The Ripley County Sheriff’s race is now official but still far from being decided. The county’s election verification board worked more than 2-1/2 hours Friday afternoon to certify the 2,920 votes cast during the Aug. 4 primary election. After all the votes were declared official, totals for the sheriff’s primary election on the Republican ticket remained unchanged. Incumbent sheriff Mike Barton once again finished with 1,307 votes. Challenger Richie Phillips had 1,306...