There are 289 article(s) tagged DeSoto County:

• August 2020

  • Alex Grisanti is sober, slimmer, and headed to Southaven

    Alex Grisanti is keeping his food truck but is headed back to the kitchen. He’s opening Elfo’s, the first Grisanti restaurant in DeSoto County, next month.

    By Jennifer Biggs August 20, 2020

• July 2020

  • Daily coronavirus positivity rate at lowest level in 10 days

    On Tuesday, July 21, the Shelby County Health Department reported 211 new coronavirus cases (from 1,862 tests) and no additional deaths.

    By Elle Perry July 21, 2020

  • Acute care, ICU bed utilization down 1% since last week

    Shelby County’s 304 new coronavirus cases come from 1,678 tests, a positivity rate of 18.1%. 

    By Elle Perry July 20, 2020

• May 2020

  • Mississippi cases grow by 273, deaths by 17

    Through May 24, 9,401 people in Mississippi are considered recovered from the disease. 

    By Elle Perry May 26, 2020

  • Mississippi cases increase by 255

    One of those deaths was in DeSoto County.

    By Elle Perry May 21, 2020

  • Mississippi adds 263 cases, 16 deaths

    DeSoto County has 418 confirmed cases and five deaths.

    By Elle Perry May 20, 2020

  • Mississippi adds 272 cases, 27 deaths

    DeSoto County has 404 confirmed cases and five deaths, according to the state's Department of Health. 

    By Elle Perry May 19, 2020

  • Coronavirus live blog May 17: State reports 100 new cases

    Tennessee Department of Health reported 100 new cases of COVID-19 Sunday for a total of 17,388. Three new deaths were also confirmed.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 18, 2020

• April 2020

  • Coronavirus live blog, April 5: Tenn. reports 3,633 cases, up from 3,321

    There are now 3,633 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Tennessee, up from 3,321 Saturday. There have been 44 deaths in the state, up from 43 Saturday.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 06, 2020

  • Coronavirus Daily Blog: Shelby County reports 754 coronavirus cases, 11 deaths

    There are 132 reported cases of COVID-19 in DeSoto County as of Sunday, April 5, according to the latest numbers from the Mississippi Department of Health.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 06, 2020

• March 2020

  • Coronavirus daily blog, March 18: Health Department confirms fourth Shelby case

    • Tennessee's 98 cases mostly in patients between 18-49 years old
    • Small business emergency declared
    • Nike donating $500,000 to Memphis response
    • Community Foundation launches response fund

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 20, 2020

• January 2020

  • Google search: Southaven may head the list for ops center

    Google has been looking for a site in Southaven for its operations center, according to sources not directly involved in the company's search.

    By Tom Bailey January 06, 2020

• November 2019

  • Amazon to build facility, hire 500 in Olive Branch

    A new Amazon fulfillment center will handle larger products with the help of 500 employees receiving starting pay at $15 an hour. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff November 18, 2019

• November 2018

  • Two die in crash of tour bus headed for Tunica on I-269

    Two people were killed and 44 were injured when a tour bus headed to Tunica flipped over on an icy section of Interstate 269 in DeSoto County Wednesday afternoon.

    By Yolanda Jones November 15, 2018

• October 2018

  • DeSoto corporate park sold; vo-tech school to expand

    The 32-acre Desoto Farms Corporate Park in Horn Lake has sold, with Delta Technical College planning to expand there, according to commercial real estate investment services firm Marcus & Millichap.

    By Tom Bailey October 26, 2018