RIPLEY • Ripley aldermen voted to extend the city's executive order requiring masks indoors at their March meeting Tuesday night.
RIPLEY • The Tippah County Veterans Park Committee is asking people to honor loved ones who served in the Armed Forces, from the Revolutionary…
SPREADING WARMTH: Mariah McKinney’s Bronze Award project helped provide blankets to hospice patients
RIPLEY – A local Girl Scout recently completed her Bronze Award by helping bring warmth to area hospice patients.
RIPLEY • A contest to create a memorable social media hashtag (#) for Ripley is underway.
RIPLEY • On Thursday, Feb. 25 the Boys & Girls Clubs of North Mississippi (BGCNMS) kicked off their 2021 Annual Giving Campaign virtually …
RIPLEY • A number of cases were heard during the February term of Tippah County Circuit Court. The results of some of those cases follow. Oth…
DUMAS • Age and a cancer diagnosis did not stop one Tippah County grandmother from getting out and enjoying the rare winter wonderland with he…
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TIPPAH • The 2020-2021 basketball season has not proceeded in the most ideal of ways for the schools in the area.
TIPPAH • As a deep freeze comes over Northeast Mississippi, a pause on all high school athletic activity has quickly followed. Basketball play…
BLUE MOUNTAIN • Blue Mountain College added to their Cross Country team this past week, as Ripley’s Ben Carter signed with the college last Monday.
EAST UNION • The Walnut Wildcats and Lady Wildcats competed in the Division 1-2A Tournament last week at East Union, and both teams clinched …
BOONEVILLE • The Division 1-1A Tournament took place at Booneville High School last week, with Blue Mountain, Falkner, and Pine Grove making t…
H.W. BYERS • The Division 3-1A Tournament was held at H.W. Byers last week, and saw Ashland and Hickory Flat compete for spots in the 1-1A pla…
RIPLEY • The Ripley Tigers and Lady Tigers took part in the Division 1-4A Tournament last week, clinching their 4A playoff spots in the proces…
RIPLEY • The South Tippah School Board held their monthly meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 12. Attorney Price Elliott chaired the meeting until office…
Blue Mountain • Blue Mountain College administrators announced that resident students will be returning to campus on Sunday, Jan. 10 and Monda…
BOONEVILLE • Registration continues for the spring semester at Northeast Mississippi Community College.
ASHAND • Benton County School District has a new Superintendent of Education. Pete Howell officially took office on Monday, Jan. 4, after bein…
Cutting Energy Access Will Slow Economic Recovery
RIPLEY • During the City of Ripley Board of Aldermen meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 2, zoning board member Chris Lewellen asked aldermen for input a…
Qualifying continues for municipal elections in Tippah and Benton Counties. Paperwork should be turned in by Friday, Feb. 5 to qualify in the …
RIPLEY • More candidates have qualified for municipal offices this week. Those wishing to throw their hat in the mayor and board of alderman r…
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and Ripley Main Street reminds you to spread some love and support by shopping locally. There are so…
It is no secret that folks around here in the Mississippi backwoods are scrambling to get Covid vaccines. The current limited availability and…
I woke up this morning with the lyrics of the above titled song playing in my head in the fashion of what my musician husband, Roger, calls an…
Greetings everyone and a Merry Christmas to you all.
Wow! What a crazy weather week in Chalybeate. It was very cold and snow and ice covered the ground and roads last week and now this week, we …
Walk a mile in my shoes, and you’ll end up at a thrift store. Nothing beats a good treasure hunt, and the best place to hunt for thrifty treas…
On Feb. 21, the Oakland Baptist Church parking lot looked more like an ice-skating rink than a church parking lot. Out of concern for our memb…
TUNICA • Katherine (Katie) Grisham, 18, of Ripley will compete for the title of Miss Mississippi Teen USA 2021 on March 11-13, 2021 at the Hor…
News from 50 Years Ago
This has been a very interesting week to say the least. Winter storm warnings, watches and advisories have taken priority over the work week h…
Hat. Gloves. Long johns. Two pairs of socks.
RIPLEY • Resting in the southeast corner of the square in Ripley resides a small sporting goods store with a large amount of options for Tip…
RIPLEY • The Ripley 76 station, located at 2001 City Ave. North, is one of four 76 stations to hold ribbon cuttings in North Mississippi last …
BLUE MOUNTAIN • Topper Nutrition in Blue Mountain held a ribbon cutting ceremony Saturday, Dec. 5 at 10 a.m. Wrestling Superstar Jerry “The Ki…
RIPLEY • Addictive Inches Hair & Fashion Bar and Just n Cases Phone Cases and Accessories held a ribbon cutting Friday, Dec. 4 in Ripley. …
RIPLEY • A ribbon cutting was held for Fat Boi Kitchen on Monday, Nov. 30. The restaurant is owned by Channon Williams and Marico “Fat Boi” Ro…
RIPLEY • Every time you shop at a local boutique, pick up a coffee or tea from your favorite neighborhood restaurant or buy from a local artis…
Bank of Holly Springs held a grand opening for its Ashland Branch on Monday, Nov. 9. The bank is located at 56 South Main Street on the square…
