The DeSoto County Visitors Center, located next to the Landers Center in Southaven, is closed until further notice due to a fire that burned part of the building late Sunday night, Oct. 20. The Visitors Center is the main offices of DeSoto County Tourism and is also located next to the Count…
An off-campus incident near a trio of Southaven schools caused a brief lockdown of the schools Friday afternoon.
From left, Hernando Mayor Tom Ferguson; Michelle Chapman, representing the Homer Skelton Foundation and daughter of Homer Skelton; and Methodist Senior Services President/CEO Steve McAlilly together announce a $450,000 donation from the foundation to Wesley Meadows Retirement Community in He…
Hernando Middle School sixth-grader Ann Morgan Hasselman led the DeSoto County School District Board of Education board meeting in the Pledge of Allegiance on Oct. 17. District students are routinely asked to begin the board meetings with the Pledge during the school year.
Current Southaven Chamber of Commerce Board President Dr. Rick Gregory (right) recognizes 1974 Chamber Board President Tommy Climer with a special gavel during the 50th Anniversary Gala and Awards event Oct. 17 at the Landers Center. Each past board president was recognized as part of the ev…
You’ve no doubt heard the phrase, “Freedom isn’t free.” In DeSoto County this week is a testament to the high cost of freedom, while at the same time honoring the veterans that served and sacrificed to pay that price.
Patrons of the public library in Southaven will soon have fewer hours available to read and research materials. The governing body that oversees public libraries in northwest Mississippi has blamed funding cuts from the City of Southaven behind a decision to cut hours of operation.
Northwest Mississippi Community College’s 2019 Homecoming Court was presented during halftime festivities Oct. 10. Members of the court are (first row, from left) escort Arquavious McKinney, Olive Branch; sophomore maids Hailey Wilson, Potts Camp and Emily Brown, Oxford, representing Lafayet…
On Saturday, Oct. 12, as part of the Horn Lake Chamber of Commerce Food Truck Festival at Latimer Lakes Park, the City of Horn Lake dedicated a special bench in memory of the late Joan Latimer, wife of Mayor Allen Latimer. The Memorial Bench with her name on it will be placed at a location o…
Hernando High School and its mission to help students achieve through their improved performance in the college entrance exams has become a beneficiary of one of the city’s annual festivals.
The state of Mississippi is set to join the lottery world in selling scratch-off tickets, starting Nov. 25, according to information from the Mississippi Lottery.
With Krista Rickman cutting the ribbon, the Becky Dearden Memorial Basketball Court was dedicated at Center Hill Elementary School on Oct. 15. Rickman is the daughter of the late school principal and was joined by family members, including husband Tom Rickman, and sons Zach and Ben. Members …
DeSoto County authorities have arrested a Southaven man in connection with charges of child molestation.
At the request and advice of the Mississippi Forestry Commission (MFC), Gov. Phil Bryant has lifted the statewide burn ban, effective immediately.
Commissioner Mike Tagert, Northern Transportation District, has announced updates to several Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) bridge maintenance projects in Northwest Mississippi.
Homes, garages, and backyard sheds are a lot cleaner in DeSoto County once again, after county government hosted another Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day on Oct. 5.
Residents of the Wesley Meadows Retirement Community in Hernando who deal with memory issues will in the future have a new place for them to reside.
Members of the Rotary Club of Olive Branch went all “pink” to support breast cancer awareness at their meeting on Oct. 15. The featured speaker for the noon meeting at the Olive Branch Country Club was Grant Director Lisa Mischke (fourth from right) with the Susan G. Komen Foundation’s Memph…
The Hernando Optimist Club recently presented a $1,000 check to the Historic DeSoto Foundation and the DeSoto County Museum to assist with the organization’s work in preserving history and educating youth of the area about this region’s important heritage. Youth education is one of the major…
This home on East Jefferson Loop in Hernando sustained roof and interior damage when it was struck by lightning and caught fire late Sunday night, part of a storm system that came through DeSoto County. There were no injuries as a result and the occupants escaped the home safely. Several hom…
On Oct. 8, Olive Branch police officers responded to the Xfinity offices, 5338 Goodman Road, regarding a burglary. Security footage revealed two subjects made entry and took several iPads. If you have any information regarding the two subjects depicted in the security footage, contact the Ol…
The Rotary Club of Olive Branch recognized its October Students of the Month from Olive Branch High School at its Oct. 15 meeting. From left are Principal Jacob Stripling, and students Kaliyah Means and Logan Pruitt.
Visitors crowded the walking trail at the Olive Branch City Park for the annual Octoberfest arts and crafts festival on Saturday, Oct. 5. A pet adoption event with the Olive Branch Animal Shelter was held as part of the annual festival.
