There are 8 article(s) tagged Jessie Medlin:

• January 2025

  • DeSoto County Board of Supervisors chooses leaders

    Mark Gardner replaces outgoing president Lee Caldwell, who will continue on the board but not as an officer.

    By Rob Moore January 06, 2025

• June 2024

  • DeSoto 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. 

    By Rob Moore June 19, 2024

• January 2024

  • DeSoto officials embrace nearby $1.9B EV battery plant

    Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed an incentive package worth more than $400 million, finalizing the state’s role in a deal that will see three companies invest nearly $2 billion in an EV battery facility in Marshall County. 

    By Rob Moore January 25, 2024

• October 2023

  • Two DeSoto County Board of Supervisors incumbents draw challengers

    Districts 1 and 3 will be decided in Mississippi’s Nov. 7 general election. Three other seats are on the ballot, but are uncontested.

    By Beth Sullivan October 23, 2023

• August 2022

  • Getting nowhere with state on I-55 project, DeSoto officials turn to social media

    DeSoto leaders have asked for funding to widen I-55, U.S. 51 and Miss. 305 multiple times, but those requests have fallen on deaf ears. 

    By Toni Lepeska August 25, 2022

• June 2022

  • DeSoto officials looking for quick fix to Miss. 305

    The widening of Miss. 305 south of Church Road to Interstate 269 to five lanes is number 15 on Mississippi’s priority list of improvements.

    By Toni Lepeska June 19, 2022

• March 2022

  • North Mississippi officials seek relief options for congested Miss. 305

    As Miss. 305 continues to be more congested in DeSoto County, local officials are searching for alternatives to ease the problems — none of which seem to be a quick fix.

    By Toni Lepeska March 26, 2022

• February 2022

  • Controversial industrial zoning in Olive Branch approved by split vote

    Olive Branch aldermen voted Tuesday night to approve a rezoning request that pitted city and county officials and the interests of industry and homeowners against each other.

    By Toni Lepeska February 16, 2022