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Topgolf-inspired pickleball facility coming to Southaven
Designated as the third phase of Top of the ’Sipp, the pickleball facility will be called Bangers Pickleball and, if approved by the city, could open as soon as fall 2025.
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North MississippiDeSoto County plans for 38 resource officers in schools
With a new contract approved, DeSoto County Schools is altogether expected to spend more than $4 million on resource officers for the upcoming school year.
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North MississippiMBI special agent awarded for role in arrest of former Southaven officer
“Capt. Farish represents everything that is good in law enforcement,” said DeSoto County District Attorney Matthew Barton as he presented Farish with his office’s Behind the Badge Award. “He represents everything we strive to emulate.”
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North MississippiAmid population growth surge, Southaven preps to redistrict wards
From 2010 to 2020, the DeSoto County city’s population grew from less than 49,000 residents to almost 55,000. In 2000, Southaven’s population was around 29,000.
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North MississippiProspective owners considering Jerry Lee Lewis Ranch as a museum
“We want to offer a quality tour so that when people leave, they’re mesmerized by Jerry Lee’s career, his accomplishments, his home,” Todd Allen Herendeen, the property’s potential buyer, said.
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North MississippiDeSoto County Schools has ‘more money than it’s ever had’
“DeSoto County Schools has more money than it ever has,” said Stacey Graves, the district’s chief financial officer, during a presentation earlier this month. “That means we can do more things to move the district forward.”
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North MississippiDeSoto supervisors amend budget to give DA an additional prosecutor
This approval means the DeSoto County District Attorney’s Office will employ seven assistant district attorneys as it prepares to deliver more than 450 indictments, a total that would set a record for the county and the state.
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North Mississippi Southaven adopts new voting districts very much like the old ones
The new districts keep all six of the currently elected aldermen in their respective wards, and polling locations for each ward remain the same from the 2021 city elections with the exception of Ward 5.
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North MississippiDeSoto inmate escaped through courthouse ‘design flaw,’ sheriff says
Authorities have begun Phase 2 in the search for an escaped DeSoto County inmate, and the reward for his capture is $10,000.
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North Mississippi‘It was admitted’: DeSoto employee deletes evidence of inmate escape, DA says
“It did not take long for us to uncover a conspiracy to cover up and suppress certain evidence regarding the escape of Joshua Zimmerman,” DeSoto County District Attorney Matthew Barton said during a press conference Thursday, June 20.
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Public SafetyFugitive from three states at large: The criminal career of Joshua Zimmerman
Zimmerman is wanted by authorities in at least three states, including Texas for the 2023 murder of Keyanna Shantall Mercer in Houston.
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North Mississippi Scooter’s Coffee plans for opening in Horn Lake
If accepted by the city’s aldermen, the drive-thru only coffee shop would be built where a diner currently stands.
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North MississippiWork begins on nearly $2B EV battery facility in Marshall County
Earlier this year, Cummins, Daimler Trucks and Paccar announced plans to come together in a joint venture to build an EV battery facility in Byhalia, Mississippi.
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North Mississippi DeSoto County assistant district attorney resigns after being arrested
Thomas Waller was arrested Thursday, June 27, after Circuit Court Judge Celeste Wilson ordered him held for being intoxicated in court.
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July 2024
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Public SafetyReward for escaped DeSoto County inmate raised to $20K
Joshua Zimmerman, 31, was in court Friday, June 14, for a hearing related to multiple felony charges in DeSoto County including attempted murder, armed robbery and unlawful possession of a firearm.
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Collierville Fraser and Patton file paperwork for Collierville mayor race
Current Mayor Stan Joyner, 74, announced last month that he would not run for office again. Two members of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen have filed petitions to run for the office.
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North MississippiDeSoto supervisor concerned about immigrant facility in Tunica County
On a recent episode of “Red, White & True” — a podcast from the DeSoto County Republican Party — Caldwell said the idea, first proposed earlier this year despite objections from Tunica County officials, has “not been resolved.”
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North MississippiSouthaven residents brave the heat for Fourth of July extravaganza
The event featured food and craft vendors, a performance by the 41st Army Brass Band — the musical ambassador of the Mississippi Army National Guard — and a pyrotechnics display at the BankPlus Ampitheater.
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North MississippiMoore: Can the rift between DeSoto County sheriff and DA be fixed?
Sheriff Thomas Tuggle and District Attorney Matthew Barton were elected on the promise of keeping DeSoto County safe. Can they do that while their offices are at odds?
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North Mississippi A Jerry Lee Lewis memorial is coming to Silo Square, and you can be a part
The Jerry Lee Lewis Plaza will be unveiled in Silo Square in September.
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North Mississippi Roundabout construction to close Hernando intersection for 10 days
Hernando Mayor Chip Johnson says construction should be finished by the time DeSoto County Schools starts back on Aug. 1.
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North MississippiMississippi pushes for more time to redraw Black-majority districts
Earlier this month, a federal court affirmed that new state House and Senate districts drawn in 2022 diluted the power of Black voters.
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North Mississippi Olive Branch mayor seeks second term in growing city
“Sometimes it takes a second term to see things fully to fruition,” Mayor Ken Adams said, who says Olive Branch is on its way to becoming the largest city in DeSoto County.
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Music Jerry Lee Lewis’ 1983 Cadillac Eldorado returns home
The rare classic car has spent the past decade on Beale Street but will return to Mississippi as part of the “Jerry Lee Lewis Ranch Experience.”
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North MississippiDeSoto County could see new state Senate district
“The Mississippi Legislature effectively cracked the majority-Black community in Horn Lake across three districts and split Horn Lake and the historically Black town of Jago rather than keeping them together,” a federal court wrote.
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