(Note: This is a local update from an earlier item posted on this page.)
DeSoto County Emergency Services this week released an update on damage figures from the Jan. 11 tornadoes that struck the county.
Southaven Intermediate School third-grader Brian Miranda led the DeSoto County Schools Board of Education meeting in the Pledge of Allegiance on Thursday, Jan. 16 in Hernando. Students are routinely asked to start the board meeting with the Pledge during the school year.
Today’s men are in many ways viewed as being passive and not properly filling the leadership roles God made men to be in the family, the home and in the church.
It has been a week fraught with emotions for many in DeSoto County, from coming to grips with what an early Saturday morning storm with a pair of tornadoes did to their property, to the uncertainty of what lies ahead.
From left are Rotary Club of Olive Branch President Tracy Kirkley, Center Hill Rotary Students of the Month for January Kennedi Evans and Dru Hines, along with Principal Doug Payne.
New DeSoto County Board of Supervisors Board President Jesse Medlin receives the gavel from outgoing Board President Lee Caldwell. The change of leadership came during the board’s first meeting of the new year on Monday, Jan. 6 in Hernando. Board members take turns during their terms in offi…
DeSoto County residents in the path of what has been officially determined to be two tornadoes in the county Saturday morning were spending the weekend cleaning up and starting the rebuilding process.
DeSoto County Emergency Management officials Saturday were in the beginning stages of damage assessment after a dangerous storm system struck the county.
Applications are being accepted for people interested in learning more about the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Department through its Sheriff’s Citizen Academy, or SCA.
The elected winner for the Mississippi House District 40 seat in the state Legislature has moved to have the House dismiss the challenge from the loser of that election.
For 20 years, the annual Crystal Ball Gala has been a special event in Northwest Mississippi. The gala event, to be held this year on Saturday, Jan. 18 at the Arena in Southaven, has been the driving force that supports the Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi (CFNM) as it “connects…
Southaven city officials have taken the first step toward equipping its police officers with body cameras, becoming the largest Mid-South community outside of Memphis to have the equipment in use.
DeSoto County supervisors this week received information from the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks (MDWFP) about a growing concern for a disease affecting deer.
Wednesday, Jan. 8 will begin the nomination period for the 2019 DeSoto's Best Awards, presented by the DeSoto Times-Tribune. Expect the DeSoto's Best website to go live and begin accepting nominations that evening. Look for more information on our website and on our Facebook page.
A teenager is facing a murder charge in the death of a DeSoto County resident early on Thursday, Jan. 2.
As the new year began Wednesday, Jan. 1, when the clock struck midnight, we said goodbye to 2019 and welcomed the start of 2020.
The man who has been the head of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) since 2014 will leave his position on Jan. 13.
A juvenile from Independence has been arrested in what is the first reported homicide case in DeSoto County for the new year.
DeSoto County residents who are eligible for, but who had not previously filed for, the county’s Homestead Tax Exemption may begin doing so now.
Authorities continued to search for a suspect in a shooting that injured a victim on New Year’s Eve in Horn Lake.
The 20th annual Crystal Ball will provide the backdrop to honor four outstanding Community Stars of Northwest Mississippi. These regional Community Stars will be honored along with the gala’s Stars of Hope, C Spire founders, brothers Wade and Jimmy Creekmore. The Crystal Ball helps over 800 …
You ask Lewisburg High School senior Bobby Current if he is a liberal or a conservative and the answer you get speaks volumes for what the nation’s political climate should be today, instead of the volatile discourse and divide that exists.
As of the coming start of the Mississippi Legislative session next week, Robert Foster (R-Hernando) will no longer be a state representative. Instead, Foster is moving back into his role of owner/operator of the popular Cedar Hill Farm agri-tourist attraction.
It's been quite a year in 2019 for highways in North Mississippi.
It's been quite a year in 2019 for highways in North Mississippi.
(Editor's note: Story updated with name of shooting victim.)
With the start of a new year, a new term begins for DeSoto County officials elected during the November general election.
Registration for the 2020 spring semester at Northwest Mississippi Community College is just around the corner.
