The DeSoto County trusty sought after his escape from a work detail Wednesday afternoon has been found, authorities stated Thursday afternoon.
Southaven Police are investigating a shooting that took place Wednesday night.
The area around Snowden Grove Park is set to get pretty busy the remainder of the week, as the city’s 39th birthday is celebrated with the annual Springfest event, now underway through Saturday.
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 …
Three Northpoint Christian School students are District 1 Ag Art Contest Winners in Mississippi Farm Bureau’s Agricultural Art Contest. Their work will go on to the State level with winners to be featured in a calendar. As District winners, these three students each win a ribbon and a moneta…
Northpoint Christian School sophomore Jackson Flowers scored a perfect 36 composite score on the ACT. He made a 36 in all categories of the ACT including: math; science; STEM; English; and Reading. He was among the Northpoint sophomores and juniors that took the ACT at the school on April…
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.
It’s not often the opening of a new business comes with as much “splash” as is happening today. It’s also not very often where that business opening happens with such an outpouring of community service at the same time.
As expected, Wednesday's court hearing to hear the challenge to the City of Olive Branch annexing about 50 square miles of land in the Center Hill, Lewisburg, Bridgetown, Pleasant Hill and Cedar View communities inside its city limits did not take long.
The ability of a candidate for DeSoto County supervisor to speak on behalf of his candidacy to a governmental body was challenged before Southaven Mayor Darren Musselwhite and the Southaven Board of Aldermen Tuesday night.
Discussions on several issues highlighted the trip of DeSoto County and city officials to the Nation’s Capitol this past week.
Monday is Tax Day and last-minute income tax filers have been reminded by the U.S. Postal Service of where and when they can get their tax forms into the post office to make the Monday deadline.
Most youngsters get excited about the chance to swing, slide, climb and twirl around on a playground. There’s something that screams just plain “fun” when mom or dad points in the direction of swings or a slide and says, “Go!”
The Mississippi Roses (MS) Chapter of the Links, Incorporated hosted the 2019 High School Oratorical Contest on Saturday, April 6, 2019 at Doxey Auditorium on the campus of Rust College.
Joined by Southaven Police School Resource Officer Javier Iniguez, Morgan Tibbens takes the honorary lap of the DeSoto Central High School track to begin the annual Area 16 Special Olympics Track and Field event Wednesday morning. Hundreds of participants took part in the event highlighting …
Having a good time enjoying a hobby interest that also serves an important service when severe weather or disasters strike was a good reason for a “party” Saturday in a school parking lot.
DeSoto County got busy with its spring cleaning on Saturday, the start of this year’s Spring Clean Up Week that continues through this coming Sunday.
DeSoto County school board members Monday approved the construction of a Ninth Grade Academy building for DeSoto Central High School, similar to one now functioning at Southaven High School.
Trust me, it was not a re-creation of the 1985 teen science fiction movie Weird Science happening, but science was involved on the Northpoint Christian School campus in Southaven Thursday in the form of the school’s Explore Zone.
Two of the three Republicans campaigning for the party’s nomination in the governor’s race Tuesday met on a Mississippi State University stage to debate for the first time.
Two of the three Republicans campaigning for the party’s nomination in the governor’s race Tuesday met on a Mississippi State University stage to debate for the first time.
The DeSoto County Schools Board of Education will hold its first meeting in April on Monday, April 8, It begins at 3 p.m. in the boardroom at the Central Services office, 5 E. South Street in Hernando.
It’s been a battle of minds inside Longview Heights Baptist Church in Olive Branch this week. Successful competitors need not have knowledge of religion and spiritual matters. But those who succeed in this competition should know a lot about math, history, language arts, science and current events.
Southaven police are investigating a weekend incident where a man died in the aftermath of a safety check on I-55.
There were certainly many basketball fans glued to the television sets Friday night, watching to see if their NCAA brackets had survived another round, or if they’ve been completely busted, as many are by now.
On what became a cloudy, and later a rainy Saturday afternoon, barbecue wafted in the air in front of the Sportsman’s Warehouse location in the Southaven Towne Center during the day.
Public school teachers in DeSoto County and across the state of Mississippi should expect to see some increase in their salaries from the state next school year, although it will likely be not as much as they were hoping to see.
Workers were busy Thursday putting the final touches on the surface that is being used this weekend for the Monster Jam performances at the Landers Center in Southaven. The first performance was Friday night with performances also scheduled for Saturday afternoon, Saturday evening and Sunday…
Going out for lunch at a DeSoto County sandwich shop Wednesday meant more than just eating out. Hungry customers were aiding a local agency dealing with victims of abuse while also satisfying their own appetites.
Some agricultural land at Arkabutla Lake is being made available for lease to the public, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reported Tuesday.
DeSoto County continues to boast a vibrant economy for business but still reaches out to those seeking to connect with them for new job opportunities.
Olive Branch police Sunday were searching for a man connected in a fatal shooting that took place late Friday night.
They say ‘you write about what you know.’ Songwriters typically reflect themselves in their music, so you really hear the “soul” of a musician when you hear their sound, especially in their own original compositions.
While the current issue of annexation in DeSoto County squarely involves Olive Branch and areas south and east of the city, another DeSoto County city official has voiced an opinion on a separate annexation issue in the Legislature that would impact future efforts in the county.
New reports that have recently come out from a number of sources continue to attest to DeSoto County’s good health and good livings.
The Mississippi Council of Teachers of Mathematics Junior High Math Competition was held on the Senatobia campus of Northwest Mississippi Community College. On March 20, students from surrounding district schools traveled to the campus for testing. Northwest math instructors Susan Leake and …
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant has said he would sign a bill that has passed the state Legislature, a bill that would set further restrictions on abortions in the state. It would make the state among the toughest in the nation to get the procedure, but may also place the state on a road involv…
DeSoto County Tourism and the Convention Visitors Bureau seeks to enhance and update the visual image of the county as a historical and heritage destination. The organization has received funding through the Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area (MHNHA) to do that.
Republicans at Mississippi State University have invited three of the major candidates from their party to discuss issues in early April on the Starkville campus.
Municipal governments in DeSoto County return to their meeting rooms Tuesday as Boards of Aldermen gather in regular session.
The prevailing attitude among state lawmakers in Jackson appears to be that public school teachers and teacher assistants in Mississippi are deserving of some sort of a pay raise from the state’s portion of their paycheck.
Complaints against a Southaven OB-GYN that led to his license being temporarily suspended may be among the reasons he has now been indicted and is facing more serious charges.
You can expect discussion between the DeSoto County Board of Supervisors and Sheriff Bill Rasco during Monday’s meeting about the Sheriff’s Department budget, with the conversation to center on the school resource officers at some county schools.
A DeSoto County city is among the state’s highest for evictions and the numbers across the state may grow with the Mississippi House passage of a bill that addresses the eviction of tenants. The bill is now headed to Gov. Phil Bryant for signing.
A new scam making its way now attempts to get direct deposits of employees’ pay to another bank account.
