Board of Trust- page 2A. ■ “Glory to God and Country”: A mass choir featuring ees, Brandon the Columbus Choral Society and various church choirs Central Offices, presents this community concert in commemoration of 6 p.m. the 150th anniversary of Memorial Day and the decoration May 13: INSIDE of Civil War graves in Friendship Cemetery. The 7:30 p.m. Lowndes County concert is at First Baptist Church, 202 Seventh St. N., Co- Supervisors, Classifieds 7B Obituaries 4A lumbus. Free; donations encouraged. 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After inter- viewing Williams, officers ATLANTA — Come- arrested him and charged dian and actor Katt Wil- him with battery. liams was arrested after He bonded out of the he threw a salt shaker at a East Point jail around restaurant manager, police 12:30 a.m. Thursday. in an Atlanta suburb said Drew Findling, a lawyer Thursday. for Williams, said he plans Officers responded to a to interview witnesses and call of a fight at Spondivits do his own investigation restaurant just south of At- into the incident. lanta a little after 10 p.m. This is the latest in a Wednesday, East Point police Capt. Cliff Chandler string of arrests in Georgia said. The restaurant man- for the comedian, who has ager had a bloody cut on appeared in comedy spe- his lip, and he and other cials and films including witnesses told officers it “Friday After Next.” was Williams who injured Williams was charged him, Chandler said. with disorderly conduct Some members of Wil- in late March after police liams’ family had entered said he and a 17-year-old the restaurant and seated got into a fight at a Gaines- themselves, and an ar- ville apartment complex. gument broke out when Williams was charged restaurant staff told them with making terroristic the seats were reserved threats, false imprison- for another party, Chan- ment, aggravated assault dler said. When Williams and possession of mari- arrived, the argument juana after he threatened escalated and Williams a bodyguard’s life in early threw a salt shaker at the March, authorities have restaurant manager, Chan- said. Police have said Wil- dler said. liams made a threat Feb. Luisa Porter/Dispatch Staff Williams had left the 28 while an acquaintance Cole Franks, 4, sits with family friend Marc McCleskey while eating a pickle-sicle and cheering for the Caledonia restaurant by the time beat the bodyguard with softball team and Marc’s daughter, Gracie McCleskey, from the stands on Tuesday. Cole is the son of Lee and officers arrived, but they a baseball bat and choked Marti Franks, of Caledonia. found him at a nearby him. CONTACTING THE DISPATCH Office hours: Main line: APNewsBreak: Investigators n 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon-Fri n 662-328-2424 HOW DO I ... Email a letter to the editor? n [email protected] look at overdose in Prince death Report a missing paper? 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