In DeSoto County, 6,089 voters have requested absentee ballots. Of those requested, 5,146 ballots have been sent to voters, returned and accepted. 

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

Alderman Larry Dagen is leaning on his past experience after 12 years on the board. Cary Vaughn is promoting his relationships in the suburb and across the county.

Lakeland Municipal Planning & Design Review Commission has endorsed plans for new business in Town Center, including a pavilion, a gelato stand and 30 townhomes.

Arlington takes another swerve in its plans to expand and/or move Town Hall.

Union Depot in Bartlett is set to change the suburb’s landscape while adding residences for the growing city.

Collierville Board of Education Chairman Wright Cox is unopposed in the Nov. 5 election. He’s served on the school board since the district’s inception.

The Germantown Republican looks at past and future strides as he seeks another term in Congress in the November election.

Based in California, the company manufactures “smart glass” at a single facility located at 12380 Kirk Road in Olive Branch.

The district’s board of education updated its policy on senior class rankings, including requirements for AP calculation. 

With delays stalling a new town hall in Arlington and the need for more space for government functions, officials are expanding the current city-administration building.

Questions about whether some units in Providence Place can be age-restricted have led developers to change directions.

The Trojans are hopeful team bonding leads to wins at this year’s state tournament.

Southaven police are investigating a shooting in a neighborhood across from DeSoto Central Primary School that left three individuals wounded.

The changes come after large pay parties at residences — two this year on Forest Hill-Irene Road and one last year in the Oakleigh neighborhood. 

Charles Green, Tom Bailey and Jeremy Smith are vying to complete Keri Blair’s unexpired Position 4 term on Collierville’s School Board.

“There’s one important thing to always remember: A tooth will never walk in your office unattached,” Kevin Reed said. “They all come attached to living, breathing human beings. We’re treating people, not teeth.”

With 901 Slushies moving into a new location along the Stage Road corridor, the Bartlett Station area is seeing a revitalization of new and renovated businesses.

Authorities are investigating a Friday shooting at the Super 8 motel at 2425 Sloans Way, just off Interstate 55 in Hernando.

The trail will cut through a forested area, providing a connection from Cool Springs Park, into the city’s athletic fields and tie into the new trail within the Lakeland Town Square mixed-use development at Memphis-Arlington Road.

After a year of negotiation, Lakeland reaches an agreement for a recreation facility where a rundown motel once stood.

Cancellation and last-minute absences in suburban political appearances mean missed opportunity for voters and students to learn about candidates.

The Mustangs scored three times in the first 20 minutes of the match with the Dragons, to remain undefeated and secure the No. 1 seed for the postseason.

The hospital plans to double the capacity of the hospital’s ICU and add more than 4,700 feet to its ER. 

County Circuit Court Judge Celeste Wilson admonished Andrew Willcutt on Monday, Sept. 30, for his handling of a 2023 case and defying verbal and written orders to appear in open court.