Suspect in Longview Murder Identified, Released from Jail DISPATCH STAFF REPORT of 26-Year-Old Shawn at Noon
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ESTABLISHED 1879 | COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI CDISPATCH.COM 50 ¢ NEWSSTAND | 40 ¢ HOME DELIVERY MONDAY | APRIL 30, 2018 Suspect in Longview murder identified, released from jail DISPATCH STAFF REPORT of 26-year-old Shawn at noon. with a gunshot wound. Mississippi Stricklin, of Ackerman. Nixon was charged with murder Bureau of Investigation is now look- The suspect in a murder near Stricklin’s body was and released from jail on $100,000 ing into the case. Longview off Highway 12 has been discovered Saturday off bond, jail personnel confirmed. MBI spokesperson Warren Strain charged and released from Oktibbe- Highway 12. Oktibbeha Stricklin’s body was discovered did not release further details on the ha County Jail. County Deputy Cor- after Mississippi Highway Patrol of- investigation over the weekend and James Nixon, 32, of Starkville, oner Billy Miller pro- ficers responded to a call about a car did not answer calls from The Dis- was arrested Saturday for the death Nixon nounced Stricklin dead accident and instead found Stricklin patch by press time today. RESTAURANT TAX A SUNDAY RIDE City, county once again at impasse on restaurant tax Tax may be approved in special legislative session or vote BY SLIM SMith [email protected] After last week’s meeting of the Co- lumbus-Lowndes Convention and Vis- itors Bureau Board of Trustees, those following the fate of the county’s 2-per- Smith cent restaurant tax were left wondering what’s next. The answer to that question appears it’s back to square one, with the county and city divided on what each body will pres- Chism ent to the legislature. The current tax, which funds the CVB, expires on June 30. At the end of March, a joint pro- posal from the Co- lumbus City Council and the Lowndes Younger Luisa Porter/Dispatch Staff Jamee Moran stops on the side of Stone Boulevard to give her 8-year-old horse Xani some love and some rest during a County Board of Su- Sunday ride. “I’m on call for work a lot so I don’t get to ride Xani as much as I’d like to so I make sure to take her out every pervisors to extend the tax died in chance I get for exercise and also for fun,” Jamee said. Moran works at the vet school at Mississippi State University. “I grew See TAX, 3A up around horses all my life and was even there for Xani’s birth,” she added. Students’ bus tracking wins first Innovation Challenge BY ZacK PLair an idea for a GPS tracking system [email protected] for school buses that students and parents could access through a hen four Armstrong Middle mobile app. School students entered a On Saturday, the Go Bus team be- Wcontest in March that chal- came $500 closer to making its idea lenged them to develop an idea for a a reality, as grand prize winners of business, they immediately looked the first Oktibbeha County Innova- for a way to improve a problem in tion Challenge. their own lives. Go Bus’ creators were among It didn’t take them long to nail nine finalist teams who pitched their that down. ideas to a panel of judges Saturday “We’ve all four been at the bus morning at Starkville Community stop for a long time waiting on our Theatre. The pitches culminated a Zack Plair/Dispatch Staff bus to get there,” said eighth grader four-week program for middle- and Armstrong Middle School students, from left, Ian Zhang, Lyem Ningthou, Vivek Nagarajan Ian Zhang. “Sometimes, our bus high-school students in the county to and Andrew Yu won $500 Saturday as the champions of the inaugural Oktibbeha County doesn’t come at all.” develop entrepreneurial ideas. The Innovation. They pitched their business idea, GPS tracking for school buses called Go Partnership in Starkville and the Bus, during final presentations at Starkville Community Theatre downtown. They were Zhang, along with fellow eighth among nine teams who were finalists in the four-week entrepreneurship program, which graders Lyem Ningthou and An- Mississippi State University Center for Entrepreneurship and Outreach The Partnership and Mississippi State University’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Out- drew Yu, and seventh grader Vivek reach aimed a students grades 6-12. Pictured, at right, is Jeffrey Rupp, outreach director Nagarajan, came up with Go Bus — See INNOVAtiON , 6A for MSU’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Outreach. WEATHER FIVE QUESTIONS CALENDAR LOCAL FOLKS PUBLIC 1 What Italian author claims to have a