“What is emerging in Rolling Fork is a story of both optimism and uncertainty. Can this community, which was already struggling, come back?”

“People are wanting a real sense of place,” said Bob Barber of Orion Planning and Design, sharing some early planning concepts to bring community engagement to the suburb.

The Olive Branch Airport has been awarded $499,082 by the Mississippi Transportation Commission to rehabilitate the airport’s south apron, officials announced Thursday, July 13.

Monday’s event marked the first community meeting about the plan since the city officially kickstarted the process earlier this year.

The Marathon Short Stop convenience store on Goodman Road in Southaven is kind of like Narnia, in a weird-but-good-gas-station-y way.

Fourth of July storms led to cancellation of some fireworks displays in Shelby County, and one city will have to wait a year for the next event.

Both prospects for the new DeSoto County sheriff have history and law enforcement and agree the biggest public safety issue facing the county is crime from Memphis and surrounding Mississippi counties.

Officers were called to a residence after construction workers found a “small amount of what appears to be old military ordnance.” 

The Southaven Police Department has earmarked almost $92,000 in new technology equipment to help the department in its work.

A self-service wine bar is coming to Southaven’s mixed-use development, Silo Square.

Absentee voting for the August primary begins Monday in Mississippi.

Pancreatic cancer affects Black Americans at a rate higher than that of any other population. 

Two people are in custody in connection with scores of vehicle break-ins earlier this week at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto and nearby hotels.

A land swap with Silo Square developers will provide Southaven police with a new precinct in hopes of improving the efficiency of officers’ duties.

Ryan Dunn, one of Collierville’s nine detectives, resigned from the suburb’s police department Tuesday. 

The first household customers to get broadband extended to underserved areas are expected to be tapped to sign on for service next month.

Hernando aldermen approved allowing food trucks in the DeSoto County city, but not at the expense of existing brick-and-mortar restaurants.

“It’s a big deal,” Mayor Darren Musselwhite said of the Southaven Police Department being accredited with the Mississippi Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission.

Months after DeSoto County tax collector threatened to not collect city taxes without additional compensation, county supervisors signed off on new city fees, which will provide additional payment for tax collector and assessor.

“We take every precaution to minimize and deter theft and provide a safe campus for our patients, visitors and employees,” BMHCC public relations manager Kimberly Alexander said in a statement. “Unfortunately, we are not immune to crime.”

The detective has been placed on “restrictive duty.”

The DeSoto County Board of Supervisors began the process of cracking down on non-residents who file false information to benefit from the county’s services, particularly schools.

William Hill of Southaven will represent Mississippi in a competition sponsored by the National Federation of State Poetry Societies Association.

The DeSoto County Museum curator says he’s been told some artifacts have since been stolen from areas of the Arkabutla Lake bed that have been drained recently.

Several key pieces were included in the DeSoto County Schools annual budget approved Thursday, including school resource officers, along with classroom additions and new roofs.