Eighteen years ago, Wayne Bartley of Olive Branch was just a concerned dad who wanted the best education possible for his autistic Justin, then age five.
The head of the Mississippi Economic Council (MEC) sought to impress on the DeSoto County business community the need to invest in not only the present but future workforce for job growth and fulfillment in the state.
"Flag Day" was celebrated Thursday across the United States and in some towns and cities, officials showed their colors by displaying "Old Glory."
"Godspell," currently playing at Landers Center Theater Stage, is an up-tempo high-energy musical which tells of the ministry of Jesus Christ, albeit in a fresh, vibrant presentation that resonates in 21st century America.
Similar to planes that filled the skies over Normandy Beach on a blustery June day 74 years ago, a squadron of vintage fighter aircraft recently flew over another large body of water — the Mississippi River.
Longtime Fire and EMS Director Bobby Storey has at long last fought his last fire but the spark that led him to devote 48 years of his life — 21 with DeSoto County — and spend a career saving lives and property still remains.
The poet Robert Frost penned these words to one of his most famous poems:
When the DeSoto County School District (DCS) Board of Education gathers on Tuesday, June 12 at 3 p.m. for its annual budget hearing, board members expect to not be seeing one item on the district's proposal: a millage increase.
Truck Patch Revival, a Memphis-based country band, performs before a large crowd in front of the DeSoto County Courthouse Thursday evening. The concert was the first of the Sunset on the Square summer series hosted by the Hernando Main Street Chamber of Commerce. Mississippi Stomp will be fe…
The sounds of music will be emanating from the Courthouse Square in Hernando again with another year of the popular Sunset on the Square series, beginning Thursday night.
It was a battle of north versus south as U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Tupelo, defeated business owner Richard Warren Boyanton of Diamondhead, a costal community in south Mississippi.
After record rainfall this winter and no let-up during a particularly wet spring, the City of Hernando, like other places, is having to deal with major erosion issues.
The Gospel according to Jesus Christ which involves the life, death and resurrection of Jesus has never been put into words and pageantry quite like the DeSoto Family Theatre production of "GODSPELL" which premiered this Friday night on the Landers Center Stage and runs again next weekend.
Authorities during the noon hour Wednesday were working an accident on the southbound I-55 on-ramp at Pleasant Hill Road. The accident involved a logging truck that dropped its load of logs onto the road as it was making a turn. The on-ramp was blocked by the incident. There was no immediate…
The University of Mississippi-DeSoto honored BancorpSouth with the T.P. Vinson Award at its annual Graduation Celebration in May. The award, which honors individuals or organizations that support the campus, was presented to BancorpSouth for its 14 years of sponsoring the 2+2 Scholarship Gol…
DeSoto County primary election vote totals
Perception might be 99 percent of reality and in the case of the Clarksdale Virtual Reality Academy, a high-tech, cutting-edge training facility, a father-son team from Colorado is changing the reality of many Delta teens and changing lives in the process.
For more than two and a half years, regular meetings of the I-269 Corridor Study Committee were held — with most meetings lasting three hours or more as planning commissioners and the the public held sway on planning for the nation's newest super highway.
Wayne Carter, longtime DeSoto County Planning Commissioner, was recently honored by the DeSoto County Board of Supervisors for his more than 24 years of service on the DeSoto County Planning Commission.
The Northwest Mississippi Community College Division of Nursing received a check for $6,000 from the Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi thanks to the 19th annual Shoot for the Heart fundraiser held in April in Tunica.
Overall winners in the annual Laurie Wylie Memorial 5K held during A'Fair, an event sponsored by the Hernando Optimist Club, are (from left) Max Weiss, First Place Male; Riley Jackson, First Place Female; Russ Kicker, Second Place Male; Delaney Hopkins, Second Place Female; Logan Clark, Thir…
DeSoto County Sheriff’s Deputy John Mayer enjoys staying on the move.
A man serving time in a DeSoto County armed robbery case was found dead Wednesday morning at the state corrections facility he was being held at.
Historians call the Korean Conflict _ which itself is a term that should be recast in the history books — "America's Forgotten War."
The sound of "Taps" echoed among the tall pines standing guard at the small rural cemetery off Highway 304, known as the Goodrum Cemetery, where veterans lie under monuments of granite and stone.
