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A program started about four years ago has provided youngsters in trouble another avenue for growth and a return to a good life. The program now seeks interested people to be involved and make it an even more successful program.
Second graders in an Olive Branch elementary school class this week got a sweet lesson in STEM concepts.
We’ll learn Monday morning more about how DeSoto County plans to move forward on the surface and bridge improvements to Holly Springs Road, beset by flooding problems over the past several years.
On Friday, Dec. 14, 95.3 the Rebel radio station, the Northwest Mississippi Association of Realtors and Country Ford hosted the radio station’s eighth annual Toys For Tots Bike Drive. By mid-afternoon Friday, the drive had collected more than 100 bikes and several hundred toys. The Marine Co…
A single parent a long way from home with a youngster suffering with cancer may seem like quite a lot to deal with, but a friendship developed over soup and a deli sandwich, along with a world leader in pediatric cancer treatment, are together helping to take on the daunting task.
The race for the Republican Mississippi gubernatorial nomination in 2019 became a little more populated Tuesday evening and will now have a DeSoto County businessman and state representative among its candidates.
DeSoto County Sheriff’s Department deputies spent a busy Tuesday between a number of accidents due to slippery road conditions and a deputy-involved shooting incident near Lewisburg in the evening.
An Olive Branch woman has been sentenced to 20 years in jail on child abuse charges.
When does a grocery store serve more than just as a place to purchase food? When it serves a dual purpose.
Mississippi and DeSoto County voters turned out and made their voices heard during the 2018 election cycle that ended last month.
The Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi’s 19th annual Crystal Ball will present its Star of Hope honor to award-winning journalist and novelist Jesse J. Holland.
Overpark Elementary School fourth-grader Mikayla Lancaster led the DeSoto County Schools Board of Education meeting in the Pledge of Allegiance on Thursday, Dec. 6 in Hernando. Schoolchildren are routinely asked to lead the board meeting in the pledge during the school year.
Two graduates from the Olive Branch High School Marine Corps Junior ROTC attended the Army/Navy game Saturday, Dec. 9. Conner Sprout attends West Point and Jake Boyero attends the Naval Academy. They were both friends during high school and both were Commanding Officers during their senior y…
Former DCSD Law Enforcement Explorer Seth Bonetti is all grown up now and has started working at the DeSoto County Animal Shelter as an animal care technician.
The DeSoto County Board of Education has been recognized with three awards from the Mississippi School Boards Association. They are: Diploma Circle, for work in school governance skills; the Board of Merit, for continuing education training; and the Red Apple Attendance Award, for attending …
The internet gives us the ability to purchase items from the comfort of our living room or bedroom and sometimes those purchases are between you and another person, with those sales consummated after an arranged meeting at a agreed-upon location. Â
Churches and other such organizations can continue knocking on doors and spreading the Word, but door-to-door meat sales solicitors and other similar sales are now required to get a permit if they want to continue using that method of selling in Olive Branch.
Native DeSoto Countian Robert Foster, who currently serves as state representative from Hernando, is more than just a fresh face at the State Capitol in Jackson.
DeSoto County supervisors Monday tackled a couple of zoning issues but also held a short discussion about the handling of notices to code violators. Â
Burglaries are on the rise in DeSoto County, with a spate of burglaries and smash-and-grabs occurring over the weekend, according to DeSoto County Sheriff's Department officials.
Area individuals who just might be in for an early Christmas present by learning if they are on the State Treasurer's unclaimed property list have a golden opportunity.
You might assume from looking at him that this man is an athlete – a ball player, wrestler or a boxer perhaps – and, in a way, you'd be right. He is definitely a fighter, but his adversary is not in the ring.Â
Like father, like son.
When the City of Olive Branch recently put forward its plans to annex into the city areas of Center Hill, Pleasant Hill, Bridgetown, Lewisburg and Cedar View communities that are in the unincorporated parts of DeSoto County, not everyone seemed excited about the idea.
