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…
Workers were making final preparations for the Sept. 19 start of the annual Mid-South Fair at the Landers Center in Southaven. For 161 years, the event has been an entertainment staple of the Mid-South area. It moved to Southaven from its Memphis location in 2009 and has been in DeSoto Count…
When the DeSoto County Board of Supervisors approved its budget for Fiscal Year 2020 this month, it was able to do it again without raising taxes. The board-passed budget will hold the line on taxes with a total tax levy for the year, starting in October, of 41.02 total mills.
In the latest Chicken Soup for the Soul book, titled “Chicken Soup for the Soul: “Angels All Around,” a Horn Lake author expresses the desires of her heart and how she thinks an angel helped provide that. Marianne Gage who writes under the name M. Elizabeth Gage, contributed an item titled, …
Mississippi school districts have been waiting anxiously for Sept. 19 and the announcement that is expected to become official by the state Board of Education today.
DeSoto County Supervisors this week heard from a representative of C Spire, the service provider that is in the midst of installing fiber to provide what it terms “ultra fast gigabit internet” service in areas of the county.
A successful education experience for school students will happen when parents get actively involved.
Several areas were touched on regarding public education and its future for DeSoto County during an open discussion held in Hernando Sept. 17.
Delta Technical College founder Brian K. Huff (with scissors) cuts the ribbon as part of the campus grand opening for its new building in Horn Lake. Delta Tech's 11 programs are now taught next to its old location on Interstate Blvd.
Hernando Alderman Andrew Miller has been inducted into the Mississippi Municipal League (MML) Hall of Fame, which took place at the MML 88th annual conference held in Biloxi.
Southaven Police Chief Macon Moore Friday said he believes the man accused of killing two Southaven Walmart store managers and the wounding of one of his officers could be back in Mississippi by early next week.Martez Abram, age 39, appeared in a Shelby County, Tennessee court room Friday mo…
Mississippi U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith speaks with Walt Starr with U.S. Rep. Trent Kelly's office prior to the DeSoto County Economic Development Council luncheon on Sept. 13. Hyde-Smith was the featured presenter to the EDC's quarterly luncheon at Whispering Woods Hotel and Conference Ce…
Get your Cokes and popcorn ready, it’s movie night in DeSoto County next month.
Two students from DeSoto County have the opportunity to complete their junior and senior years of high school at the Mississippi School of the Arts (MSA) in Brookhaven.
Northpoint Christian School has announced Sammy Lee, Harrison Grant, and Ashlyn Wood as semifinalists in the 2020 National Merit Scholarship Program.
As part of last month’s event to help open the new Slim Chickens restaurant on Getwell Road in Southaven, six-year-old Paisley Alexander, a first-grader at Pleasant Hill Elementary in Olive Branch, was granted a Make-A-Wish playhouse for her backyard. Paisley battles a genetic disorder that …
The man accused in the shooting deaths of two Walmart managers and the wounding of a Southaven Police officer at the city’s Supercenter off I-55 and Goodman Road in late July is a step closer to being returned to Mississippi to face his accusers.
An event specifically geared to the senior segment is to be held in Southaven on Sept. 19 at Brown Missionary Baptist Church.
Palmer Home for Children has received a $7,000 donation from Cedar Hill Farm, money raised from the Fireworks on the Farm event. From left are Memory Craig and Katie Cantrell of the Palmer Home for Children, Robert Foster of Cedar Hill Farm, and event Entertainment Chair Tommy Dunlap.
Southaven Police are seeking a suspect in connection with a shooting incident Saturday morning, Sept. 7
Hernando city leaders have fashioned their budget for the new fiscal year, a budget that was agreed to in a special meeting on Sept. 5 at City Hall.
Members of the Mississippi Supreme Court reappointed attorneys Marcie Fyke Baria of Bay St. Louis, Pieter Teeuwissen of Jackson and Gwendolyn Baptist-Rucker of Southaven to the Board of Bar Admissions on Sept. 5.
Northwest Mississippi Community College President Dr. Michael Heindl (first row, left) recently received a letter of OCR/ADA compliance from the Mississippi Community College Board following a lengthy review process that began in 2017. The college received minor findings after last year’s si…
Emma Kate Farris, a Hernando Middle School student who is also the Pre-Teen Mississippi Elite Miss, received a Presidential Volunteer Service Award. The award was presented during the DeSoto County School District Board of Education meeting on Sept. 5. Joining Farris for the presentation wer…
Southaven and DeSoto County are about to welcome more than 300 new jobs over the next three years, thanks to a major economic development announcement on Sept. 4.