MEETINGS Thursday, May 3 May 7: Lowndes personal library of 50,000 books? ■ National Day of Prayer: The community is 2 In what part of your body might invited to an observance of the National Day County Board of the nurse hear crackles rhonchi or Supervisors, 9 stridor? of Prayer that begins at noon in front of the 3 Where did NFL quarterback Jim Lowndes County Courthouse, Second Avenue a.m., Court- McMahon play college football? North, Columbus. house Harmonee Williams 4 What is the capital of Idaho? May 11: 5 What former “Freaks and Geeks” First grade, Caledonia star accepted a role on “General Friday and Saturday, May 4-5 Lowndes County Hospital” in 2009, billing it as perfor- ■ Market Street Festival: Columbus’ 23rd School District High 78 Low 52 mance art? annual MSF kicks off with a “Tropical Para- Board of Trust- dise” night of music at the Riverwalk May 4. Nice with plenty of sunshine Answers, 6B ees, 11 a.m., Full forecast on Wear your favorite island attire to hear the District Office page 2A. Mississippi Lions All State Band from 6-7 p.m., May 14: followed by A1A, “The Official and Original Columbus Jimmy Buffet Tribute Show,” from 8-10 p.m. Municipal School Saturday includes art, craft and food vendors, District Board of INSIDE live music and festivities from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tyrone Washington works at Trustees, 8:30 Classifieds6B Dear Abby 5B Visit marketstreetfestival.com or contact Main Winston Plywood, runs T’s Fast Comics 5B Obituaries 5A Street Columbus, 662-328-6305, for more Foods and enjoys dancing and a.m., Brandon 139TH YEAR, NO. 43 Crossword 4B Opinions 6A information. singing. Central Services DISPATCH CUSTOMER SERVICE 328-2424 | NEWSROOM 328-2471 2A MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2018 THE DISPATCH • www.cdispatch.com DID YOU HEAR? ‘Infinity War’ opens with record $250M, Monday passing ‘Star Wars’ A THOUSAND WORDS BY JAKE COYLE But both intergalactic AP Film Writer behemoths belong to Dis- ney, which now owns nine NEW YORK — A whole of the top 10 opening week- lot of superheroes added ends ever — six belonging up to a whole lot of tick- to Marvel releases. That et sales. The superhero includes “Black Panther,” smorgasbord “Avengers: which has grossed $1.3 bil- Infinity Wars” opened with lion since opening in Feb- predictable shock-and-awe, ruary and still managed to earning $250 million in box rank fifth at this weekend’s office over the weekend box office, thanks partially and edging past “Star Wars: to Marvel fans self-pro- The Force Awakens” to set gramming a double-feature. the highest opening week- The track record for end of all-time. Marvel, along with the “Infinity War,” which brings together some two hyper, extravagant effort dozen superheroes in the put into the long-planned 10-year culmination of “Infinity War,” made the Marvel Studio’s “cinematic record-setting weekend universe,” also set a new something of a fait accom- global opening record with pli. After ten years, 18 prior $630 million even though films and some $15 billion it’s yet to open in China, in box office, the week- the world’s second-largest end was an assured and movie market. It opens long-awaited coronation for there May 11. Kevin Feige’s Marvel, the According to the Walt most dominant force in a Disney Co.’s estimates Sun- Hollywood with precious day, “Infinity War” over- few sure things. “To have now the big- Luisa Porter/Dispatch Staff whelmed the previous glob- Kaylae Gann, 8, learns to punch with martial arts instructors during the Third Annual Student Volunteer Ap- al best (“The Fate of the gest movie of domestic his- preciation Day. The Volunteer Columbus event was held at the East Stennis Bank Lock and Dam Saturday to Furious” with $541.9 mil- tory as one of the Marvel say thank you to volunteers 25 years and younger in Lowndes, Noxubee and Monroe counties. Kaylae is the lion) but narrowly topped cinematic universe films daughter of Kimberly and Josh Tedford of Columbus. Some of the highlights included special awards and door “The Force Awakens” in seems like a fitting tribute prizes being awarded to outstanding volunteers, face painting, inflatables and animated characters greeting the North America. The “Star to the Marvel Studios team locals. Wars” reboot debuted with which has had just an as- $248 million in 2015, which tounding, unmatched run would translate to about in the last decade,” said $260 million accounting for Dave Hollis, head of distri- IN THE NATION inflation. bution for Disney. 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