DeSoto County Coroner Josh Pounders and son Jake recently planted a Leland Cypress on the grounds of New Bethlehem Presbyterian Church in Nesbit as a living memorial to church members who have passed away. The church is one of the county’s oldest places of worship, founded in 1849. Several P…
The Mississippi Legislative PEER Committee has released its report titled “Review of the Department of Public Safety Driver Service Bureau’s Management of Customer Service Delivery.”
There was an afternoon gathering Thursday, Dec. 19, at the Lewis Ranch on Malone Road in Nesbit, with people brought together to honor and recognize the music legend who lives there, in Jerry Lee Lewis.
We don’t know exactly where it will be located yet, but the mega-giant internet service and product provider Google is set to add its first Operations Center (GOC) in Northwest Mississippi.
The head of the Mississippi Department of Education will be dealing with new leadership at the top of state government next month when Tate Reeves becomes governor. She believes the new administration will work to continue education growth in the state.
Members of the Olive Branch Board of Aldermen dealt Tuesday, Dec. 17, with moving three street projects ahead and the board also passed on a group of planning and zoning requests.
It’s been a year of transition for the Palmer Home for Children, as the residential home for youngsters this year merged campuses in Columbus and Hernando to a single location outside of Hernando.
Members of the DeSoto County Board of Supervisors Monday morning, Dec. 16, heard from a group of citizens concerned their weekly social gatherings at the county’s senior citizens center in Southaven were being broken up by a band wanting to play there once a month.
The Northwest Mississippi Association of REALTORS® (NWMAR) and Toys-For-Tots Mid-South partnered together to spread some Christmas cheer to the House of Grace, a local non-profit organization. Together they donated unwrapped toys, specially selected for the children of House of Grace, so the…
Michael Love, age 46 of Horn Lake, has been sentenced to life in federal prison after having been found guilty of kidnapping and sexually assaulting six women in Memphis and attempting to kidnap and rape a seventh between 2008 and 2015.
Members of the Hernando Mayor’s Youth Council surprised residents of Wesley Meadows Retirement Community with Christmas songs on Sunday evening, Dec. 15. During their visit, the group greeting 100-year old resident Ellie Harbin, who came to watch them sing and is pictured with the singers.
As DeSoto County School District (DCS) students head into the Christmas break, they leave school on Friday knowing that when they come back in January, they won’t have to bring any extra money with them to cover lunches they haven’t paid for.
Members of the DeSoto County Schools Board of Education returned from the Mississippi School Boards Association (MSBA) meeting with two awards; being the Red Apple Award and the Diploma Circle Honor Award. The Red Apple Award is based on total hours of MSBA-approved board training hours earn…
At a recent ceremony honoring those who have established endowed scholarships at Northwest Mississippi Community College, a plaque of appreciation was presented by Northwest President, Dr. Michael Heindl (front row, fourth from right) to Jane Waldrop Williamson (center) for the establishment…
Brothers Wade and Jimmy Creekmore will be honored as the Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi’s Star of Hope at their 20th annual Crystal Ball. This black-tie gala has been voted as the number one charitable event in Mississippi and is attended by 1,200 people.
The Phi Theta Kappa chapter at Northwest DeSoto Center in Southaven has donated money to a local elementary school to help their students learn to love reading. The group of about 300 members who are enrolled in classes at the DeSoto Center campus gathered $2,773 that was given to Horn Lake …
The election has been won and now Gov.-elect Tate Reeves is setting forward what he feels the state of Mississippi must do to move forward under his watch.
The DeSoto County Sheriff’s Department reported Wednesday morning the arrest of a 18-year-old Senatobia man in connection to recent auto burglaries and an aggravated assault case.
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has been called in to look into an officer-involved shooting at a Horn Lake apartment complex Tuesday morning, Dec. 10.
(Editor’s Note: The following was first reported Thursday by Mississippi Today and is reprinted with permission.)
The Tennessee Valley Authority is proposing upgrades to its transmission system to provide power for growing load and increase power reliability in the Olive Branch area of DeSoto County.
