High school football players from Falkner and Ripley will suit up for the first annual Northeast Mississippi Football Coaches Association All-Star Football Game set for Wednesday, May 22 at Saltillo High School at 6 p.m. The game features northeast Mississippi football seniors from all classifications. Falkner defensive back Dallas Hill and lineman Dustin McCoy will play [...]
Four return to Tippah County with MHSAA track and field medals
PEARL–The 2013 MHSAA Track and Field Championships were held Saturday, May 11 and Monday, May 13 at Pearl High School, and four Tippah County athletes returned with medals–three from Ripley and one from Walnut high schools. At Saturday’s Class 1A/3A/5A portion, Ripley’s Jada Rich won gold with a first place finish in girls Class 3A [...]
Ripley, Walnut set spring football jamboree schedules
Walnut Wildcat football coach John Meeks announced that the school will host a Spring Football Jamboree, Thursday, May 16 at Wanut High School. Varsity and junior varsity squads from Walnut, Alcorn Central and Middlteon, Tenn. will participate. 2013 Walnut Football Jamboree schedule: Walnut vs. Alcorn Central (V), 5 p.m. Walnut vs. Alcorn Central (JV), 6 [...]
Rowland set to end varsity career with final run for state gold
Senior distance runner Page Rowland has won a lot of races. She was named an All-State runner for five straight years, she’s the current North Half champion in the 800, 1,600 and 3,200-meter runs, and she’s owns a Mississippi High School Activities Association silver (2010) and bronze (2012) medal. Despite a mantel full of running [...]
Tippah County sends 12 to state track championships
PEARL — Saturday, 12 Tippah County track athletes will participate in the Mississippi High School Activities Association (MHSAA) State Track Championships at Pearl High School. Tracksters from Falkner, Ripley and Walnut high schools qualifed with fourth place or better finishes at their respective North Half meets held Saturday, May 4. Falkner’s Melissa Maldonado and Meleka [...]
Fitzpatrick found guilty of capital murder
By Errol Castens Daily Journal OXFORD – An Attala County jury of six men and six women took three-and-one-half hours to convict Franklin Fitzpatrick, 28, of capital murder in the Dec. 3, 2010, shooting of Tippah County Deputy DeWayne Crenshaw. More than a dozen law enforcement officers were in the Lafayette County Circuit courtroom when [...]
ICC women ink Mississippi All-Star MVP Jayla Chills of Ripley
By Adam Gore/ICC Itawamba Community College continues to build one of the state’s most impressive recruiting classes for the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region 23 champion Lady Indians as Coach Nanci Gray announced the addition of Ripley High School standout Jayla Chills on Monday. “I’m very excited to be playing at ICC,” Chills [...]
Prosecution rests in Fitzpatrick trial
By Errol Castens Daily Journal OXFORD – Wednesday’s testimony in the capital murder trial of Franklin Fitzpatrick took two compelling twists when witnesses for the prosecution and defense, respectively, made statements that helped the other side’s case. Fitzpatrick is accused of ripping Tippah County Deputy Rodney Callahan’s .40-caliber SigSauer service pistol out of the officer’s [...]
Ripley municipal election summary
Election summary report for the municipal election in the city of Ripley. Results are from four precincts and do not include absentee ballots and affidavits. Democratic mayor Lewis Davis – 669 Democratic Alderman at Large Shane Bourg – 307 Jon Grisham – 442 Jonny O’Leary – 105 Paul (Tony) Rogers – 191 Democratic Alderman [...]
ELECTION RESULTS 2013
It is primary night for some Tippah County cities. Get all the results here. Get results from local races and across Northeast Mississippi from DJournal.com. Click the headline to go to the live race results page. We’ll have live results as they come in and read all about it and more at the Southern Sentinel [...]
