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The Meet Your Mayoral Candidate townhall meeting was sponsored by the Ripley Main Street Association. Jobs, finishing park, enhancing city were common themes at "Meet Your Mayoral Candidates" program Saturday in Ripley
The event was held Saturday and featured seven of the nine candidates for Mayor of Ripley.
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On Saturday, Ripley mayoral candidates will face a variety of questions
RIPLEY – The Ripley Main Street Association is hosting a town hall style event at the Ripley High School Auditorium (NOT the Event Center) on Saturday, Feb. 4 at 3 p.m. to meet the candidates ...
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Generals Lee, Jackson honored at Sons of Confederate Veterans tribute
RIPLEY -- On Thursday, Jan. 26, the anniversary of Louisiana’s secession from the Union, the Sons of Confederate Veterans held the Second Annual Lee-Jackson Tribute at New Life Pentecostal Chur...
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Circuit Court session begins next week
RIPLEY -- A regular two week term of Tippah County Circuit Court starts Monday, Feb. 6, at 9 a.m. at the Courthouse in Ripley. The following cases now pending on the docket are set for trial a...
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Ward 3 voters chose McKenzie as new alderman Tuesday
Jackie McKenzie defeated Arnold Bullock in a special election run-off.
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Ripley gets new Ward 3 alderman after runoff
Jackie Lenell McKenzie is the newest member of the Ripley Board of Aldermen.
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One charged in Ripley business break-in
RIPLEY – Ripley police have arrested one man in connection with an early January burglary of a city business, Police Chief Scott White said this week. Randall Duncan, 22, of Ripley, is charged...
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Dr. South to host book-signing Sunday, Feb. 5 at Tippah County Historical Museum
--Special to the Sentinel RIPLEY - Well known physician - writer Dwalia South M.D. will introduce her new book, “Una Voce,” at a book signing on Sunday afternoon, Feb 5, from 2 p.m. until 4 ...
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LOCAL FOLKS: Retired Tippah County coroner turns to fun pursuits
by Lena Mitchell/NEMS Daily Journal
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David Hubbard plans to spend more time with family and traveling
Aluminum cans underpin mission work
by Lena Mitchell/NEMS Daily Journal
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“Father Pete” is a familiar face around Ripley, coming as he does two Sundays a month from his home in Pontotoc to lead Spanish and English church services.
BMC to present Jacob Will in voice recital Thursday, Feb. 2
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BLUE MOUNTAIN, Miss. – Internationally acclaimed bass-baritone Jacob Will will perform a free recital at 7 p.m., Feb. 2 in the Berry Auditorium on the Blue Mountain College campus. ...
Former RHS teacher sentenced after pleading guilty to sexual battery
by Hank Wiesner
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NEW ALBANY – Former Ripley High School teacher Melissa Mathis pled guilty in the Union County Courthouse Wednesday to one count of sexual battery on a minor, in connection with an improper relation...
Ripley police officer resigns after animal neglect charge filed
by By Hank Wiesner
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RIPLEY – A Ripley police officer and his wife were charged with misdemeanor animal neglect Wednesday after Tippah authorities found two of the couple’s horses starving in a pasture. One of the two...
Official: Heavy rains, old pipes caused water system breaks
by By Hank Wiesner
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RIPLEY –Heavy recent rains combined with old pipes produced two breaks in the City of Ripley’s water pipeline infrastructure last week. City workers deliberately lowered water pressure to repair th...
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Reuters - Lawyers for Amanda Knox, who was cleared of murder in October by an Italian court, on Monday asked an appeals court there to overturn her slander conviction as well, a spokesman said.
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Reuters - Jack Abramoff, the former lobbyist at the center of a U.S. bribery scandal six years ago, said on Monday he does not want to publicly identify former associates because he does not want to see more people hurt.
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Reuters - A federal judge has agreed that the man charged with a deadly shooting spree last year that gravely wounded then-Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has made "measureable progress" in regaining his mental fitness to stand trial.
Mon Feb 06 18:27:03 UTC 2012
Time.com - Deep in the badlands of California is a squatters' camp that many are increasingly calling home -- and a paradise of sorts
Mon Feb 06 03:30:00 UTC 2012
Reuters - Lawyers for Amanda Knox, who was cleared of murder in October by an Italian court, on Monday asked an appeals court there to overturn her slander conviction as well, a spokesman said.
Mon Feb 06 17:25:46 UTC 2012
Reuters - Jack Abramoff, the former lobbyist at the center of a U.S. bribery scandal six years ago, said on Monday he does not want to publicly identify former associates because he does not want to see more people hurt.
Mon Feb 06 18:31:31 UTC 2012
Reuters - A federal judge has agreed that the man charged with a deadly shooting spree last year that gravely wounded then-Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has made "measureable progress" in regaining his mental fitness to stand trial.
Mon Feb 06 18:27:03 UTC 2012
Time.com - Deep in the badlands of California is a squatters' camp that many are increasingly calling home -- and a paradise of sorts
Mon Feb 06 03:30:00 UTC 2012