A Hernando woman was found dead inside a home and police officials are investigating its circumstances.
The DeSoto County trusty sought after his escape from a work detail Wednesday afternoon has been found, authorities stated Thursday afternoon.
An intruder into a DeSoto County home was shot by the homeowner and is being treated at a Memphis hospital.
Southaven Police are investigating a shooting that took place Wednesday night.
The area around Snowden Grove Park is set to get pretty busy the remainder of the week, as the city’s 39th birthday is celebrated with the annual Springfest event, now underway through Saturday.
As you meet Olive Branch teenager Marybeth Griffin and hear about all the activities and things the high schooler is involved in, you may quickly ask yourself, “How does she find the time for it all?”
DeSoto County will celebrate Earth Day this Saturday in Hernando. It is the ninth annual Earth Day Celebration held on the DeSoto County Courthouse square.
The DeSoto County Sheriff’s Department Wednesday afternoon was seeking Robert Gene Heath, age 42 of Adamsville, Tenn., a trusty who escaped from a work detail near the DeSoto County Schools Bus Maintenance Facility early that afternoon.
Delta State education major Mallori Kate Smallwood of Coldwater has received a Linda Anglin Teacher Preparation Scholarship from the Mississippi Professional Educators (MPE), worth $500. Smallwood is a President’s List Scholar and serves on Delta State University’s Student Advisory Committee…
The first-ever “Egg Hunt For History” at the DeSoto County Museum was a great success, with Mackenzie Stotler, 6, of Hernando as the grand prize winner and finder of the great golden egg.
One man is dead and another has been cited in connection with a fatal accident Tuesday morning in DeSoto County.
In front of the DeSoto County Courthouse in Hernando stands a monument to men who have given their all, literally, to protect and serve their community and county.
A DeSoto County jailer is now himself in trouble with the law.
Living in the shadow of all of what is found north of the state line in Memphis, DeSoto County Tourism officials know they have to work hard and be creative in how they can get Mid-South visitors to spend some time in the county during their visits to the region.
Career Tech Center-West welding student Danielle Northrip (center) won last month’s Mississippi North Region welding competition, held by Midwest Technical Institute at Delta Technical College in Horn Lake. With it, she has also won a $10,000 Delta Tech scholarship. Northrip is joined by (fr…
God is described in many ways, as The Great Physician, The Alpha and Omega, and the list goes on.
“I need these kids more than they need me.”
Area Realtors were back in the community again on Wednesday, April 17 to help eliminate hunger in the Mid-South.
Sean Cook recently rallied his Boy Scout Troop Pack 190 to contribute dog food and supplies to Blackwell Animal Rescue Center and is shown with the items goodies loaded in his mother’s car for the rescue. One of the issues BARC has getting enough food to the fosters so they don’t have to be …
With Mississippi State University MSU President Mark E. Keenum at this year’s President’s Commission on the Status of Women Awards Ceremony are, from left, Morgan K. Green, a mechanical engineering graduate student from Olive Branch; Shelby B. Baldwin, a senior marketing major from Ridgeland…
Three Northpoint Christian School students are District 1 Ag Art Contest Winners in Mississippi Farm Bureau’s Agricultural Art Contest. Their work will go on to the State level with winners to be featured in a calendar. As District winners, these three students each win a ribbon and a moneta…
Northpoint Christian School sophomore Jackson Flowers scored a perfect 36 composite score on the ACT. He made a 36 in all categories of the ACT including: math; science; STEM; English; and Reading. He was among the Northpoint sophomores and juniors that took the ACT at the school on April…
A Hernando woman has turned herself into the city’s police department, telling officers she wanted to surrender to them for murdering her husband.
DeSoto County officials stated Thursday morning a man taken into custody in Osceola, Arkansas is a person the Sheriff’s Department has been seeking on sexual battery charges.
Olive Branch police say the arrest of three men, two from Memphis and one from Olive Branch, may help solve several recently reported vehicle burglaries in the city.
It’s not often the opening of a new business comes with as much “splash” as is happening today. It’s also not very often where that business opening happens with such an outpouring of community service at the same time.
It’s not often the opening of a new business comes with as much “splash” as is happening today. It’s also not very often where that business opening happens with such an outpouring of community service at the same time.
