By the indications of the exciting vibe permeating the Landers Center arena floor by youngsters and exhibitors alike, the DeSoto County Career Expo held this week will become bigger and more anticipated in following years.
Second in a series
The annual Boots and BBQ event for the Arc Northwest Mississippi helped inject another round of significant support of its programs for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities, along with their families.
The DeSoto County Household Hazardous Waste Day collection effort reached record levels on Saturday, Oct. 13. That was according to Environmental Services Director Ray Laughter in a report he presented to the Board of Supervisors.
Emergency crews from DeSoto County and across North Mississippi responded to the devastated coastal cities of the florida Panhandle hard hit by Hurricane Michael and their efforts have received recognition by federal disaster officials.
During the next 10 editions of the newspaper, the DeSoto Times-Tribune will provide in-depth information regarding the upcoming Nov. 6 ballot, including a list of offices, duties and responsibilities, qualifications required and individuals seeking election to those respective offices.
Hard work and lots of study time have apparently paid off again for Mississippi’s largest school district.
A man being sought on kidnapping and attempted murder charges from South Carolina Friday was caught along I-55 in DeSoto County.
For more than 10 years, DeSoto County residents have had the opportunity to do some fall cleaning and get some items out of the house they no longer need and desire to have on their property.
Wearing his Green Bay Packers sweatshirt and with his hair pulled back in a ponytail, James Darby, Sr., sauntered up to the registrar's counter inside the DeSoto County Circuit Clerk's Office and produced his birth certificate, driver's license and other information in order to register to v…
Nov. 6 is shaping up to be a busy election day in America and the Mid-South, especially in the Magnolia State in which two U.S. Senate seats are on the ballot, including a nonpartisan race involving candidates to fill the open seat of retired U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran.
The long-awaited official opening of I-269 is at hand and Northern District Transportation Commissioner Mike Tagert said MDOT officials have set 10 a.m. Oct. 26 as the date when the ribbon will be cut on the recently completed nine-mile segment of the 30-mile I-69/269 loop through DeSoto Cou…
Leaving a legacy behind that will benefit generations present and future is the goal of the Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi.
Several citizens in northeast Mississippi reported receiving suspicious phone calls from individuals inaccurately purporting to represent TurboVote.org, a voter registration service provided by Democracy Works, which advocates for voter participation across the nation.
President Donald Trump touched on familiar themes as he rallied support for Republican candidates before a packed Landers Center crowd estimated at about 12,000 Tuesday evening.
Nation's 45th Commander-in-Chief in town today
State lawmakers do not go back into session until January but they have already received the annual wish list provided by DeSoto County Supervisors.
For the second time, a jury has been unable to reach a verdict in the murder case of Jessica Chambers, the 19-year-old Panola County woman found burned alive near Courtland in December 2014.
The nation's veterans who gave so much, including life and limb to preserve freedom and liberty here at home and abroad were honored Friday at the Olive Branch Country Club with the Honoring Our Veterans celebration, now in its third year.
Southaven is set to receive a Presidential visit next Tuesday evening.
Working to strengthen his support among conservatives in DeSoto County, state Sen. Chris McDaniel Tuesday evening brought his campaign for U.S. Senate to a Town Hall rally at Sweet Pea’s Table and Event Center in Olive Branch.
Southaven is set to receive a Presidential visit next Tuesday evening.
DTT's Bakken given rare honor
GOP faithful gathered Friday in tribute to the "Gipper," the former Hollywood screen legend and 40th President of the United States, the late Ronald Wilson Reagan, during the Ronald Reagan Republican Roundup at the Gin at Nesbit.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials, both of this region's sitting U.S. senators and a host of representatives inked their signatures to a joint cost sharing/feasibility agreement that will address major flooding issues in Mississippi's fastest growing county.