Turning Point Recovery Center in Southaven donated $800 to the DeSoto County Sheriff's Department to be used to purchase the drug Narcan. The drug is used for the partial or complete reversal of an opioid overdose. Deputies will have the drug available as part of their routine patrols. The …
Hernando Aldermen Tuesday approved the five-day closure of West Commerce Street at the intersection with Highway 51 to allow for the installation of the pedestrian crosswalk on the east side of Highway 51. Full closure starts the morning of Oct. 5 and will be opened the morning of Oct. 10. P…
A DeSoto County family will again provide the gift of reading for families dealing with children being treated at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis.
A DeSoto County family will again provide the gift of reading for families dealing with children being treated at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis.
Jason Grissom, student ministry pastor at Broadway Baptist Church in Southaven, heard from members of his youth group who wanted to continue serving others once they returned from mission trips that took them away from home.
The City of Horn Lake has announced that the seventh annual Veterans Breakfast and Program, honoring men and women of the armed services, will be held this year on Nov. 1, starting at 9 a.m.
It was quite a fair, this 163rd edition of the Mid-South Fair that took over the Landers Center in Southaven for 11 days, ending on Sept. 29.
Long-time Tate Countian Don Clanton has been named Northwest Mississippi Community College’s Alumnus of the Year for 2019. Northwest will hold its 2019 Homecoming festivities on Thursday, Oct. 10 on the Senatobia campus. Clanton will be honored during the Alumni Celebration beginning at 4 p.…
Brady May, son of Matt and Kathy May, is shown with Lewisburg High School principal Chris Fleming after May was named the Olive Branch Rotary Student of the Month for September. May’s recognition came during the Sept. 24 meeting of the Rotary at the Olive Branch Country Club.
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Horn Lake businessman Korie Peace of Korie’s Auto Spa, a native of Tutwiler, recently sponsored a backpack giveaway for children at the Tutwiler Community Education Center. Peace is a native of Tutwiler and said he remembered what the center did for him as a child. Forty backpacks were donat…
Mississippi State University entomology specialist Dr. John Guyton makes a presentation during an Open House held at the MSU Extension-DeSoto office in Hernando on Sept. 23.
The contentious legal battle between the widow of Southaven resident Ishmael Lopez, the Southaven Police Department, retired Police Chief Steve Pirtle, and the City of Southaven, continued on Sept. 26 with attorneys for Claudia Linares calling statements made in briefs filed by an attorney f…
DeSoto County officials reported on Sept. 26 that an audit report on the county has come up clean without findings. A letter acknowledging that fact was sent to Board President Lee Caldwell from State Auditor Shad White’s office in Jackson.
DeSoto County Tourism has been selected as The Destination Marketing Organization of the Year by the Mississippi Tourism Association.
Get your Cokes and popcorn ready, it’s movie night in DeSoto County next month.
Examiners with the Nesbit Department of Public Safety vehicle license bureau have been recognized for their efforts to promote organ donor donation as part of the license issuance or renewal process. Donate Life Mississippi awarded the bureau the Red Heart Award for having the state’s highes…
The invitation letters have been sent out, now Southaven police and municipal court officials hope those who receive them will take a moment and accept their invitation.
Getting high school students ready to take the all-important college entrance exams is again paying off in DeSoto County.
Those who get a traffic ticket in Southaven have another reason to attend to it right away and not forget about it.
Hernando Police Monday continued an investigation into a report of a shooting incident that took place over the weekend.
Healing Hearts Child Advocacy Center has announced that Ben Boren, Ann Lamar, and George Loper have recently been named to the Board of Directors for their organization.
Southaven Police report they are looking into an incident at an apartment complex that resulted in the wounding of a man.
It’s not so much a new organization at a DeSoto County school, but it now has gained extra support to help its service mission to the school and the community.
Tickets are still available for the upcoming Northwest Ranger Bluegrass Festival presented by Gateway Tire.
Northwest Mississippi Community College Physical Plant Director Mary Ayers (far left) and President Dr. Michael Heindl (second from left) join officials and volunteers with the Coldwater River Nature Conservancy Sept. 17 to announce fundraising efforts for the new Virginia Trails at Hunter's…
Stewart L. Herron and his wife Dorothy V. Herron recently donated framed photographs and other memorabilia including a World War II rations book belonging to Dorothy Herron to the DeSoto County Museum to be displayed in the Museum's award-winning Military Service Room. The photographs are of…
Horn Lake Intermediate School principal Carol Smith (center) has been awarded the Mississippi Association of Colleges for Teachers Education's Outstanding Administrator Award for Delta State University. Each of the 15 universities in Mississippi represented could each make an award to a dese…
