A long-awaited federal court ruling provides a section of DeSoto County eight years to build its own wastewater treatment facility and end its reliance on Memphis for the work.

Absentee voting begins this week for key DeSoto County races in advance of the Nov. 7 elections. At the top of the ballot are races for governor and attorney general, among other statewide offices.

For 20 years, vendors have gathered around the courthouse in Hernando for the Water Tower Festival. The event has grown annually drawing the most vendors ever this year.

From downtown Hernando to the residential areas, streets across the city have received approval for repaving and improvements, with funding for the work included in the upcoming fiscal year budget.

“The goal is always (to) call if you can, text if you can’t ...” said the director of the DeSoto County Emergency Communications District. “Sometimes that’s not an option, and when it isn’t, now they have a way to talk to 911.” 

With new trash and recycling service headed to the unincorporated areas of DeSoto County, customers should be aware of changes in the collection process.

With Jarvis Cook stepping aside for health reasons, Michael Chandler will take his place as the Democratic Party candidate running for state House District 6.

Frankie Perry and his wife Kaye opened Primos meat market in Hernando, offering quality cuts and longtime family recipes.

A federal jury has ruled in favor of two Southaven police officers in lawsuit regarding the shooting death of a man six years ago.

OSB Services is relocating its headquarters to Olive Branch, an event that drew Gov. Tate Reeves to DeSoto County Friday for the groundbreaking.

Southaven aldermen voted 6-1 in favor of a millage increase Tuesday, Sept. 12, as part of the city’s proposed $68.83 million general-fund budget for fiscal year 2024, which begins Oct. 1.

The Collection at Getwell Farms will be a mixed-use development to the Getwell Road corridor in Hernando, providing housing and retail to the area.

A DeSoto County educator is no longer with the school district after teaching from Sherman Alexie’s 2007 novel, “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.” 

A woman has raised questions about a book being taught in a Lake Cormorant School saying it contains sexually explicit dialog inappropriate for young students.

Two candidates have qualfied to run for the District 3 office on the DeSoto County Board of Education in a Nov. 7 special election.

Olive Branch citizens will now have better access to city meetings as the DeSoto County municipal government broadcasts its Board of Aldermen and Planning Commission sessions.

Some residents opposed a millage increase in Southaven for the upcoming fiscal year, but Mayor Darren Musselwhite countered that the funds are necessary for street paving and fighting crime from Memphis.

DeSoto County supervisors adopted the budget for the coming fiscal year, holding the line on the millage rate for the 20th straight year.

Horn Lake’s aldermen will consider the DeSoto County city’s new fiscal year budget on Tuesday.

The DeSoto County Sheriff’s Department released a statement Thursday, Aug. 31, regarding the death of Demarcus Williams, who was killed in a confrontation with one of its deputies earlier in the week.

With a focus on building its reserves in case of an emergency and funding earmarked for parks, Hernando will fund its upcoming fiscal year budget with adjusting property taxes.

The DeSoto County Sheriff’s Department, Walls police and Memphis police were all involved in a chase Wednesday night that began in Mississippi and ended with one arrest in Tennessee. Four other suspects remain at large.

Olive Branch’s budget focuses on paving, police and municipal buildings, while maintaining the same millage rate for the ninth straight year.

The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is investigating after a person was killed during a shooting involving the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Department.

As Southaven begins discussing its budget for the fiscal year that begins in October, city leaders have to weigh whether it is time to increase taxes for the first adjustment since 2006.