It was a day that was supposed to feature the music of Pomp and Circumstance as classmates, family, friends and others filled the Landers Center to watch the DeSoto Central Class of 2018 receive their diplomas.
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.
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.
The City of Southaven is joining other Mississippi cities in passing a resolution urging the state Legislature to send to the cities a portion of any sales tax collected through online purchases.
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.
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…
All is about ready for the new school year to start on Monday, Aug. 6 in the DeSoto County School District (DCS).
Southaven city department heads appeared before Mayor Darren Musselwhite and Board of Aldermen Thursday morning to detail their priorities and requests for the upcoming fiscal year.
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.
Southaven city officials are gathering at City Hall Thursday morning to further discuss what the Fiscal Year 2019 city budget will look like, when the new fiscal year starts Oct. 1.
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.
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.
Southaven Mayor Darren Musselwhite believes a good team effort is the backbone for success in most anything.
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.
A grand jury has decided not to indict one of three police officers involved in the fatal shooting of a Hispanic Southaven man on July 23, 2017.
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.
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.
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.
Note to thugs, predators and perpetrators: just quickly mark Brookhaven Park in Southaven off your hit list. It’s just not worth it.
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…
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.
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.
Young 11-year-old Seth Gallagher of Southaven will have quite the story to tell once school begins again and classmates share stories of what they did during summer vacation.
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.
The Southaven Fire Department will be using federal money to help make two of its fire stations safer with the eventual goal of doing the same thing at all of the city fire stations.
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.
Grace abounds in the lives of youngsters who often don't have a chance to grow spiritually or in character.
Southaven Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Carmen Kyle said Wednesday her organization continues to do its work for businesses of the state’s third largest city, despite a truck colliding with the Chamber’s office Tuesday morning.
DeSoto County authorities remain on the lookout for a DeSoto County teen who was reported missing on June 20. Chief Inspector Roger Hutchins with the DeSoto County Sheriff's Department said Abigail Foster, 16, was last seen in the Eudora area. Investigators said she has run away from home pr…
A Walls firefighter died in a two-vehicle crash in Southaven around 6 p.m. Monday, according to Southaven authorities and DeSoto County Interim Coroner Josh Pounders who later confirmed the death.
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