Northeast Phi Theta Kappa won its annual “Out for Blood” blood drive competition with ICC, claiming the trophy for the fourth consecutive year by collecting 56 units to ICC’s 47.
The joint effort produced 103 units of blood. Stephanie Seabrease, Vitalant’s blood donation recruitment manager, presented the trophy to Matt Otts of Ripley, co-vice president of leadership for the Northeast Phi Theta Kappa chapter.
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."
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