Interstate 269, the nation's newest transportation corridor, is expected to open this fall — specifically during the time frame of September through November with a targeted date of Sept. 20 eyed by MDOT officials.
Marcus Dupree was the subject of an award-winning book by the late Mississippi author Willie Morris, "The Courting of Marcus Dupree" which chronicled recruiting one of the top high school football players in the nation.
Track and special athletes from across DeSoto County turned out to participate in the annual Special Olympics Mississippi Area 16 Track and Field Competition at DeSoto Central High School.
Seniors in high school who are 18 years-old and registered to vote have a unique opportunity—they can learn about the electoral process and earn extra cash while in training and working at the polls as student election clerks for the June 5th election.
DeSoto County's annual Spring Cleanup is this Saturday, April 14 but the entire week that follows through April 22 is considered Spring Cleanup in DeSoto County.
For patients at a DeSoto County hospital who need intensive care, a new program is providing an extra set of eyes to monitor them, even if a bedside manner is not immediately available.
U.S. Highway 51 is getting a long awaited make-over, according to officials with the Waggoner Engineering firm, headquartered in Hernando.
Rising floodwaters and damaging erosion have caused DeSoto County officials to issue an emergency road and bridge closure to a one-mile section of the still uncompleted new Fogg Road Bridge.
The state of health care in America is changing and much of the change includes expanded health care services in rapidly developing markets.
A faith-based forum aimed at fighting the deadly opioid epidemic sweeping the nation is slated for April 15 at Hernando United Methodist Church.
On the day that slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was being remembered by thousands gathered in Memphis, DeSoto County's pre-eminent civil rights pioneer and political science professor, Dr. Leslie-Burl McLemore of Walls, was speaking to a small audience at the University…
DeSoto County has consistently ranked high in most rankings as far as quality of life, health and education are concerned and now the state's fastest-growing county can add another feather in its cap.
A bubbly personality, but with a humble heart and a passion to help kids and support teachers, is the makeup of this year’s DeSoto County Schools (DCS) Parent of the Year.
A bed and breakfast in a tranquil, wooded area known as Delta Crest near Eudora received a three-year conditional use permit along with a list of variances and conditions following action by the DeSoto County Board of Supervisors on Monday.
Charles Barkley, retired Hall of Fame basketball player, Emmy Award-winning studio analyst and author, recently donated $250,000 to the Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi to empower a new African-American history initiative for high school students throughout Mississippi and Alabama.
Those who saw a law enforcement presence in front of Southaven’s Getwell Church Wednesday morning were not witnesses to a major incident or violation.
Northern District Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley will facilitate a public hearing April 5 regarding a request by Wilco Properties to increase water rates for customers in DeSoto County.
About 200 people showed up on the DeSoto County Courthouse lawn Saturday as part of the "March For Our Lives" nationwide movement.
Olive Branch Police provided additional information Friday evening about a death investigation after a man was found shot to death and lying in a city residential street early that same morning.
Mississippi's newest U.S. Senator, Cindy Hyde-Smith, has hit the ground running since she was tapped by Republican Gov. Phil Bryant to fill the seat long held by U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, who is officially stepping down from his duties as of April 1.
Preliminary autopsy results are back from the Mississippi State Crime Lab in Jackson on the body of 32-year-old Trisha Marie Lyons whose body was discovered in an abandoned house on Fogg Road on March 15.
With the start of the spring season, DeSoto County residents begin looking at how all of winter’s trash came about and ended up in their yard or along their roadside.
The Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi recently announced that Mary Thompson has been elected to the Board of Directors.
Mississippi legislators have passed the nation’s strictest abortion ban with support from DeSoto County legislators, but legal challenges may be forthcoming in response, if it indeed becomes law.
For the first time Thursday, the DeSoto County School District (DCS) embarked on a unique step for them toward filling its many classrooms with teachers for the 2018-19 school year.
For the first time Thursday, the DeSoto County School District (DCS) embarked on a unique step for them toward filling its many classrooms with teachers for the 2018-19 school year.
