Tate Reeves appoints DeSoto County judge to state Supreme Court

By , Daily Memphian Published: July 27, 2026 2:53 PM CT

The Southaven judge will replace Justice Robert Chamberlin on the state’s highest court.

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Celeste Wilson Tate Reeves Mississippi state Supreme Court Southaven
Aarron Fleming

Aarron Fleming

Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.

He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on DeSoto County and the surrounding municipalities.

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