RIPLEY • Local pastors are invited to a planning meeting next Thursday, July 1
to discuss bringing a 120-foot metal cross to Tippah County. The meeting will
take place at
Area municipalities went to the polls Tuesday, June 8, to elect mayors and
boards of aldermen. In Ripley, the aldermen are elected by wards. In Ashland,
Hickory Flat,
Greetings everyone. I want to say a word about one of the great “special days”
in America which is coming up this Sunday, Mother’s Day. Is it not so right
STARKVILLE • The Tippah County 4-H and Pine Grove FFA Junior and Senior Horse
Judging teams competed in the state competition held in March at the horse park
in Starkville.
RIPLEY • Voters in Ripley went to the polls on Tuesday for the Democrat and
Republican primaries. According to unofficial results, 662 or 20.74% of the
3,192 registered voters cast
BLUE MOUNTAIN • The Tippah County Sheriff’s Department and the Mississippi
Bureau of Investigation are investigating an incident in Blue Mountain earlier
this month in which one man was shot.
BLUE MOUNTAIN • The sixth grade class at Blue Mountain Elementary School
recently created a puzzle of the state of Mississippi after reading the book
Meet My Mississippi by Tupelo
RIPLEY • Just over three weeks remain for qualifying to run for office in area
municipalities. Those wishing to throw their hat in the mayor and board of
alderman races
RIPLEY • More candidates have qualified for municipal offices this week. Those
wishing to throw their hat in the mayor and board of alderman races should have
all qualifying paperwork