Results of the initial testing of third graders in Mississippi for reading assessment have been released. While most youngsters were able to score past a higher bar set for them this year to be promoted to fourth grade, there are some who hoped they were able to achieve the needed scores on …
According to the latest information, DeSoto County remained one of the Mississippi counties with the lowest unemployment rates among the 82 counties in the Magnolia State.
You can look for a bit of DeSoto County in the festivities surrounding one of the most prestigious automobile races in the world this Memorial Day weekend.
There is a need for more workforce training programs in Northwest Mississippi, according to the president of Northwest Mississippi Community College (NWCC), and the school is in the early stages toward fulfilling that need.
Olive Branch High School art student Hannah Cobb won Best of Show at the Olive Branch Arts Council’s annual Young at Art Student Art Exhibition held at Northcentral Electric Power Association.
The DeSoto County Republican Women (DCRW) gave the House of Grace a $500 donation at its meeting on Thursday, May 16 at the M.R. Davis Public Library in Southaven. From left are DCRW president Ashleigh Parker, Lorine Cady with the House of Grace, along with Melissa Dabar and Bettye Van Vulpe…
In a place rich in history, Olive Branch is glad to share their history with their future, something that was again done this week through the fifth annual History Tour for the city’s elementary students.
A vast majority of Olive Branch and adjacent areas found themselves in the dark, so to speak, for up to one hour Thursday morning.
Southaven aldermen have planned two meetings for next week, due to high school graduations requiring some members of the board to not be able to attend the regularly scheduled Tuesday session.
A Cordova, Tenn. man is being held in the DeSoto County Adult Detention Center in Hernando, awaiting extradition back to Shelby County on murder charges.
The staff at Center Hill High School came together last month to support a fellow teacher, Ginny Shikle, who has lost her hair while battling breast cancer.
American, state and local flags across DeSoto County and the country, such as this flag at the Landers Center in Southaven, flew at half-staff Wednesday, May 15 in honor of Peace Officers Memorial Day. President Donald Trump issued a proclamation to that effect in honor of law enforcement of…
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Some may question the need for job fairs to seek new employees when the unemployment rate in Mississippi and DeSoto County has remained fairly stable at 4.9 percent, what some people have said are near-record levels for employment in the state.
The Blue Mountain College student body has elected Ed Bender from Olive Branch as the 2019-2020 president of the Student Body Association. Bender is a senior business administration major and will lead the 12-member student organization that serves as a liaison between BMC students and the a…
(Editor's note: After this item was published, Olive Branch Old Towne officials announced it was canceling its Mayfest celebration and the 5K run this year due to the threat of rain.)
With the help of sponsors, volunteer organizations and U.S. Postal Service employees in 10,000 communities nationwide, the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) will conduct its 26th annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive on Saturday, May 11.
Northwest Mississippi Community College will hold its 103rd commencement exercises on Friday, May 17. A ceremony will be held at 8 a.m. for the Associate of Arts degree candidates and at 1 p.m. for Career Certificates, Technical Certificates, and Associate of Applied Science candidates.
When they first hit the living room floor, bedroom floor, outside sandbox, even underneath bare feet, some 50 years ago, the die-cast vehicles from Mattel called “Hot Wheels” quickly became a favorite for boys and girls alike. It was a child’s dream to set up a track and see how fast their c…
The old Johnny Horton country song goes, “When it’s springtime in Alaska, it’s 40 below.”
Mississippi employment figures remained at historic lows during the month of March, according to information received from the Mississippi Department of Employment Security, or DES.
Woodmen Life Chapter 1408 in Southaven Thursday presented the DeSoto County School District with new American flags for each of its 42 attendance centers. Since 1947, Woodmen Life as a company has donated more than three million flags to worthy institutions. From left are DCS Supt. Cory Usel…
(From left) Horn Lake Mayor Allen Latimer, DeSoto County Schools Supt. Cory Uselton and Longview Heights Baptist Church Pastor Whit Lewis served as judges of a costume contest held as part of the recent Blue Block Party, hosted by the Arc Northwest Mississippi and held on the church’s parkin…
As state education officials and legislative leaders try to determine what went wrong when it was discovered not all state public school teachers and others were not part of a $1,500 pay raise for next year passed in this year’s lawmaking session, a candidate for governor came to DeSoto Coun…
Mississippi Highway Patrol Lt. Col. Thomas Tuggle, a Hernando native and current executive director of the Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers’ Training Academy, speaks during the annual DeSoto County Public Safety Officers Memorial service on the DeSoto County Courthouse square Friday morn…
Four new principals for DeSoto County Schools were introduced at the conclusion of Thursday’s district board meeting. From left are Cornell Phillips (Lake Cormorant High), Kristy Dunning (Horn Lake Elementary), Cynthia Dixon (Greenbrook Elementary), and Kris Perkins (Olive Branch Middle). Th…
Four new principals for DeSoto County Schools were introduced at the conclusion of Thursday’s district board meeting. From left are Cornell Phillips (Lake Cormorant High), Kristy Dunning (Horn Lake Elementary), Cynthia Dixon (Greenbrook Elementary), and Kris Perkins (Olive Branch Middle). Th…
DeSoto County Schools was recognized by the University of Mississippi-DeSoto Center with its annual T.P. Vinson Award during its Graduation Celebration Tuesday in Southaven. The award recognizes contributions from those outside of the campus who have helped the Ole Miss –DeSoto Center grow …
It’s been two decades now that DeSoto County realtor Wayne Bartley has taken some time to play some golf with a purpose. Or at least get about 140 of his golfing buddies to come out and play for a purpose.
