There are 39 article(s) tagged DeSoto County Board of Supervisors:

• May 2023

  • DeSoto County OKs proposal for new garbage, recycling collection provider

    Residents in unincorporated DeSoto County will have a new sanitation collection service later this year and with the new company comes a higher cost.

    By Beth Sullivan May 02, 2023

• April 2023

  • DeSoto County tax collector doubles down on effort to get paid more

    DeSoto County tax collector Joey Treadway outlined some of the reasons he thinks municipalities in the North Mississippi county should pay for his services outside of the salary he collects from the county.

    By Beth Sullivan April 17, 2023

  • DeSoto County assesses damage from Friday’s severe weather

    As storms moved through the Mid-South last Friday night, the National Weather Service estimates that a tornado swept across a rural section of DeSoto County.

    By Beth Sullivan April 03, 2023

• March 2023

  • DeSoto County tax collector threatens to not collect taxes until he’s paid more

    DeSoto County Tax Collector Joey Treadway wants to renegotiate the formula for how he is paid as he runs unopposed for reelection later this year.

    By Beth Sullivan March 24, 2023

  • DeSoto County approves additional election equipment, supplies ahead of Aug. 8 primary

    Additional equipment is necessary to meet the needs of five new precincts as a result of redistricting, election commissioners said at the DeSoto County Board of Supervisors’ meeting on Monday, March 20.

    By Beth Sullivan March 21, 2023

• February 2023

  • DeSoto County bans TikTok on government-issued devices

    DeSoto County Board of Supervisors voted to ban the social media app following Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves' ban on state-issued devices.

    By Beth Sullivan February 09, 2023

  • DeSoto County Sheriff’s Department adopts paid parental leave policy

    The DeSoto County Sheriff’s Department will implement a paid leave program for parents of new children, covering employees’ paycheck for two weeks in connection with birth, adoption or foster placement.

    By Beth Sullivan February 07, 2023

• January 2023

  • DeSoto County single-family building permits down in 2022

    With higher interest rates as a deterrent and the rising cost of materials, single-family residential starts dipped in DeSoto County.

    By Toni Lepeska January 19, 2023

  • DeSoto County eyes 2023 election needs

    With a new set of election days looming in DeSoto County, officials are looking at new equipment, new voting locations and hoping to increase pay for poll workers.

    By Beth Sullivan January 06, 2023

  • Underserved DeSoto households get high-speed Internet by July 2025

    After years of pursuing adequate Internet service across DeSoto County, the Board of Supervisors have approved a plan that should upgrade underserved areas in the next three years.

    By Toni Lepeska January 04, 2023

  • DeSoto County Board of Supervisors names new leaders

    The DeSoto County board of Supervisors selected Ray Denison as its president for this year with Lee Caldwell moving into the vice president’s role.

    By Beth Sullivan January 03, 2023

• November 2022

  • A $37M fix ends flash flooding on DeSoto County road

    The floods carried debris that would block the road, and closures separated schools from their district emergency services.

    By Toni Lepeska November 17, 2022

  • DeSoto County wants relief for housing state prisoners

    With a growing number of state prisoners held in the DeSoto County Jail, officials are growing impatient with the population and the lack of reimbursements for keeping the inmates.

    By Toni Lepeska November 07, 2022

• May 2022

  • Rising costs of Landers Center work puts expansion in a quandary

    As costs continue to rise, trying to reach an estimated cost for expansion of the Landers Center is a moving target.

    By Toni Lepeska May 30, 2022