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Updates on COVID-19 cases, DeSoto County response.
The Maddox Foundation has announced a $27,500 matching grant for donations to the Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi’s fund to meet the emergency nutritional needs of children.
Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto has set up an outside drive-through coronavirus testing station in front of the Southaven hospital’s emergency room entrance. Methodist Olive Branch Hospital has done the same outside its facility. Seven county medical clinics are also offering COVID-19 testi…
Customers will not be asked to pay a fee when paying their bills online
Governor Tate Reeves Tuesday signed an Executive Order that would require restaurants to suspend dine-in service. This would allow them to only supply goods by carry-out or delivery options. This measure is an attempt to promote social distancing and limiting groups of 10 or more.
It’s been a dreary, sad time with the discovery and growing threat of novel coronavirus, across the globe as well as in DeSoto County.
Civil emergencies have been declared in all four DeSoto County cities, and the County Board of Supervisors is urging its residents to stay at home to help flatten the curve of cases and curtail activities until the pandemic has passed.
Southaven, Olive Branch emergency declarations issued, county proclamation urges residents heed health officials' advice.
In response to the coronavirus health crisis, the Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi is seeking donations to its FEED DESOTO Fund. FEED DESOTO was established as an outgrowth of a 2017 Hunger Summit hosted by the Community Foundation and seventeen of its partners and has been fund…
MSDH also urges people not attend funerals, weddings, church services or other community or social events of more than 10 people.
Northpoint Christian School is completing its first week of remote learning. The school started remote learning on Wednesday, as a way for all 987 Northpoint students in grades PK-12 to continue the learning process while remaining closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mississippi state health officials on Thursday announced that 16 new positive cases of coronavirus, or COVID-19, have been discovered in the state. The new listing includes one more positive case discovered in DeSoto County.
Public schools in DeSoto County will continue to be shuttered through April 17, as directed by Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves. The governor made that announcement during a social media session with the public Thursday morning, March 19.
First possible coronavirus positive case in DeSoto County.
Hospitals in DeSoto County are restricting visitation as part of their effort to thwart the coronavirus outbreak.
DeSoto County officials discussed its response to the current COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus, threat.
As the DeSoto County School District (DCS) continues to deal with its response to the COVID-19, or coronavirus, pandemic, Mississippi's largest school district Sunday took action to ensure its employees are not forgotten.
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Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves Saturday announced that he has declared Mississippi is a state of emergency "to protect public health." It was the latest statewide action in response to the ongoing threat of COVID-19, commonly called coronavirus.
Northpoint goes to remote learning, DCS waits until Tuesday for class return.
Friday, March 13, President Donald Trump declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Mississippi and ordered Federal assistance to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds, and flooding from Jan. 10-11, 2020.
Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi president Tom Pittman will step down from that position on April 1, and the Foundation’s Executive Vice President Keith Fulcher will become president. Pittman has served as president since 2004 and will remain with the organization as president e…
Northwest Mississippi Community College is excited to announce the groundbreaking ceremony for its newest residence hall, set for Thursday, March 19, at 1:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend.
The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) Wednesday night reported its first presumptive positive case of coronavirus or COVID-19. Final verification will come from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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What has become a word the world is concerned about found its way into the Mid-South vocabulary Sunday when Shelby County, Tennessee Mayor Lee Harris announced the first confirmed case of COVID-19, commonly called coronavirus, in his county.
Mississippi State University (MSU) and Northwest Mississippi Community College signed a memorandum of understanding Thursday, March 5, to formalize partnership programs for students enrolled in technical education programs.
Mississippi State University (MSU) and Northwest Mississippi Community College signed a memorandum of understanding Thursday, March 5, to formalize partnership programs for students enrolled in technical education programs.
Voters in Mississippi return to the polls on Tuesday, March 10, as the 2020 election cycle begins with the Republican and Democratic primary vote.