As expected, Wednesday's court hearing to hear the challenge to the City of Olive Branch annexing about 50 square miles of land in the Center Hill, Lewisburg, Bridgetown, Pleasant Hill and Cedar View communities inside its city limits did not take long.
The ability of a candidate for DeSoto County supervisor to speak on behalf of his candidacy to a governmental body was challenged before Southaven Mayor Darren Musselwhite and the Southaven Board of Aldermen Tuesday night.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District notified local authorities and emergency management personnel on Tuesday, April 16 that the activation of the spillway at Arkabutla Lake Dam, located 35 miles north of Marks, is imminent.
Only certain people get the privilege of having their remains buried in the hallowed ground of Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia. They include honorably discharged members who died on active duty and their immediate family, military retirees and their immediate family, recipients of the …
Discussions on several issues highlighted the trip of DeSoto County and city officials to the Nation’s Capitol this past week.
What is called “life” brings with it a multitude of stresses and pressures on ourselves, both physical and mental.
(Editor’s Note: The DeSoto Times-Tribune will on occasion spotlight churches and ministries that are part of life in DeSoto County. To have your church highlighted in this section of the newspaper, please send an email to news@dttclick.com.)
Monday is Tax Day and last-minute income tax filers have been reminded by the U.S. Postal Service of where and when they can get their tax forms into the post office to make the Monday deadline.
The gubernatorial campaign of Hernando state Rep. Robert Foster took a hit recently when his truck was broken into at a Republican event in Jackson.
The City of Horn Lake lost its Public Works Director this week as Spencer “Penny” Shields passed away Wednesday evening. The city announced Shields’ passing on its Facebook page Thursday.
A Holly Springs man was killed early Thursday morning along U.S. Highway 78 near Red Banks.
Most youngsters get excited about the chance to swing, slide, climb and twirl around on a playground. There’s something that screams just plain “fun” when mom or dad points in the direction of swings or a slide and says, “Go!”
Youngsters in Hernando are about to enjoy their outdoor play time on some brand new equipment at the city’s Church Park. That’s thanks in large measure to the work of the city’s Young Women’s Club.
The body of an Olive Branch woman was found early Wednesday, according to officials, a woman who had been missing for more than a week.
Lewisburg High School’s broadcast journalism program Patriot Vision won the overall award for Mississippi’s Best Newscast at the recent Mississippi Scholastic Press Association (MSPA) Awards day.
The Mississippi Roses (MS) Chapter of the Links, Incorporated hosted the 2019 High School Oratorical Contest on Saturday, April 6, 2019 at Doxey Auditorium on the campus of Rust College.
From left, Emma-Kate Johnson, Janiya Moore, music teacher Alayna Weiss, Owen Marlier and George Fernandez are preparing for their production of Disney's Jungle Book this week at Hernando Hills Elementary School.
Joined by Southaven Police School Resource Officer Javier Iniguez, Morgan Tibbens takes the honorary lap of the DeSoto Central High School track to begin the annual Area 16 Special Olympics Track and Field event Wednesday morning. Hundreds of participants took part in the event highlighting …
Having a good time enjoying a hobby interest that also serves an important service when severe weather or disasters strike was a good reason for a “party” Saturday in a school parking lot.
DeSoto County got busy with its spring cleaning on Saturday, the start of this year’s Spring Clean Up Week that continues through this coming Sunday.
DeSoto County school board members Monday approved the construction of a Ninth Grade Academy building for DeSoto Central High School, similar to one now functioning at Southaven High School.
Trust me, it was not a re-creation of the 1985 teen science fiction movie Weird Science happening, but science was involved on the Northpoint Christian School campus in Southaven Thursday in the form of the school’s Explore Zone.
Two of the three Republicans campaigning for the party’s nomination in the governor’s race Tuesday met on a Mississippi State University stage to debate for the first time.
Vicky Castellanos was the winner of the People’s Choice Award at the DeSoto Arts Council’s Bloomin’ Art Exhibition held Friday, March 31 in Hernando. Her watercolor painting, "Kitty in the Garden", was voted best in show by the guests that attended Bloomin' Art Exhibition. The DeSoto Arts Co…
