There are 20 article(s) tagged Mayor Darren Musselwhite:

• January 2025

  • Landers Center executive director fired

    During a special meeting on Monday, Jan. 6, the DeSoto County Convention and Visitors Bureau’s Board of Directors voted to fire Todd Mastry, who had led the facility since 2011. 

    By Rob Moore January 08, 2025

• October 2024

  • Southaven converting closed Fred’s store into new court building

    “We’ve made tremendous investments in our police department,” said Southaven Mayor Darren Musselwhite. “When your police is more active, your court is more active. So our court is very busy.”

    By Rob Moore October 24, 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 wary for new business moving into ‘epicenter of auto crimes’

    Auto burglaries have become so common near the Southaven-Whitehaven border, city officials might deny a business wanting to occupy an empty building near Stateline Road and Airways Boulevard.

    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

  • Landers Center expansion called ‘most influential development’ in DeSoto

    Southaven officials say the new addition will turn the venue into one of the most competitive convention centers in Mississippi.

    By Rob Moore August 22, 2024

  • Southaven removes towing company from rotation

    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. 

    By Rob Moore August 08, 2024

• July 2024

  • Southaven awards more than $4M in construction contracts

    The project will widen Snowden Lane, among other improvements, and upgrade fixtures at Autumn Woods.

    By Rob Moore July 17, 2024

  • A Jerry Lee Lewis memorial is coming to Silo Square, and you can be a part

    The Jerry Lee Lewis Plaza will be unveiled in Silo Square in September. 

    By Rob Moore July 10, 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

  • Amid population growth surge, Southaven preps to redistrict wards

    From 2010 to 2020, the DeSoto County city’s population grew from less than 49,000 residents to almost 55,000. In 2000, Southaven’s population was around 29,000. 

    By Rob Moore June 10, 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

  • Southaven rolls forward with skate park

    The city’s aldermen authorized a specialty contractor to visit the park at 7505 Cherry Valley Blvd. and provide the cost and design, which will also have a bike track known as a pump track.

    By Rob Moore March 11, 2024

• July 2023

  • Southaven to mark historical sites, starting with ‘The Tree’

    Southaven may be a young city, but it’s preserving its history, starting with The Tree.

    By Toni Lepeska July 17, 2023

• April 2023

  • Southaven mayor sees 400% sewer-rate increase without federal, state funding

    Southaven Mayor Darren Musselwhite testifies that the cost associated with a North Mississippi area taking over wastewater treatment could mean a significant increase for residents.

    By Toni Lepeska April 14, 2023

• December 2022

  • Southaven adds farmers market to Silo Square plans

    As the Southaven Board of Aldermen approves more layers for the development, the city’s town square-type project continues to grow. 

    By Toni Lepeska December 07, 2022

• August 2022

  • DeSoto County and four city governments consider spending, budgets

    Facing the financial challenges of governments everywhere, DeSoto County and its four major cities are crafting financial plans to address the needs in the coming fiscal year.

    By Toni Lepeska August 24, 2022

• June 2022

  • Bartlett alderman eyes crackdown on out-of-town real estate investors

    With an influx of investment companies buying homes in Bartlett, the mayoral candidate wants to consider regulations to maintain control of the rental properties.

    By Aarron Fleming June 07, 2022