Tippah County, MS News
Burnside Music Fest organizers said Southern Squeeze will offer lemonades, dirty sodas and specialty drinks on Saturday, June 6, 2026, in historic downtown Ripley, Mississippi.
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Duke Stone struck out 10 and Jacob Parker had an RBI single and a home run as Mississippi State opened its NCAA regional with a 10-1 win over Lipscomb, according to the box score.
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Teagan Kavan pitched a complete-game four-hitter as Texas defeated Mississippi State 4-0, eliminating the Bulldogs from the Women’s College World Series. The Longhorns advance to another elimination game Sunday.
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Two Venezuelan members of the Tren de Aragua gang were sentenced to 10 months in federal prison for conspiring to reprogram ATMs across Mississippi, prosecutors and the state attorney general’s office said.
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The Mississippi State Board of Election Commissioners and plaintiffs failed to agree on additional discovery and briefing after the case was remanded following the U.S. Supreme Court’s Callais decision, according to court filings.
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A Princeton University team told a joint legislative committee that Mississippi is one of two states where the governor’s office plays a role in administering the Rural Health Transformation Program and that the state has been less transparent than others, lawmakers said.
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The Mississippi Press Association will honor investigative journalist Ida B. Wells and longtime publisher Tim Kalich during its annual induction ceremony in Biloxi this June.
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Christy Hovanetz, a senior policy fellow at ExcelinEd, said Mississippi will tighten its A-F school grading scale for 2025-26, which may reduce the number of As and Bs even as student proficiency rises.
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Louisiana lawmakers have approved a new congressional map aimed at boosting Republican representation and reducing Black-majority districts, following a Supreme Court ruling striking down the previous map as an illegal racial gerrymander.
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The Mississippi Department of Transportation urged drivers to slow down, yield and leave at least 3 feet of clearance for bicyclists as Bike Safety Month winds down, saying state law allows passing in no-passing zones when it is safe.
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