Tippah County News

JACKSON - Five county jails cannot house state inmates until they make some improvements.

A federal judge has dismissed a Ripley man's $2 million lawsuit against Tippah County, the city of Ripley and a law enforcement officers.

By Errol Castens Daily Journal Oxford Bureau NEW ALBANY - The Union County Master Gardeners invite everyone who has - or wants - a green thumb to the New Albany Home and Garden Show at the Union County Fairgrounds from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The free event will feature garden- and home-related vendors and exhibitions throughout the day.

A two vehicle wreck on U.S. 72 in Benton County late afternoon Thursday March 12, claimed the life of two Falkner High School students.

BY LENA MITCHELL Daily Journal Corinth Bureau RIPLEY - A combination of unusual circumstances brought Gilroy Bails into the world as the son of a former slave.

WASHINGTON Former Tippah County, Miss., Deputy Sheriff Jeffrey Rogers, 35, pleaded guilty today to a one-count information charging him and former Deputy Sheriff William Rogers with violating the civil rights ...

BY LENA MITCHELL Daily Journal Corinth Bureau RIPLEY - Authorities are searching for a suspect in the Monday night robbery and shooting that left a Ripley man dead.

Family loses home, possessions in house fire DRY CREEK - A family living on Tippah County Road 641 in the Dry Creek community escaped unharmed from the fire that destroyed their home, and also saved their two ...