Mississippi’s U.S. Senate race remains undecided as Democrat Scott Colom’s lead continues to grow. Outstanding affidavit and absentee ballots in DeSoto County and across the state are a key reason why.
A Walls police officer was involved in a crash that killed three people on U.S. 61 in the small Mississippi town.
The jury is still out on Mississippi’s U.S. Senate race, but DeSoto County voters did decide a number of local races.
Mississippi’s tight U.S. Senate race between Democrat Scott Colom and incumbent Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith still remains undecided with Colom — as of Thursday morning —leading by less than a percentage point.
The buying spree continues as SpaceXAI’s subsidiary has now acquired seven homes and more land in the Southaven area.
A federal judge in Mississippi ruled Friday, Oct. 30, that SpaceX’s construction of a natural gas plant in Mississippi likely violated the state’s air regulations despite Mississippi regulators allowing its construction.
DeSoto County Justice Court Judge Karen Sanders is retiring after nearly 30 years, but her political future may not be over.
The questions from the auditor’s office come as Walls officials consider a rezoning request for more than 1,000 acres of farmland for industrial use along U.S. 61.
The company now faces more than $226 million in liens against its Memphis and Southaven properties.
Sgt. Hunter Foster had been cleared of criminal wrongdoing by the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office after its monthslong probe concluded his use of force had been justified.
A tour around the suburbs this week finds a new team in Southaven, a departure at the top of the Bartlett Area Chamber of Commerce and a no-show of a Lakeland mayoral candidate.
The AI company said Mississippi’s environmental regulator is seeking civil penalties for potential violations of the state’s policies across three Southaven sites.
The league commissioner said there will be an “instant rivalry” with the Memphis Blues, the Bluff City’s American Arena League team.
ITT Goulds Pumps would leave Southaven after 20 years for a Memphis building under an incentive approved Wednesday, Oct. 21.
The Democratic contender for U.S. Senate in Mississippi spoke to supporters in Southaven, urging more regulation and transparency around data centers.
The proposed restriction would apply to unincorporated areas of the county, not to the county's cities.
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch has cleared a Senatobia police officer of wrongdoing in a fatal June shooting of a 1-year-old.
The appointment appointed is the latest in a series of recent judicial shakeups.
SpaceXAI continues to grow in Southaven as do its debts. Another lien has been filed against the AI giant.
A number of local governments are looking to moratoriums to slow the consideration of data centers until proper studies and zonings are considered.
Also, Gussied Up sets an opening date, and La Hacienda Mexican Restaurant opens a third spot.
“I can’t imagine the destruction he’s left behind. It’s repulsive,” a former employee said.
DeSoto County officials banked on the multimillion-dollar Landers Center expansion being completed alongside a new hotel. Whether half the project gets finished in time is now in question.
The transaction is the latest in a series of leases that have given DeSoto County, and the overall Memphis industrial market, multiple quarters of positive absorption.
ALO, a fashion and lifestyle brand, will invest nearly $176 million and create 400 jobs at a national fulfillment and distribution center in Southaven.
“If I sold land to a data center, I would not be here. I would be laying on a beach somewhere. You’re lying through your teeth,” Alderman Keith White said, calling a data center build in Walls, Mississippi, a “long shot.”
Crews have completed another significant portion of the Arkabutla Dam repairs, but future money remains an open question for the rest of the project that could continue for at least the next seven years.
The Mid-South Monarchs and the Monroe Moccasins will play a two-game set on Friday and Saturday to open up the season. The home opener for the Monarchs will be Oct. 23 at the Landers Center.
Supervisors voted down a plan to go cashless and approved a 1.6-acre expansion at the site, which is close to full and now takes in twice as much waste per day as it did in 2023.