Now in its second year, an effort to memorialize Ann Brown Ashcraft, a wife, mother and grandmother, as well as a book lover and patron of the arts and history, is helping to provide books to chronically ill children.
A 29 year-old Olive Branch died when his vehicle careened off a rural DeSoto County road and struck a tree, instantly causing the vehicle to explode in flames.
Cars whiz past a barbed-wire fence at the corner of Swinnea and Star Landing Road where horses and a burro graze on the sparse grass of a weedy pasture.
The race for the District 4 seat on the DeSoto County Schools (DCS) Board of Education became a contested race last week when Jeny Price, a Lake Comorant Middle School and High School parent, filed papers to have her name on the ballot for District 4 board member.
As the late music legend Elvis Presley considered the next step in his career during the late 1960s and needed some time to get away from the limelight, Elvis would head south of Graceland to his Circle G Ranch in Horn Lake.
The Northwest Mississippi Community College's Library on the main campus in Senatobia and also at the DeSoto Center is a world-class resource for students from across the Mid-South.
Candidates whose names will appear on the Nov. 6 general election ballot are gearing up their campaigns to run for elected office.
As the start of the 2018-19 school year approaches, a scramble happens each year in stores all over by moms and dads all trying to make sure their youngsters have the tools they need to learn.
DeSoto County, despite having one of the top-performing public school districts in the state of Mississippi, still has students who, for whatever reason, are not reaching their full academic and/or character potential.
Residents in a section of Hernando affected by a Boil Water Alert earlier in the week have been told that their water is again safe to drink.
DeSoto County will join an interlocal pact with several other counties to obtain high-resolution GIS mapping of the county down to six-inch scale accuracy.
To show appreciation to the DeSoto County School District in the first week of the new school year, First Tennessee Bank provided lunch for about 250 Central Services employees Friday afternoon in Hernando. The meals were purchased at a 20 percent discount from the Olive Branch Chick-fil-A a…
For residents of the City of Hernando living primarily in the Jaybird Road area, the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has issued a Precautionary Boil-Water Alert for customers who receive their drinking water from their water supply located in DeSoto County.
Hernando aldermen Tuesday heard a proposal by developers of the Hernando West project that in a nutshell would finance a major sewer trunk line to serve approximately 1,000 Hernando residents residents and allow for expansion of the city's sewer service.
The DeSoto County School District (DCS) Board of Education has two seats up for election this November and Wednesday was the first day for candidates to file to be placed on the ballot.
A newly-placed stop sign along Lee's Summit Drive in Hernando has helped to slow down speeders but the larger question of whether a raised speed hump or crosswalk is needed along Monteith Drive is still being studied.
Chick-fil-A’s annual Topple the Truck fundraiser for DeSoto County Schools delivered school supplies Monday afternoon to the DCS Central Services office in Hernando. The Chick-fil-A locations in Southaven and Olive Branch have collected items for schools to have access to during the year. A …
Vacation has officially ended for what is expected to be another record number of students in Mississippi’s largest school district as Monday started classes in the DeSoto County School District.
For years, the residents living along flood-prone Holly Springs Road have had to contend with frequent flooding and erosion of the roadway during high-water events.
The DeSoto County Sheriff’s Department is welcoming four new deputies who excelled during the 12-week Mississippi Law Enforcement Officer’s Training Academy in Pearl. The group brought back awards ranking them in the top tier of their class. The awards were for firearms training and academic…
Law enforcement agencies across the country are using an event set for Tuesday to try to build back relationship and communication bridges between police and the public that may have weakened over the past few years.
All is about ready for the new school year to start on Monday, Aug. 6 in the DeSoto County School District (DCS).
DeSoto County is getting charged up for the Mid-South Area Job Fair in Southaven with a new location this year.
The newly-minted District Governor of Rotary District 6800 is urging members of the Mid-South's largest contingent of Rotarians to become more "engaged" in their communities.