In the midst of all sorts of commencement exercises and graduations that take place at this time of year, another graduation event has taken place in DeSoto County.
In the midst of all sorts of commencement exercises and graduations that take place at this time of year, another graduation event has taken place in DeSoto County.
Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith speaks with Jeffrey Fowler during a recent campaign stop in Southaven. Hyde-Smith, the former State Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, was appointed by Gov. Phil Bryant to fill the remaining term of retiring Sen. Thad Cochran. She is running to be ele…
While the last hat trick on the ice by the Mississippi RiverKings may be in the record books for now, the legacy of community involvement and charitable giving by the Hernando-based Maddox Foundation will continue unabated in a new endeavor.
The Hernando Farmers Market, ranked consistently as one of Mississippi's top farmers markets and one of the top in the nation, opened to great fanfare on Saturday, April 21 in conjunction with the DeSoto County Earth Day Celebration.
DeSoto Family Theatre will present its version of the acclaimed Broadway production of "Godspell," but from a decidedly God-honoring perspective, according to Mat Lipscomb, founder of the Northwest Mississippi Theatre Alliance.
Lack of firefighter personnel to fight fires during times when members of an all-volunteer force are likely at work concerned Love Volunteer Fire Department Chief Shawn "Skinny" Witt.
DeSoto County Adult Detention Center inmate Phillip Herron, who walked away from a work detail in Hernando on Tuesday, May 15, along with Lauren Bland who allegedly aided his escape, have been apprehended and are awaiting extradition from Memphis.
A new federal mandate from the U.S. Post Office could mean that traditional single mailboxes in newer subdivisions will become a thing of the past, in favor of so-called uniform "cluster mailboxes," the kind most frequently associated with apartment complexes and urban dwellings.
The latest target for scammers has been Entergy Mississippi customers with a new round of reported scams popping up around the state.
DeSoto County Adult Detention Center inmate Phillip Herron, who walked away from a work detail in Hernando on Tuesday, May 15, along with Lauren Bland who aided his escape, have been apprehended and are awaiting extradition from Memphis.
Young and brave, this competitor walked into the near empty and still dark coliseum earlier than necessary, gear in hand and completely focused on the event to come.
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Special creatures for special people can teach lessons that last a lifetime. The nonprofit therapeutic organization known as "Southern Reins" just needed a special place all its own.
Thousands are expected to flock to one of the Mid-South's oldest traditional arts and crafts fairs, the 45th Annual A'Fair celebration on the historic DeSoto County Courthouse Square in Hernando this Saturday.
Hernando city officials will invite a Memphis developer to give an accounting before board officials at the next meeting of the Hernando aldermen concerning alleged "clear-cutting" and steep grading that neighboring residents complain have caused erosion and drainage issues in Forest Meadows…
It was a passing of the torch that didn't involve an actual flame — which might be in keeping for a pair of seasoned firefighters-turned-emergency officials.
One person was killed and several others injured in a Monday afternoon crash that involved a total of four vehicles at the intersection of U.S. Highway 61 and Starlanding Road.
Hernando Mayor Tom Ferguson said Monday he planned to update all of the projects undertaken since passage of the city's last major bond issue, a total of $4.5 million in bond monies appropriated primarily for road, transportation and other infrastructure projects.
Dr. Michael J. Heindl was selected as the ninth president of Northwest Mississippi Community College by the college’s Board of Trustees during a special meeting held April 26 on the Senatobia campus.
Southaven Police are investigating the shooting death of a 57-year-old Southaven woman late Thursday who was found dead in the garage of her home, located near Northwest Mississippi Community College-DeSoto Center.
The academic success of high schools in DeSoto County is again being recognized on a national scale.
Shortly before the Mother's Day observance in May of 1945, Victory in Europe by the Allied Forces was declared by Allied Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower.
The Ride of Silence is a worldwide event commemorating those who have been injured or killed while cycling on the public roadway.
Hernando High School Social Studies teacher Margaret Hicks recently brought her students to the DeSoto County Museum and Hernando Memorial Park Cemetery where they viewed the sights and sounds of history, including the Confederate burial trench, tombstones of yellow fever victims, and just s…