Kroger and Walmart, two major retailers in DeSoto County, this week came out with policy announcements regarding guns inside their stores and, for one, the sale of ammunition.
Kroger and Walmart, two major retailers in DeSoto County, this week came out with policy announcements regarding guns inside their stores and, for one, the sale of ammunition.
The playground that kicked off a new generation of community improvement and partnership in Hernando, Conger Park playground, is again in need of a loving touch.
The Tunica Museum is one of 10 organizations to receive a $5,000 donation through the Bayer Farm for Good Sweepstakes.
Brandon Redder, fourth from left, of Olive Branch, received recognition from Rural Medical & Science Scholars program directors Ann Sansing and Jasmine Harris-Speight, community health intern, Reagan Moak, and counselors Osvaldo Ballesteros and Landis Llewelyn. Redder was among 21 studen…
On Sept. 17, the Mississippi Humanities Council will host the second in a special two-part Ideas on Tap series on public education in the state. The program, “The Future of Public Education in DeSoto County,” will take place at the DeSoto Arts Council on Sept. 17 at 5:30 pm.
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has announced the award of two grants worth $263,202 to provide technical assistance for feasibility studies on expanding economic development in two Northwest Mississippi communities.
The Hernando Board of Aldermen will return to City Hall on Sept. 3 at 6 p.m. to continue discussions about the Fiscal Year 2020 budget, following a public hearing Aug. 29 that gained little more than air some areas where money could or could not be cut.
Musician Kameron Whalum of Memphis has visited a lot of places in his career as a trombonist in the band that accompanies Grammy Award-winning pop music star Bruno Mars.
In a few days, the sounds of bluegrass will be wafting in the air, along with the sweet smell of BBQ, hot dogs, and the tasty delights of ice cream.
Hernando aldermen and Mayor Tom Ferguson will meet this (Thursday) evening in a special meeting at City Hall.
Hernando Alderman Michael McLendon outpolled incumbent state Sen. Chris Massey to win the Republican nomination for Massey’s state Senate District 1 seat during Tuesday’s run-off vote.
Summit Truck Group has provided a $15,000 check donation to the Arc Northwest Mississippi. The proceeds are from a function the commercial truck and bus company did for vendors and customers in conjunction with the recent World Golf Championship FedEx St. Jude Invitational tournament in Memp…
There's a new path for a college degree through the partnership between the University of Mississippi and Northwest Mississippi Community College.
Southaven Police have identified the person whose body was found in the backyard of a home early last month that led to the arrest of a suspect in the case.
A person identified as a Horn Lake High School instructor is off the job after reports of an explicit video was “inadvertently and unknowingly shared” from the teacher’s phone.
On Wednesday, Aug. 21, DeSoto County Sheriff’s Department Detective Greg Horton with the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Department received recognition from the U.S. Secret Service and Congressman Trent Kelly for being one of the Top 10 Computer Forensic Examiners in the country.
Worship can be considered a form of celebration; that is celebrating who God is and how we can be connected to eternal life with God through His Son, Jesus Christ.
There will be a number of races for DeSoto County Republicans to consider when they return to the polls on Tuesday, Aug. 27 for Primary Runoff Election Day.
Early figures indicate another growing year for Mississippi’s largest public school district.
Part of the budget discussions for the Southaven Police Department has been the addition of body cameras for some of its officers.
The Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi is honored to host Archie Manning as the keynote speaker for the 2nd Delta Conversation which will take place on Sept. 11 at 12 noon at the GRAMMY Museum-Mississippi in Cleveland. Tickets are $60 and are almost sold out.
Thanks to passage in the 2019 Mississippi State Legislature of a bill allowing state electric cooperatives to begin offering broadband internet service, a number of those cooperatives have come out announcing their plans to get fiber to the home.
We hear it all the time: DeSoto County is a growing place to be.
The entire existing newspaper archive of the DeSoto Times-Tribune, the community's 180-year-old newspaper, is now open to the public and housed in the DeSoto County Museum in Hernando.
From left are Melvin Bannister, Optimist International Foundation President; Grace O'Grady, Hernando Middle School 8th grader, and Rebecca Butler Mona, Optimist International President. O'Grady was the winner of the Optimist International World Oratorical Contest for the Southeast Region of …
