From patrolling on his bike to a cruiser, Shane Ellis has a history with Hernando, putting the new police chief in a unique situation.

The job gives David Taylor an opportunity to help make Olive Branch Airport the kind of airport his dad envisioned.

With growth potential on the horizon, the Olive Branch Airport is providing not only an alternative to big airports, but a teaching facility for instructors.

Related story: 

Olive Branch Airport manager steps into father’s footsteps

In his first State of the City address, newly elected Bartlett Mayor David Parsons talked about an expanded police force, sewer issues and addressing empty retail spots.

After 4-and-a-half years, a judge finally decided Tuesday on the rezoning decision Germantown made on the 19.77-acre site near Neshoba Road, Germantown Road and Cordova Road.

The time Mandy Gunasekara spent in D.C. working for the Trump administration has called her residency into question, and her ability to run for the office.

Both suburbs unanimously passed similar resolutions in their respective meetings Monday, taking a formal yet strong stance on the matter.

With a quirky name like Area 51, a Mississippi trail biking group has worked around Arkabutla Lake to make a challenging path to ride and jump.

The town will receive its portion of December sales tax at the end of this month. So the nearly $14 million collected thus far doesn’t account for the holiday spending.

Sewer systems can have a major impact on growth. Memphis and its suburbs have a sometimes complicated relationship when it comes to that business.

The municipal school district and Bartlett Police Department are working with the Law Enforcement Against Drugs & Violence (L.E.A.D.) program, a nationwide nonprofit focused on helping students understand the dangers of drugs and violence.

Collierville High School is expanding its offerings and students will learn to fly with a new wing.

West Collierville Middle School and Collierville Virtual Academy teachers were the first schools in the district to experience the board’s spring appreciation efforts.

Lakeland officials push out vape and CBD shops and give go-ahead for revised Lakeland Meadows plans and cell tower setbacks.

One of the courses, African American Literature, will review literary contributions of African Americans from the early 1600s through the modern United States.

At long last, Olive Branch is on the verge of implementing live-streaming of its city meetings, a broadcast possibly available this summer.

DeSoto County Board of Supervisors voted to ban the social media app following Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves' ban on state-issued devices.

Germantown’s Industrial Development Board formally terminated a tax incentive for a project that is not moving forward.

Arlington Mayor Mike Wissman presented his annual State of the Town address on Wednesday, highlighting the strides made and the potential for more amentities.

DeSoto County officials head to Jackson on Thursday to lobby state legislators for funds to widen Interstate 55, eliminating a bottleneck where it narrows and making the expressway safer.

If the proposed hotel isn’t under construction at the end of those two years, the permit will expire.

The city’s sales tax revenue is strong despite concerns of a possible recession when the budget was developed last year.

The DeSoto County Sheriff’s Department will implement a paid leave program for parents of new children, covering employees’ paycheck for two weeks in connection with birth, adoption or foster placement.

Several years after launching DPX, Brad Kilgore started Tissue Innovations, a tissue bank, with his brother Don Kilgore. Both Tissue Innovations and DPX operate out of a 15,000-square-foot space in Bartlett and employ about 15 people.

Planning Director Whitney Choat-Cook described Crossover’s master plan as possessing a “modern, millennial-like design” with amenities that set the project apart from its mixed-use neighbor Silo Square.