Tippah News

State Auditor Shad White said an analysis commissioned by his office and conducted with the Mississippi Division of Medicaid identified about $10.5 million in Medicaid payments for people in the U.S. illegally from federal fiscal 2023 through 2025.

Lola’s Garden Bloom Bar will host a centerpiece workshop at The Cut-Off Saturday at 10 a.m., a registration page said. The page says the $35 fee includes materials and that spots are filling up.

Organizers said the Ripley Christmas Parade will begin at 7 p.m. Dec. 8 and that participants may represent any decade, including the 1920s.

The National Weather Service in Memphis asked residents to send reports from overnight storms and warned of a chance for additional storms this afternoon for areas along and south of Interstate 40.

A DMS safety message referencing the Goo Goo Dolls’ show at the Brandon Amphitheater urged drivers not to linger in the left lane, the message said.

A traffic advisory said the I-20 westbound off-ramp at 49th Avenue (Exit 151) in Lauderdale County will be closed overnight Wednesday for guardrail repairs. Drivers were urged to use alternate routes.

The Mississippi Department of Transportation on Friday highlighted three employees who document the state’s road and bridge projects, sharing images taken from construction zones, coastal work sites and highway interchanges.

A notice to customers said service will be shut off at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow for a repair that could take up to two hours.