The DeSoto Times-Tribune, in an effort to expand legislative and political coverage affecting DeSoto County and Mississippi, has announced a partnership with Y’all Politics as they seek to provide North Mississippi readers with up-to-date, relevant news on Mississippi government and state po…
Northwest Mississippi Community College history instructor Carla Townsend (second from right) receives a certificate and $400 check from the Mississippi Humanities Council (MHC) for being chosen as the college’s Humanities Teacher of the Year for the organization. Townsend, who teaches at De…
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From left are Lewisburg High School assistant principal Lawanda Wallace, students Katie Ditchkus and Anna Ruth Doddridge, and Rotary Club of Olive Branch president Tracy Kirkley. Ditchkus and Doddridge are the school’s Rotary Students of the Month and spoke to the Feb. 25 Rotary Club meeting…
The next time you go shopping for groceries at the Piggly Wiggly store in Olive Branch, or stock up on birdseed at Wild Birds Unlimited in Southaven, or even get hardware supplies at Germantown Hardware in Germantown, Tennessee, you might come across a uniquely designed birdhouse that’s avai…
DeSoto County supervisors Tuesday, Feb. 18 tabled for further review a request for new radios at the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Department.
Providing the Pledge of Allegiance to open the Feb. 20 DCS School Board meeting were Lewisburg Primary School students Taylor Burns and Harper Palmer. Students from various district schools are routinely asked to start the board meetings with the Pledge during the school year.
Members of the DCS School Board were recognized with two awards from the recent Mississippi School Boards Association meeting. They are the Gavel Circle Award for being an “A” District with the highest number of training hours, and the Lighthouse School Leader Beacon Award as a “A” District …
The two newest members of the DeSoto County Regional Utilities Authority, or DCRUA, Board of Commissioners are (from left) Tim Tucker of Walls, who was sworn into office at the board’s Wednesday, Feb. 19 meeting, and Steven Boxx of Horn Lake, who filled the vacancy after last April’s passing…
Gwen Cobb has a heart for youngsters, having been a school teacher for several years as part of the faculty at Southaven Elementary and Hernando Elementary schools before her retirement.
Fourteen Northwest Mississippi Community College students have been inducted into the 2019-2020 Northwest Hall of Fame, the highest honor a Northwest student can achieve based on their academic accomplishments and involvement in student life at the college. The group was honored at the Feb. …
Currently the Senior Chancellor for the Third Chancery District of Mississippi, which includes DeSoto County, Judge Percy Lynchard Jr. Friday announced his intentions to run for the Mississippi state Supreme Court.
As of Friday afternoon, Feb. 14, just over 20 people had come to the DeSoto County Health Department building in Hernando seeking disaster assistance from the Small Business Administration, or SBA.
A DeSoto County high school principal was placed on administrative leave Wednesday by the DeSoto County School District.
While New Hampshire residents were going to the polls for the first-in-the-nation primary vote on Tuesday, Presidential politics arrived in DeSoto County for likely the first time in this election cycle, ahead of the Mississippi primary date of March 10.
The DeSoto County School District (DCS) is making a strong push to get next year’s classrooms filled with good, quality teachers.
An Olive Branch man is in custody and charged with attempted murder after a shooting early Monday morning in Olive Branch.
Fourth suspect arrested in Olive Branch murder case.
Representatives with the federal Small Business Administration (SBA) will be in DeSoto County, starting Tuesday, Feb. 11, to assist residents affected by the Jan. 11 tornadoes in the county.
DeSoto County School District (DCS) parents can start planning summer vacations and Christmas vacations with the knowledge of knowing when the 2020-21 school year will begin and when it will end.
Sherry Johnson is nothing but positive about youngsters and what they can be, regardless of where they come from. Since starting in her church 13 years ago, Johnson’s mentoring program has injected that positivity in youngsters from kindergarten to college age.
Lewisburg High School instructor Patricia Clayton quickly discovered once she started teaching that the classroom was where she needed to be.
DeSoto County Spelling Bee winners were 14-year-old Iris Xue (first place, DeSoto Central Middle School), and 10-year-old Serena Edwards (second place, Hernando Middle School), display their awards after the event held Saturday, Feb. 1 in Hernando.
