Tippah County, MS News
Local news from Tippah County, Mississippi, covering Ripley, Walnut, Falkner, Blue Mountain, Dumas, Tiplersville and Chalybeate. Follow county government, schools, businesses, sports, weather and community events.
The Tippah County Board of Supervisors and the county’s volunteer fire departments have asked the Mississippi Forestry Commission for a 30-day burn ban, and residents are being asked to stop all outdoor burning beginning Friday afternoon.
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Sept. 18 local updates: heat advisory for Tippah and Benton counties, Walnut food pantry details, a Ripley food-truck opportunity, Ashland construction and BMCU soccer.
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A heat advisory now runs through Saturday evening, Scooter’s Coffee opens Friday in Ripley, and volleyball continues tonight at Falkner and Pine Grove, while the Ripley bypass stays on schedule for a 2028 finish.
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Scooter’s Coffee will celebrate Friday, Sept. 18, at 917 City Ave. South. The ribbon cutting is at 11 a.m., with grand-opening hours from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
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A heat advisory runs through 7 p.m. in Tippah County, Blue Mountain Christian’s runners and golfers earn conference honors, and Walnut volleyball keeps rolling. Plus the Ripley bypass stays on schedule.
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Tippah County’s heat advisory lifts at 7 p.m. today, supervisors meet this morning in Ripley, and the county lands $1.06 million in new health care grants while volleyball fills four gyms across the county tonight.
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RIPLEY — Tippah County is set to receive more than $1 million through Governor Tate Reeves’ Mississippi Rural Health Transformation
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The Magnolia Tribune reported Sept. 14, 2026 that Mississippi approved 167 Rural Health Transformation awards, directing just over $104 million statewide in the first round.
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A heat advisory runs through Tuesday evening, volleyball is on across the county tonight, CWD hunting rules carry over into the new deer season, and a run of fall fundraisers just landed on the community calendar in Tippah County.
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Tippah County remains in the North Mississippi CWD zone. Here are the feeding and carcass-transport rules hunters should review for 2026–27.
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