A 58-year-old Atoka man is facing statutory rape charges after reportedly having sexual encounters with a teenager last week. According to the affidavit of complaint, a report was filed with Munford Police Friday in which Albert W. Jacobs, of Webb Street, was accused of engaging in sexual activities with a 16-year-old. He reportedly waived his […]
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Another former Tipton County Preschool employee has been charged with assaulting a non-verbal special needs student. According to the affidavit of complaint, on April 16, an employee reported she’d witnessed Christina Burk pull a student’s hair. The report was escalated to the Tipton County Sheriff’s Office as well as the Department of Children’s Services. When […]
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After more than three decades with the Covington Fire Department, Fire Chief Richard Griggs has announced his retirement. Griggs, who began his career as a volunteer firefighter 33 years and eight months ago, said his final day of service will be July 3. He has served as fire chief for the past seven years, leading […]
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Paper Folds News will host a public candidate forum on Tuesday, July 7, at 7 p.m. at the Ruffin Theatre, giving Tipton County voters a chance to hear directly from candidates running in the county general election and the House District 81 race ahead of the Aug. 6 election. The forum is free and open […]
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Holly Grove Road will be paved next week. The City of Covington will mill and repave the entire stretch of Holly Grove Road inside city limits next week, starting at the Hwy. 51 intersection — where state crews left off — and running to the end of city limits, just east of Kimbrough. Climer Paving […]
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The way Branden Scott tells it, there was never really a question of what he was going to do after he didn’t make the middle school soccer team. He had one thing to say to the coach who cut him – he’d made a mistake – and saying so set off a chain of events […]
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