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Homecoming parade returns after decades, followed by RHS pep rally

A homecoming parade will return tonight for the first time since the 1980s, with the route beginning at 6:30 p.m. near First Baptist Church and ending near First Methodist Church. The announcement from Ripley Main Street encouraged attendees to line the route in black and gold to cheer for the Tigers.

A community pep rally is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at the RHS football field after the parade.

Source: Ripley Main Street.

Jon Myers

Jon Ross Myers founded Mississippi News Group in 2013. Before founding the organization, he worked at The Daily Mississippian, The Marion Salute and The Southern Sentinel. A Mississippi journalist and writer based in Ripley, he received second place in poetry in the 2025 William Faulkner Literary Competition for "The Garden."