Senior citizens have many issues they have to deal with as they travel through the “golden” years of their lives. Questions abound, from financial planning and retirement to medical issues, Medicare and Medicaid, insurance, living choices from self-care in their residence to assisted living …
Senior citizens have many issues they have to deal with as they travel through the “golden” years of their lives. Questions abound, from financial planning and retirement to medical issues, Medicare and Medicaid, insurance, living choices from self-care in their residence to assisted living …
DeSoto County sheriff's deputies are searching the area of I-55 near Love Road in search of Justin Allen Jones who fled on foot from Hernando officers after a traffic stop.
Kim Terrell's mission is to promote Mississippi's fastest growing county, but also to extol the virtues of an international club that enables even the most reluctant speaker among us to have the courage and talent to engage in public speaking.
Working hard to encourage more voter participation, not just in November but in every election, Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann is logging a lot of miles in visits across the state ahead of Election Day.
The living, breathing document that is the United States Constitution has served this nation well for 229 years.
DeSoto Countians have responded in a big way to hurricane relief efforts in North and South Carolina and along the Atlantic Coast from sending first responders to feeding emergency personnel.
A 31-year-old man died in a motorcycle accident Sunday in Horn Lake after apparently losing control and crashing into a guardrail.
The person in charge of overseeing the electoral process in the state of Mississippi is getting proactive about promoting the right and obligation for citizens to vote on Election Day, Nov. 6.
Step by step, Native Chickasaw dancers joined hands and danced rhythmically to the rattles of turtle shells strapped onto deerskin moccasins, stomping their feet in unison and chanting songs their ancestors sang long ago.
The DeSoto County School District’s Parent Advisory Council turned its Tuesday meeting this week into a special program to honor victims and those who helped in the aftermath of the terror attacks on the day in September 2001 now known as “9/11.”
Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann and his staff are hosting a special community meeting at the DeSoto County Courthouse in Hernando today in advance of the No. 6 general election and simultaneous special nonpartisan election for the open U.S. Senate seat.
The DeSoto County Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved a $161 million budget without a tax increase, a feat owed primarily to the rising value of DeSoto County property.
DeSoto County Tax Collector Joey Treadway peruses the online DeSoto County Tax Sale this past week. Treadway is preparing his annual report on the tax sale which he will present to the DeSoto County Board of Supervisors.
Each year, the Maddox Foundation Volunteer Center (formerly Volunteer Northwest Mississippi) hosts an event to observe the 9/11 National Day of Service and Remembrance and there are big plans in the works to make this year another great occasion.
In the 1940s, Irish-born author C.S. Lewis penned the first of seven novels that – combined into a single work – would become his most famous under the title, “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.”
DeSoto County services in many cases will join the rest of the public in taking a day off Monday to observe Labor Day.
The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) reminds motorists to stay off Interstate 269 while it is under construction.
Northern District Public Safety Commissioner Brandon Presley has announced the first meeting of the DeSoto County Task Force on improving cellular telephone and high-speed internet service will be held on Thursday, Sept. 6 at 5:30 p.m.
The joy of childhood can be smeared and sullied forever with a simple keystroke on a computer or smartphone, or a strong word and an extra push and shove on the playground. A life can also be lost in suicide.
For nearly four decades of her more than six decades on earth, Ann Richmond has served the public in a variety of ways, from switchboard operator to receiving clerk and in the Chancery Clerk's Office.
The special session of the Mississippi Legislature concluded Wednesday, yielding a total of 4 million for transportation and infrastructure projects in DeSoto County.
It’s been a year of growth for people with developmental disabilities who are involved in three DeSoto County programs.
Rural DeSoto County residents who get their garbage collection through the county and Waste Pro USA will see a slight rate increase in their bills, beginning in October.
The Mississippi State Department of Health reports three new human cases of West Nile virus, bringing the state’s total to 26 so far for 2018.
Members of the Home Builders Association of North Mississippi have presented Hernando-DeSoto Habitat for Humanity President Lee Ashcraft a check for $2,500 to support Habitat for Humanity’s efforts in DeSoto County. Homebuilders joined with the Northwest Mississippi Association of Realtors f…