Ripley News

I found myself in Ripley, Tennessee , a while back, with no memory of how I got there.

The Young Writers' Clubhouse on Saturday, Oct. 31, was a hauntingly, howling, hilarious, hair-raising Halloween Writing-palooza! Third- through eighth-grade students from Dyersburg, Halls, Ripley and Covington joined Dyersburg Middle School teacher and Teacher Consultant for the West Tennessee Writing Project Becky Hasselle, far right, and fellow ...

COURTESY ASKEW HARGRAVES HARCOURT & ASSOCIATES, INC. Stimulus funds helped redevelopment project in downtown Ripley, Tenn.

If you ever feel alone, face a difficult problem, need help deciding about your future or maybe just need to have someone to talk to, stop by the June Anderson Women's Center, in Room 206 of the James Union Building.

TODAY High School Football 7 p.m. - St. George's at JCS; JCM at Fayette-Ware; USJ at Rossville Christian; South Side at Chester County; North Side at Munford; Fayette Academy at Tipton-Rosemark; Lexington at McNairy Central; Haywood at Ripley; Adamsville at Middleton; Dyersburg at Milan; Union City at Halls; Trenton Peabody at Lake County; 7:30 ...

Robert Magee, 58, stood before a judge and was officially charged with attempted rape and sexual battery, Wednesday.

A Mid-South doctor is accused of attempting to rape one of his own patients. Dr. Robert Magee, a general practitioner at the Ripley Medical Clinic in Lauderdale County was indicted by a grand jury Monday.

A Mid-South doctor is accused of sexually assaulting a patient. The Lauderdale County Grand Jury just indicted Dr.

Old Fearless was moving at a snail's pace when he entered the office Tuesday. He appeared in pain with each step.

Local quilter Nina Daniel found a unique way to help the Dyersburg Church of God earn funding for a new building with this one-of-a-kind quilt created from the ties of church members.

The Lake County chapter of the NAACP will host a gala celebration on Friday, October 16 at 7 p.m. at the Ridgely Chapel Educational Center.

A West Tennessee sheriff is off the job, recovering after being shot while making an arrest last week.

Nearly a half million Tennesseans will hit the road this Labor Day to enjoy the last days of summer by vacationing or visiting family.

The town of Munford is being awarded $434,000 in federal money for a new welcome center.

A Ripley man facing a first-degree murder trial stopped it moments before opening statements were to be made by pleading guilty to a lesser charge.

A Ripley man will serve 40 years in prison for second-degree murder after pleading guilty moments before his trial for a 2003 homicide was scheduled to begin today.

Tennessee's Republican House speaker is describing a state spending plan headed for a full floor vote as a "compassionate budget" because it doesn't include some of the deeper cuts proposed in the Senate Republican version.

The House has passed a bill that includes imposing a privilege tax on NBA and NHL players in Tennessee and largely ending a tax break for family-owned commercial rental properties.

Two people in Dyer County have been charged in separate cases with TennCare fraud.

A version of the state budget advancing in the House includes issuing bonds for bridge projects and higher education buildings and protecting most state employees from layoffs until April of next year.