Three candidates have already pulled petitions to run for Collierville mayor while three others are planning to run for the seat being vacated by Alderman John Worley. 

“Sometimes it takes a second term to see things fully to fruition,” Mayor Ken Adams said, who says Olive Branch is on its way to becoming the largest city in DeSoto County.

Earlier this month, a federal court affirmed that new state House and Senate districts drawn in 2022 diluted the power of Black voters. 

The wall is a three-fifths scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.

This nonprofit creates space for healing and second chances for people with autism, trauma or other diagnoses, and also for horses that had careers in the show ring, on the polo field or elsewhere.

Arlington, Bartlett and Germantown have races specific to their suburbs on the August ballot.

Hernando Mayor Chip Johnson says construction should be finished by the time DeSoto County Schools starts back on Aug. 1.

“It’s getting loud out there about pickleball,” board member Jeff Roman said of the growing demand for new courts.

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

The Memphis suburb’s mayor’s seat, three alderman positions and two Arlington Community Schools (ACS) board offices are on this year’s town ballot.

The rare classic car has spent the past decade on Beale Street but will return to Mississippi as part of the “Jerry Lee Lewis Ranch Experience.” 

Sheriff Thomas Tuggle and District Attorney Matthew Barton were elected on the promise of keeping DeSoto County safe. Can they do that while their offices are at odds?

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.

Heading into his 11th year as the district’s superintendent, David Stephens received an overall score of 4.91 out of 5 on his annual evaluation released during the Bartlett City Schools board meeting Thursday, June 28.

On a recent episode of “Red, White & True” — a podcast from the DeSoto County Republican Party — Caldwell said the idea, first proposed earlier this year despite objections from Tunica County officials, has “not been resolved.”

Current Mayor Stan Joyner, 74, announced last month that he would not run for office again. Two members of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen have filed petitions to run for the office.

Sakura and Subarashi will merge and scale down their menus in their new location at 3665 Canada Road. The new site sits close to I-40.

A trio of candidates have emerged in the early stages of the Nov. 5 race for the Position 6 alderman’s seat in Bartlett, with two people challenging the incumbent.

Joshua Zimmerman, 31, was in court Friday, June 14, for a hearing related to multiple felony charges in DeSoto County including attempted murder, armed robbery and unlawful possession of a firearm. 

After debuting in the Memphis market with two successful locations over the past year, the 7 Brew coffee concept is expanding to the Bartlett Station Historic District.

Jordan Cooper started at safety for the Panthers and recorded 20 tackles while helping the team to an 8-4 finish in 2023. He had signed to play at Culver-Stockton College in Missouri.

Germantown’s judge race features two lifelong Germantown residents.

Want to see sparks fly this week? There are fireworks shows planned for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

The popular torta and taco shop is expanding its footprint to Bartlett and Highland Heights. 

Blank Beauty is co-nominated with partner Aptus DesignWorks, a Knoxville-area business, for a robot called Huey that makes custom nail polish colors in just two minutes for $9 a pop.