Loss of oxygen in surface water in DeSoto County's lakes, ponds and streams is the most common cause of natural fish kills which are common in hot months like August and September.
Loss of oxygen in surface water in DeSoto County's lakes, ponds and streams is the most common cause of natural fish kills which are common in hot months like August and September.
A truly spectacular back-to-school event is set for Aug. 11 for a new faith-based school, Grove Christian Academy, which plans to open its doors to the community on Aug. 13.
The Unknown Child Foundation recently received a donation in the amount of $1,800 from SouthGroup Insurance in the honor and memory of Rex Haynes who passed away in January of 2017. Family, friends and members of the Unknown Child Foundation gathered for the recent check presentation.
"Nee how" — that's howdy in Chinese.
The first day of the education year started a little earlier on Friday for about 270 new employees of Mississippi’s largest school district. They were the ones being educated and not doing the educating, however.
Entergy Mississippi President and CEO Haley Fisackerly (second from left) recently presented a $5,000 grant to the DeSoto County Foundation for Excellence In Education for its first annual “Pathways2Possibilities” DeSoto Career Expo. The interactive technical career fair will give some 3,000…
Diane Smith, Classified Manager for the DeSoto Times-Tribune, is manning the newspaper's effort to help with the "Operation Feed" Food Drive for the Mid-South Food Bank, now through July 31.
The office of Marathon Pipe Line off Old Highway 51 in Nesbit will look a lot less cluttered next week.
Shoppers in DeSoto County and across the state of Mississippi may have a few extra pennies jingling in their pocket or purse if they are out making purchases this weekend.
Walking across a busy street will soon become safer for pedestrians in the DeSoto County seat.
Warmer weather and a bumper crop of produce has helped the Hernando Farmers Market, America's 13th "Best Farmers Market," rebound.
Diane Smith, Classifieds Manager for the DeSoto Times-Tribune, is manning the newspaper's effort to help with the "Operation Feed" Food Drive for the Mid-South Food Bank, now through July 31.
The rumble of tanks and rat-a-tat-tat of machine gun fire echo in the memories of soldiers who served on the frozen battlefields of World War II and Korea and in the dense, steamy jungles of Vietnam.
People behind a new residential-commercial development near the Getwell-Starlanding Road intersection can move ahead with their plans following a zoning approval vote by the DeSoto County Board of Supervisors Monday morning.
The DeSoto County School District (DCS) has been asked again by a Wisconsin group to stop what it terms “unconstitutional prayer” at school functions.
Melissa Green, Director of Accreditation and MIS for the DeSoto County School District, assists Dexter and Nathan Washington in the online registration process. Green’s office at Central Services in Hernando has extended hours ahead of the start of school to assist in the registration proces…
Six years ago, 85-year-old George Martin's granddaughter Jeanette passed away leaving a toddler behind to rear and raise by a host of loving relatives in the quiet Hill Street community of Hernando.
With the start of the 2018-2019 DeSoto County School District (DCS) classroom year about to start on Aug. 6, three school administrative changes have been announced.
Motorists speeding down Monteith Drive and the ones who utilize Summit Drive as a shortcut to Holly Springs Road could be in for a rude awakening soon — quite literally.
The firearms policy at the Landers Center, the busy venue in Southaven that hosts concerts, sporting events and other events such as high school graduations, came into question at a recent meeting of the DeSoto County Board of Supervisors.
Voters wishing to cast ballots in runoff elections are being given more time to register to vote in those elections, pursuant to a petition by a civil rights group.
Thousands of spectators and hundreds of softball and baseball players from around the Southeast have converged on Snowden Grove Park and Greenbrook Park in Southaven this past week as the Dizzy Dean World Series got underway.
Daniel Davis, 16, is a budding artist who aspires to be the next Edgar Degas, or perhaps Claude Monet.
Daniel Davis, 16, is a budding artist who aspires to be the next Edgar Degas, or perhaps Claude Monet.
Grace abounds in the lives of youngsters who often don't have a chance to grow spiritually or in character.