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“We’re not interested in making it harder to get contraceptives,” Gov. Tate Reeves said Monday after a previous, national news story was headlined that the governor “doesn’t rule out banning contraception if Roe falls.”
Southaven’s House of Grace thrift store will remain open with a new organization – Hope Missions International – overseeing the business.
While the long-awaited road improvements are underway around the Landers Center, the work should not cause traffic problems for high school graduations in DeSoto County.
Olive Branch Mayor Ken Adams has narrowed the list of finalists who’ve interviewed for the job of police chief Don Gammage, whose last day will be June 30.
As costs continue to rise, trying to reach an estimated cost for expansion of the Landers Center is a moving target.
A draft of a report by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers could provide some relief to flooding in the Bullfrog Corner section of DeSoto County.
Each school has coverage, but only some get a full-time officer.
The levee is slated in plans to parallel the east side U.S. 51, south of Goodman, protecting properties from Horn Lake Creek farther east.
Officials have hammered out details of the proposed ordinance after getting clarification from the state on their ability to regulate the cannabis business.
Even the new chief wasn’t aware, as of last night, that he is indeed the new chief.
Olive Branch’s new police chief steps up to his new role after serving as the department’s deputy chief.
While students are away on their summer break, officials with DeSoto County Schools are working to accomplish all the duties necessary while classes are out of session.
The widening of Miss. 305 south of Church Road to Interstate 269 to five lanes is number 15 on Mississippi’s priority list of improvements.
DeSoto County cities have been discussing the influx of rentals, particularly the trending practice of larger companies outbidding single families to buy private homes to rent.
The evolving story of what DeSoto County elected officials will do with the lifting of Mississippi’s prohibition on the sale and cultivation of medical marijuana is approaching an end.
Early in a June morning in 2006, two Olive Branch police officers approached a suspected stolen car. Gunfire erupted and 16 years later, authorities are still looking for the shooter.
Don Gammage is stepping down as Olive Branch police chief, ending a long career in law enforcement. Wounding of two Olive Branch officers in 2006 remains a mysteryRelated story:
Ed Crumpler uses his talent as an artist to maintain the character of Olive Branch by designing caricatures of the suburb’s residents.
Olive Branch elected officials reopened a discussion Tuesday on creating a residential rental property registry only two weeks after seemingly putting an end to any action.
Jessica Patch has shifted gears for her latest fiction novel focusing on a serial killer with plenty of local landmarks to set the scenes.
The new three-story physicians building will improve cancer care, consolidating two existing Southaven locations.
The 1-cent-per-dollar tax on prepared foods at places like restaurants and grocery delis has the potential to radically change the quality of recreation in the DeSoto County city.
Aldermen apply for grant to bring dam up to state standards.
The event kicked off the 20th annual, three-day competition with events open to the public Friday and Saturday at various sites in DeSoto County.
New Olive Branch police chief William Cox hopes to build a strong sense of morale within the department.