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Brandon Young, 38, escaped from the Madison County Community Work Center on Sept. 27, 2026, the Mississippi Department of Corrections said; he is on parole for felony DUI.
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Tippah County supervisors meet at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 2, and Monday, Oct. 5, in Ripley. See the location, board members and how to address the board.
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AG Todd Blanche said Sept. 27, 2026, that President Trump ‘hasn’t denied access’ after CNN, Politico and MS NOW reporters were barred and had passes confiscated, The Hill reported.
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Walnut wins a third straight county volleyball title, BMCU sweeps the Topper Trails college races, and the Toppers fall in volleyball and soccer.
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CBS News says the Sept. 27, 2026 episode of Face the Nation will air a taped interview with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and feature Sen. John Kennedy and Rep. Jim Himes.
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Golf influencer Paige Spiranac revisited summer highlights as she welcomed fall golf, and Outkick’s Sept. 27, 2026 ‘Sunday Screencaps’ also recapped Big Ten upsets including USC’s 41-27 loss.
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Walnut repeats as Tippah County volleyball champs and Ripley’s band shines at the Crossroads Marching Classic. Falkner beats East Union, Blue Mountain Christian sweeps cross country, and the Oct. 5 voter registration deadline nears.
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Tippah and Benton voters have until Monday, Oct. 5 to register for the Nov. 3 general election. Here’s how to register, plus key absentee voting dates.
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Mississippi News Report for Sunday, September 27, 2026: Vicksburg police took a 14-year-old into custody in the shooting death of 16-year-old Henry Trisby III, Mississippi State set a world record with 41,819 cowbells and beat No. 19 Missouri 31-24 to go 4-0, Jackson police are investigating a fatal shooting on Vine Street, and Oxford deputies seized hundreds of kratom units from a vape store.
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STARKVILLE, Miss. — Mississippi State University etched its name into the record books Saturday, as 41,819 cowbells rang simultaneously during
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Mississippi News Report for Saturday, September 26, 2026: a 16-year-old’s death after a Friday-night shooting, the Mississippi Book Festival in Jackson, Tupelo’s Elvis Homecoming, Friday night football, and severe drought in Alcorn County.
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Walnut won the 2026 Tippah County volleyball tournament Saturday at Pine Grove, defending its county title in a four-team round robin. Full details here.
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A 20,000-sq.-ft. Ripley industrial building on County Road 565 is available, with offices, dock-high doors and room for two tenants, the county says.
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Falkner beats East Union 42–34 on homecoming night, Ripley falls to Booneville, and Blue Mountain Christian volleyball loses at Loyola.
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Tippah County’s burn ban holds firm as drought deepens, North Tippah and Ripley bands compete in Corinth today, and Walnut volleyball stays unbeaten in region heading into a busy fall sports weekend across the county.
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The Tippah County and Benton County burn ban orders remain in effect as drought deepens and forecasters call for dry weather into early next week.
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Saturday’s Mississippi News Report covers a Friday-night shooting in Vicksburg that wounded a 16-year-old, new details in the Tasia Fortune killing in Jackson, and today’s Crossroads Marching Classic in Corinth — plus public-safety and statewide stories across Mississippi, Sept. 26, 2026.
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A nor’easter east of the Delmarva Peninsula produced 74 mph gusts, 16-foot-plus waves and coastal-flood alerts from eastern Virginia through southern Maine, ABC News reported.
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Supreme Court will hear a Dec. 2026 case testing whether seizure of Kenneth Jouppi’s $95,000 Cessna after a six-pack violated the Eighth Amendment, Fox News Digital reported.
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At Target Center, Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve voiced support for the transgender community after Minnesota’s 86-66 regular-season win over Indiana, Fox News reported.
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