Southaven invests in police, fire depts. with proposed budget
For a budget totaling $121,240,700, 51% of Southaven’s proposed budget would go to public safety.
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For a budget totaling $121,240,700, 51% of Southaven’s proposed budget would go to public safety.
An updated ordinance now allows cannabis dispensary owners to choose how to secure their business.
The former employee was terminated Friday, Aug. 23, according to the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office.
Kyl Alton Hall was indicted Tuesday, Aug. 20, on three felony charges.
Sgt. Bryan Andrews took charge of the DeSoto County sheriff’s sex-offender registry in 2021, shifting the department’s reactive posture when investigating noncompliant offenders to one more proactive.
After months on the lam, DeSoto County escapee Joshua Zimmerman was found barricaded in a Chicago restaurant. Related content:
Southaven officials say the new addition will turn the venue into one of the most competitive convention centers in Mississippi.
When the second shot echoed from the quiet Hernando neighborhood on Mason Drive, Raymond Laws began to understand what was happening, and by the third shot, he knew with certainty.
Colby Towles, 34, was indicted on two counts, one for attempted murder and another for aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer stemming from his arrest in March.
A DeSoto County grand jury returned nearly 60 indictments this month against registered sex offenders.
A high school in Olive Branch reported the highest rate of chronic absenteeism countywide at 46.88%.
Chris Newson has more than a million followers across TikTok, Instagram and Facebook combined, and customers come from all over the U.S. to visit his shop in Southaven’s Silo Square.
The DeSoto County city’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted Tuesday, Aug. 6, to approve right-of-way dedication for the connector just south of Church Road.
Police Capt. Brett Logazino detailed two recent incidents when the wrecker service transported vehicles from DeSoto County to Memphis, a move that could hinder criminal investigations.
Officers with the Olive Branch Police Department responded to a traffic incident near Terrace Stone Drive during the early morning hours of Saturday, Aug. 3, later confirming the death of the rising baseball star.
Players will take part in the Mississippi’s only professional men’s tennis tournament for $25,000 in prize money.
Sippin Silo opened earlier this year in Silo Square, with a serve-yourself bar offering 24 different wines, including a non-alcohol option, as well as craft cocktails.
The contract primarily concerns requirements the DeSoto County Juvenile Correctional Facility must meet to receive federal funding.
County-wide, Hernando Elementary School and Lake Cormorant Elementary School had the highest percentages of students who out-performed a state benchmark.
A Circuit Court judge has issued a gag order to prevent DeSoto County’s Matthew Barton from speaking publicly about an inmate who escaped from custody and remains at large.
The U. S. District Court of the Southern District of Mississippi ruled on Tuesday, July 2, that some of the districts drawn in 2022 violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
Speaking to The Daily Memphian on Wednesday, July 17, Young said he is running as the “only conservative in the next election.”
The project will widen Snowden Lane, among other improvements, and upgrade fixtures at Autumn Woods.
“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.
“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.