A judge has denied a request to dismiss a defamation suit against DeSoto County District Attorney Matthew Barton, for now.

U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker has announced millions in federal funding for road improvements in DeSoto County.

Residents had mixed feelings about both selling their home to SpaceXAI and the noise its power plant creates.

DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office deputies shot and killed Rylee Westmoreland shortly after midnight Oct. 18, 2025.

Residents of the little community south of Hernando don’t have a whole lotta love for all the changes coming their way, but they like the town of Love anyway.

SpaceXAI offers to buy real estate from some Southaven residents if they pledge not to join a class-action lawsuit filed in June over the company’s North Mississippi power plant.

DeSoto County’s Lindsey Whiteside saga is almost officially over.

Two law firms filed a federal class action lawsuit against SpaceXAI over noise and vibration from its Whitehaven and Southaven facilities.

Build-out and activity is bustling at SpaceXAI’s DeSoto County operation, less than a mile from Memphis and unperturbed by the political winds blowing to the north. 

Federal races, judicial elections and a school board contest headline the ballot as absentee voting gets underway Sept. 21.

SpaceXAI is moving full steam ahead while Memphis City Council wants to pump the brakes on data center expansion.

Mississippi Department of Transportation Northern Commissioner John Caldwell will not seek reelection, he said in a recent video announcement.

Former Landers Center Executive Director Todd Mastry claims he was fired because members of the DeSoto County Board of Supervisors wanted him to stop booking Black artists. New court filings now reveal additional details. 

Hernando’s Board of Aldermen approved a contract with artificial intelligence company Polimorphic for some City Hall operations.

Seven human trafficking victims were rescued during a recent operation in Southaven, the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office announced Monday, Sept. 14.

New documents show former DeSoto County Convention and Visitors Bureau leadership is backing claims by the Landers Center head who said he was fired last year for refusing to stop booking Black acts.

Mayo Clinic chose Southaven due to the location and ability to set up equipment quickly, Mississippi Development Authority officials said.

This year’s Mid-South Fair includes an artist lineup with some Memphis and national country acts.

A trial date has been set in a federal lawsuit over the fatal 2024 shooting of Jamarcus Brown by the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office.

The City of Hernando and DeSoto County governments have both passed their budgets for the coming fiscal year.

Olive Branch Mayor Ken Adams stirred up a hornet’s nest with his decision not to lower the flags in honor of Dolly Parton. But did the Flag Code open the door for the mayor’s decision?

Although the jury is still out on Hernando’s budget after it was passed and then unpassed, several other DeSoto County municipalities have approved their financial plans with no property tax increases for the fiscal year.

DeSoto County Supervisor Robert Foster’s lawsuit against the State of Mississippi has been dismissed, but it may not be gone forever.

Hernando’s Board of Aldermen went back on approving the city’s new budget after tensions flared.

After the death of national icon Dolly Parton last week, one Mississippi mayor won’t lower flags in her honor.