Olive Branch park gets $75k electrical upgrade for show
Improvements to the electric grid at City Park in Olive Branch will contribute to a stellar holiday light event.
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Improvements to the electric grid at City Park in Olive Branch will contribute to a stellar holiday light event.
Olive Branch officials want to monitor who drives into the DeSoto County city, and has hired a Georgia firm to track license plates with cameras.
The overwhelming passage of a hotel-motel tax by Olive Branch voters opens more options for parks and recreation amenities
Olive Branch voters approved a 1% tax on hotel and motel room stays Tuesday to help fund improvements to the city park system.
Olive Branch city officials are gearing up for a referendum Tuesday, Aug. 2, on whether a 1% tax will be levied on hotel and motel stays, raising an estimated $500,000 annually for the park system.
Aldermen apply for grant to bring dam up to state standards.
This weeks photos are about creativity — Parkinson’s disease patients who find a creative way to build strength, a retiree who learns to make wooden caricatures, kids getting a lesson in cake decorating, and a hand-painted mural in Collierville. Check ’em out and vote for your favorite.
Olive Branch elected officials reopened a discussion Tuesday on creating a residential rental property registry only two weeks after seemingly putting an end to any action.
Ed Crumpler uses his talent as an artist to maintain the character of Olive Branch by designing caricatures of the suburb’s residents.
Don Gammage is stepping down as Olive Branch police chief, ending a long career in law enforcement. Wounding of two Olive Branch officers in 2006 remains a mysteryRelated story:
The evolving story of what DeSoto County elected officials will do with the lifting of Mississippi’s prohibition on the sale and cultivation of medical marijuana is approaching an end.
DeSoto County cities have been discussing the influx of rentals, particularly the trending practice of larger companies outbidding single families to buy private homes to rent.
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.
Even the new chief wasn’t aware, as of last night, that he is indeed the new chief.
The three new clinics in East Memphis, Arlington and Olive Branch will offer walk-in, urgent orthopedic care, X-ray, casting and physical therapy services for patients needing everything from pediatrics to geriatric care.
Olive Branch Mayor Ken Adams made a campaign promise to get citizens involved in government, and he is living up to his plan with four groups, one concentrating on litter.Related story:
Tate Reeves touted economic growth potential across the state during an appearance at an Olive Branch manufacturing plant.
Olive Branch is cracking down on littering hard enough that Police Chief Don Gammage interrupted a day of yardwork to chase down a couple of folks who dumped trash in a nearby ditch.
DeSoto County governments are taking varying approaches to the potential sale of medical marijuana.
The dozens of displays and thousands of lights will loop through City Park. The 40-day event will culminate in a family-friendly New Year’s Eve party and fireworks show.
With approval of special taxes by the Mississippi State Legislature, DeSoto County cities are studying how to use the money, most planning to steer the funds to parks and recreation.
Southaven Mayor Darren Musselwhite passionately voiced concerns that three DeSoto County legislators could kill the extension of a local 1% tax on restaurant food and beverages — revenue that helps fund parks. Olive Branch’s mayor has similar concerns.
Don Gammage’s departure, effective June 30, caps a 37-year law enforcement career.
Aldermen approved a development at Maywood despite concerns about traffic, apartments and the views of current residents.
The mixture of commercial, industrial and residential along Goodman Road in Olive Branch can make for snarling traffic in an already congested corridor.