Northwest Mississippi Community College freshman Kaitlyn Anne Hopper of Olive Branch was named Most Beautiful at the Northwest Beauty Review on April 24. The event was held in Howard Coliseum on the Senatobia campus. Nineteen young women competed in this year's event, and judges selected Mos…
Mississippi’s First Lady sees women holding positions of influence in business as a growing segment that will offer benefits to the state’s economy.
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Three men have been arrested in connection with a road rage incident that resulted in a motorist being shot.
Things got a little “earthy” around the DeSoto County Courthouse Square Saturday morning. Along with the start of the season for the Hernando Farmers Market, DeSoto County government officials hosted about 50 different exhibits and vendors around the square for its yearly Earth Day celebration.
Mississippi’s Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce believes the state should be actively working to bring up a new generation of people involved in agriculture.
To celebrate Friday, April 26 as National Arbor Day, Olive Grove Terrace celebrated by planting of a magnolia tree at its location. The magnolia tree received the most votes among its residents. Michael Hatcher of Michael Hatcher Landscaping and Olive Grove Terrace Administrator John Bianco …
Keith Fulcher will join the Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi as Executive Vice President, the foundation announced Friday. Fulcher has served at Delta State University for 23 years as executive director of the Alumni Foundation, director of development and most recently as speci…
DeSoto County Schools (DCS) Supt. Cory Uselton has told his district teachers and teacher assistants that all of them will receive a $1,500 pay raise next school year, even if it means coming up with funds from the district budget to make up the difference.
The DeSoto County trusty sought after his escape from a work detail Wednesday afternoon has been found, authorities stated Thursday afternoon.
An intruder into a DeSoto County home was shot by the homeowner and is being treated at a Memphis hospital.
As you meet Olive Branch teenager Marybeth Griffin and hear about all the activities and things the high schooler is involved in, you may quickly ask yourself, “How does she find the time for it all?”
DeSoto County will celebrate Earth Day this Saturday in Hernando. It is the ninth annual Earth Day Celebration held on the DeSoto County Courthouse square.
The DeSoto County Sheriff’s Department Wednesday afternoon was seeking Robert Gene Heath, age 42 of Adamsville, Tenn., a trusty who escaped from a work detail near the DeSoto County Schools Bus Maintenance Facility early that afternoon.
In front of the DeSoto County Courthouse in Hernando stands a monument to men who have given their all, literally, to protect and serve their community and county.
A DeSoto County jailer is now himself in trouble with the law.
Living in the shadow of all of what is found north of the state line in Memphis, DeSoto County Tourism officials know they have to work hard and be creative in how they can get Mid-South visitors to spend some time in the county during their visits to the region.
Area Realtors were back in the community again on Wednesday, April 17 to help eliminate hunger in the Mid-South.
Sean Cook recently rallied his Boy Scout Troop Pack 190 to contribute dog food and supplies to Blackwell Animal Rescue Center and is shown with the items goodies loaded in his mother’s car for the rescue. One of the issues BARC has getting enough food to the fosters so they don’t have to be …
With Mississippi State University MSU President Mark E. Keenum at this year’s President’s Commission on the Status of Women Awards Ceremony are, from left, Morgan K. Green, a mechanical engineering graduate student from Olive Branch; Shelby B. Baldwin, a senior marketing major from Ridgeland…
DeSoto County officials stated Thursday morning a man taken into custody in Osceola, Arkansas is a person the Sheriff’s Department has been seeking on sexual battery charges.
Olive Branch police say the arrest of three men, two from Memphis and one from Olive Branch, may help solve several recently reported vehicle burglaries in the city.