Students in an information technology class at the Career Tech-West campus in Horn Lake work on wiring a computer desktop unit Wednesday morning. Business leaders from DeSoto County were introduced to the programs and encouraged to partner with both the West and East campuses of the DeSoto C…
Students in an information technology class at the Career Tech-West campus in Horn Lake work on wiring a computer desktop unit Wednesday morning. Business leaders from DeSoto County were introduced to the programs and encouraged to partner with both the West and East campuses of the DeSoto C…
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith was poised to make history as the first woman duly elected to the U.S. Senate from Mississippi following election returns statewide in Tuesday night's runoff against Democratic challenger Mike Espy.
U.S. Senate runoff election
The Board of Trustees, Administration, and Chairman's Roundtable of Northpoint Christian School have announced the creation of the David H. Manley Scholarship at the school.
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Traffic along Interstate 269, the nation's newest super highway, is brisk since its opening on Oct. 26 with the exact count still being tabulated, according to Northern District Transportation Commissioner Mike Tagert in an interview with the DeSoto Times-Tribune on Monday.
Lewisburg High School cheerleaders Autumn Gentry (left) and Carrington Woods are among cheerleaders and dancers from across the nation who performed as part of the Varsity Spirit Spectacular at Walt Disney World Resort Nov. 28-Dec. 2. They were selected during a summer camp they took part in…
Mississippi First District Congressman Trent Kelly (R) led a bipartisan delegation to the Middle East where members served Thanksgiving Day lunch to servicemen and women stationed at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. More than 4,000 members of the 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team, Mississippi Nationa…
Nominations for the category of your choosing in the DeSoto's Best 2018 competition are open now.
DeSoto County 4-H Clubs were recently awarded a prestigious America's Farmers Grow Community Donation from Olive Branch farmer Carolyn Neergaard.
Shoppers were seen walking up and down the Tanger Outlets Friday morning, looking to take advantage of Black Friday specials. The first day of the Christmas shopping season after Thanksgiving saw many out looking for bargains that actually had started to be offered Thanksgiving evening.
The growing city of Olive Branch is about to grow again... literally.
Pantry helps all enjoy holiday.
Four members of the Lewisburg Middle School cheerleading team are representing an organization called Varsity Spirit in a Thanksgiving tour at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida. They were selected during summer camps as All-Americans to take part in a parade at Disney World. T…
DeSoto County building permits on pace to eclipse last year
The state of Mississippi is going to be the last state to fill a seat in the U.S. Senate this midterm election cycle when voters go to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 27.
The City of Olive Branch has added two new inductees to its Hall of Fame.Â
The Thanksgiving holiday next week will mean adjustments in the waste collection schedules in DeSoto County.Â
Two people died when a tour bus with 46 passengers on board overturned on an icy stretch at Interstate 269 and U.S. Hwy. 78 around midday on Wednesday, according to DeSoto County authorities.
With a population that would rival any small city, the DeSoto County Adult Detention Center has worked diligently during the past year to achieve one of the top accreditations of its kind in the nation.
More than 500 students and a number of volunteers took part in DeSoto County Schools Chess Championship held at Longview Heights Baptist Church in Olive Branch. The chess tournament is the largest annual chess tournament in the state of Mississippi.
A North Mississippi writer has contributed to a new book showing that grief is not something to be held close to yourself, but rather expressed in a way that fits your needs and personality the best.
The veterans who turned out to commemorate Veterans Day on the 100th anniversary of the "Great War," or the ending of the First World War, "kept their powder dry" so to speak as they gathered inside the National Guard Armory in Hernando for a luncheon in their honor.
U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith touched off a firestorm with comments made at a campaign stop in Tupelo two weeks ago which have just now surfaced that referenced a quote regarding that she would attend "a public hanging" if invited by a particular cattle rancher friend.
The Mississippi Tourism Association (MTA) presented their annual awards for tourism achievement for the year 2017 during activities at the Governor’s Conference on Tourism held at the Oxford Conference Center in Oxford on Sept. 23-25, 2018.