Each one of us has enjoyed the guiding hand of a mentor at some stage in our professional lives, points out Mid-South caterer John Woods.
As the DeSoto County Economic Development Council (EDC) actively works to find new industry and business opportunities to the county, it is also embarking on an effort to introduce those career options to youngsters beginning to think about what to do when they leave high school.
DeSoto County Schools Supt. Cory Uselton Tuesday announced that two of the district’s principals will transition to new locations when the new school year begins.
There once was a time Brad Meadows was knocking on doors in the outside sales world, hoping they would open for him to get the next big score in a sale for the firm he represented.
DeSoto County Supervisors Monday were examining whether or not to strip the Board of Adjustment from having the final say on weightier matters involving conditional use and subdivision issues which are sometimes appealed to the Board of Supervisors.
Firefighters are a special group. They are called to battle fires, respond to car wrecks and other emergencies on a nearly daily basis.
Two tourism tax measures which will benefit Southaven and Horn Lake were overwhelmingly approved by the Mississippi State Senate on Thursday and are on their way to Gov. Phil Bryant for his signature.
As a U.S. Marine, Northern District Transportation Commissioner Mike Tagert is not afraid of a fight.
Rainfall overnight is expected to cause low-lying areas to flood this morning with some roads expected to be closed, according to DeSoto County Road Manager Andy Swims.
Passage by the Mississippi House of Representatives of tourism tax incentives for both Horn Lake and Southaven will continue to pay dividends for years to come, according to the author of the bill, State Rep. Jeff Hale, R-Nesbit and the bill's co-author, State Rep. William Kinkade, R-Byhalia.
House members are slated to consider a controversial Senate bill put forth by Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves which would consolidate power and authority over transportation funds under the governor's control, rather than a three-person Mississippi Department of Transportation Commission.
A deluge of rainfall across the Mid-South these past few days has resulted in the closing of some roads and the potential for even more flooding in low-lying areas, DeSoto County Road Manager Andy Swims said Friday.
Southaven and Horn Lake city officials received good news from the Mississippi House of Representatives this week about taxes.
Northern District Transportation Commissioner Mike Tagert told Southaven business leaders this week that several highway projects affecting them continue moving forward and at faster than expected speed.
The curtain goes up Friday on the DeSoto Family Theatre's production of the Disney musical "Aladdin Jr.," at Landers Center Theater in Southaven.
Drivers who have had to endure a nearly two-year-long detour between Hernando and points to the south on U.S. Highway 51 Tuesday were greeted with the news that their extra travel was at an end.
Hernando aldermen approved rezoning for a tightly-compacted upscale community off Memphis Street — with greenspace amenities — Tuesday over and above the objections of one alderman who argued the R-10 zoning classification wasn't allowed under the city's development plan, a guide or blueprin…
Another DeSoto County school student has been placed in the county Juvenile Detention Center after the youngster’s arrest on charges of making social media threats.
DeSoto County Sheriff's Department Detective Greg Horton (second from right), who is also assigned to the U.S. Secret Service Task Force, has earned an award as one of the top 10 Computer Forensic Examiners in the United States for 2016-17. Special Agent Jim Hawkins (second from left) made t…
Two Center Hill High School students were arrested by the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Department over the past weekend for their involvement in alleged threats against the school made on social media.
Their voices are feeble and raspy like scratchy records from an old phonograph, but their memories are razor sharp about the horrors they experienced during the Holocaust of World War II when more than six million people perished — along with 1.5 million children.
Center Hill Middle and High School students, teachers and parents saw more than the usual law enforcement presence on hand to greet them Friday morning, especially in light of this week’s tragic school shootings at a Parkland, Fla. high school.
All three campuses of Northwest Mississippi Community College were placed on lockdown late Friday afternoon due to a potential threat by a student, according to a Northwest Spokesperson.
DeSoto County continued to lead Northwest Mississippi with low unemployment and high numbers of people having jobs.