The two federal lawsuits claim DeSoto officials tried to block Black performers from being booked at the venue, then fired leaders who refused to go along.

Two court filings shed light on the long fight to control the Belly Acres restaurant brand. 

A hearing date has been set in DeSoto County Supervisor Robert Foster’s federal lawsuit against the State of Mississippi.

The company is renovating the facility to support customers in the data center infrastructure market.

A DeSoto County Schools board member is suing District Attorney Matthew Barton for defamation.

At issue is the passage of two Mississippi laws last year giving DeSoto County two additional judgeships.

A strip mall near a former Southaven Walmart has a new owner. Meanwhile, two other companies are closing their DeSoto County branches.

Mississippi aruges that the lawsuit from the Mississippi NAACP about SpaceX’s private power plant in Southaven is a threat to its ability to regulate the state’s environment. 

A former DeSoto County teacher will serve nine years in prison for possessing child pornography, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Mississippi announced Tuesday.

Although Mississippi legislators have not yet moved to redistrict in light of Louisiana v. Callais, the state is facing multiple lawsuits over its current voting districts. Here is a breakdown.

The outcome spares officials the headache of changing their ballot rules just a few months before the 2026 midterm congressional elections.

The law set to take effect Wednesday is sparking alarm among immigrant advocates, who fear it could become a new tactic to target immigrants.

Officers who were involved in a 2024 fatal shooting investigated by the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation were cleared, the Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s office said.

This marks the second time since last month the trial has been delayed.

Barbecue joint Jim ’N Nick’s now has twice as many stores as Baskin-Robbins does ice cream flavors.

“Redistricting is not easy, but our goal was always to adopt a lawful plan that fairly represented the people of this county,” Supervisor Lee Caldwell said.

The Senatobia Police Department has turned over the investigation of the police shooting death of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley to the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation.

Amid outrage online, the DeSoto County Board of Supervisors approved rezoning plans for a new convenience store but denied separate plans for a new Love’s Travel Stop.

Alvin Myles Jr. was sentenced after a four-day trial.

Woodland Recovery Center unveiled its new Southaven facility in a ceremony Tuesday, June 16.

The lawsuit is turning into a much bigger fight over whether the federal government can shut down citizen enforcement of the Clean Air Act in the name of national security.

Over the past year, several headlines out of North Mississippi have centered on child endangerment, and members of the community have begun to wonder what is going on. 

The legal fight over SpaceX’s private power plant in Southaven, Mississippi, became a matter of national security on Monday, June 15. 

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In a motion to dismiss a lawsuit, attorneys for SpaceX argued that the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality had signed off on the natural gas turbines and that Mississippi’s air-quality regulations allowed the turbines.

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has appointed a new Chancery Court Judge who will serve DeSoto County for now.