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Tony Herring Jr. is charged with one count of felony vehicle theft and one count of conspiracy to commit vehicle theft, although law enforcement believes he is connected in multiple open cases.
During a media event earlier this week, Marie Feagins said the team would consist of people inside and outside the district, including other well-known superintendents.
All DeSoto County graduations will be held in mid-May at the Landers Center.
The Mississippi Legislature passed a bill allowing municipalities to allow low-speed vehicles like golf carts on public roads. Hernando officials are allowing those vehicles to operate in the DeSoto County city.
Memphis-Shelby County Schools saw the percentage of its students considered “chronically absent” jump from 18.4% in the school year before the COVID-19 pandemic to 28.9% in the school year after the pandemic.
DeSoto County Sheriff Thomas Tuggle, DeSoto County District Attorney Matthew Barton and DeSoto County Youth Court Judge Craig Treadway were joined by detectives and public-safety experts for the conversation at Brown Missionary Baptist Church in Southaven.
Lucky Dog opened Monday, April 8, at Silo Square, and the reception has been so popular that during the first days some patrons didn’t get seated.
For the 2022-23 school year, 28.52% of DeSoto County students were chronically absent.
Keith Williams, the district’s assistant superintendent of operations, said the updated dress code concerns discrepancies between current fashion trends and expectations for attire within the educational environment.
Starting Tuesday, April 23, through Saturday, April 27, the festival will offer games, rides and barbecue cooking contests.
With the change, Southaven residents will begin paying $17.64 for sanitation services, compared to the $12 a month they paid with Waste Connections. Some will also see their collection dates shift.
“Everybody is constantly focused on Memphis, Memphis, Memphis,” Tuggle said. “I will say something that’s probably going to shock you. The most violent criminals trying to get into our county are not coming from Memphis.”
Hernando Mayor Chip Johnson intends to nominate Bob Morris to a municipal judgeship when the city’s aldermen meet next on Tuesday, May 7.
The Mississippi Legislature ended the 2024 session approving a $7 billion state budget. Part of that funding is designated for widening a portion of Interstate 55 in DeSoto County.
Adam Emerson replaces Judge Anthony Nowak, who served on the city bench for 25 years. Robert Morris will become the city judge pro tempore.
Southaven’s aldermen amended an ordinance defining chronic-nuisance properties to include any location where two violent or felonious drug events occur during a two-year period.
Officials are turning to the Supreme Court of Mississippi after both judges for the 23rd Circuit Court District signed recusals, citing conflicts of interest.
Joey Treadway declared he won’t collect taxes if he doesn’t get a raise. But an injunction by Circuit Court Judge Albert B. Smith of Mississippi’s 11th Judicial District orders him to do his job.
“Today’s decision reaffirms what we set out to do with this lawsuit, and that was to protect the rights of citizens of DeSoto County and their community,” former Southaven Mayor Greg Davis said.
“Over the course of the next three to four years ... the airport’s going to be almost completely remodeled,” the airport’s manager said. “When it’s all completed, it’s going to be almost like a brand new airport.”
The passage rates at Hernando Hill Elementary and Lewisburg Elementary School were particularly high with success rates of 92.4% and 90.4%, respectively.
Built in 1991, Horn Lake’s current animal shelter can hold 47 dogs, but right now, the facility is well past capacity with about 95 strays.
Both of the new principals currently work for the district as assistant principals at other schools.
Delta Landing has broken ground across from the new Hernando High. The 250-acre development will include more than 500 single-family homes, about 90 condominiums and a separate senior living facility.
The new location for the chicken tender chain would be the first in the area.