There are 10 article(s) tagged City of Southaven:

• May 2025

  • Get to know Southaven Mayor Darren Musselwhite

    Southaven Mayor Darren Musselwhite is a little bit more than a politician. A look at his pet peeves, favorite food, hidden talents and his link to Cousin Charlie, the blues harmonica player.

    By Brandon LaGrone II May 06, 2025

• April 2025

  • Southaven expanding animal shelter

    As the Southaven community has grown, the need for an expanded facility has become increasingly apparent to both city officials and local animal welfare advocates.

    By Brandon LaGrone II April 02, 2025

• October 2024

  • Southaven now requires longer notice to issue special event permits

    Before the new application process, the city was issuing permits in some cases just hours before events started.

    By Rob Moore October 14, 2024

• September 2024

  • Southaven Police moving to new Silo Square precinct

    The new station is a part of the city’s plan for “aggressive growth of our police operation,” said Mayor Darren Musselwhite.

    By Rob Moore September 18, 2024

  • South Point grocery store coming to Silo Square

    “We build something new to look and feel old,” said Silo Square’s developer. “That’s what you have to do to get some of that old charm.

    By Toni Lepeska September 12, 2024

• August 2024

  • 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. 

    By Rob Moore August 28, 2024

• July 2024

  • Southaven 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.

    By Rob Moore July 04, 2024

• June 2024

  • 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.

    By Rob Moore June 19, 2024

• May 2024

  • Southaven tweaks nuisance-property ordinance following uptick in violent crime

    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. 

    By Rob Moore May 08, 2024

• March 2024

  • Landers Center funding leaps to more than $84M

    DeSoto County supervisors boost budget for expansion of the Southaven convention facility from $35 million approved in 2021, to $84.1 million.

    By Rob Moore March 23, 2024