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  • Free to readers Elections

    Hernando votes on 1% tax: frequently asked questions

    Hernando officials have prepared a list of frequently asked questions to clarify the use of a 1% tax on prepared foods.

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    Hernando to vote on 1% tax for parks

    Hernando voters will consider adding a 1% tax to prepared foods, such as restaurants and delis, to help fund an improved parks program in the DeSoto County city.

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    Hernando votes on 1% tax: Frequently asked questions

    By Toni Lepeska November 02, 2022
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    DeSoto County votes on a pair of school board seats

    Two seats of the DeSoto County School Board will be elected in November, one of the offices to replace longtime politician Milton Nichols.

    By Toni Lepeska November 02, 2022
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    DeSoto County gives ‘Green Light’ to veteran appreciation effort

    DeSoto County officials are encouraging residents and businesses to participate in Operation Green Light, a program that uses green lighting to show support for veterans.

    By Toni Lepeska October 24, 2022
  • Education

    Retired lawman takes DeSoto County school board job

    Jerald Wheeler, a former Southaven police officer who supervised school resource officers for 24 years, is replacing Ann Jolley on the DeSoto County school board.

    By Toni Lepeska October 20, 2022
  • North Mississippi

    First mosque in DeSoto County moves closer to reality

    After years of legal battles, the groundbreaking for a mosque in Horn Lake is scheduled for Sunday. Earlier this week, applicants received approval for a cemetery adjacent to the site.

    By Toni Lepeska October 20, 2022
  • North Mississippi

    Ellis approved as new Hernando police chief

    Hernando stays within its local ranks for a new police chief replacing the retiring Scott Worsham.

    By Toni Lepeska October 19, 2022
  • North Mississippi

    Candidate named to replace retiring Hernando police chief

    Shane Ellis will be nominated as the next Hernando police chief, replacing Scott Worsham, who is retiring from the post.

    By Toni Lepeska October 14, 2022
  • North Mississippi

    Olive Branch launches up to $25M in projects, including massive repaving

    Olive Branch has a list of improvements it hopes to make such as paving and infrastructure work, improvements that could run up to $25 million.

    By Toni Lepeska October 11, 2022
  • North Mississippi

    Olive Branch police mingle with citizens, show off new cameras

    The Olive Branch Police Department welcomed residents to headquarters this week to demonstrate some of the new technology available to officers.

    By Toni Lepeska October 11, 2022
  • Suburbs

    Olive Branch bucking for more entertainment in DeSoto County

    Olive Branch officials are starting to increase the events in the DeSoto County city to make it more entertaining for residents who previously tended to go to Memphis.

    By Toni Lepeska October 10, 2022
  • North Mississippi

    Campbell Clinic expands footprint with new Olive Branch location

    Campbell Clinic Orthopaedics continues to expand its footprint in the Mid-South with the opening of its newest location in Olive Branch, Mississippi. 

    By Aisling Mäki October 04, 2022
  • North Mississippi

    Hernando eyes speed bumps to slow traffic on certain streets

    In an effort to slow traffic on some streets, Hernando authorities are offering residents the opportunity to request speed bumps in their neighborhoods, if they fit certain criteria.

    By Toni Lepeska September 28, 2022
  • North Mississippi

    Hernando embraces, looks to regulate food truck vendors

    With the continued popularity of food trucks, Hernando is considering adopting rules for the vendors while embracing the growing business.

    By Toni Lepeska September 24, 2022
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    Olive Branch churches, police team up for a Faith & Blue day of service

    With an effort to keep a close-knit community, local church groups will work with law enforcement in the Olive Branch area on a Faith & Blue Day next month.

    By Toni Lepeska September 21, 2022
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    Together and individually, Thurman twins blaze trail for Northpoint volleyball

    Hassie Clare and Quinn Thurman have helped turn the Northpoint volleyball program into a Division 2-A state tournament contender.

    By John Varlas September 16, 2022
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    Southaven development expands with grocery, childcare facility, restaurants

    The approval of a new grocery store in Southaven’s Silo Square continues to diversify amenities in the mixed-use development.

    By Toni Lepeska September 08, 2022
  • North Mississippi

    Southaven increases fines for residential property lack of maintenance

    In hopes of addressing properties in disrepair, Southaven has increased the fine for residences where owners don’t address long-standing problems.

    By Toni Lepeska September 07, 2022
  • North Mississippi

    North Mississippi prosecutor John Champion dies

    John Champion, the North Mississippi district attorney who prosecuted two trials in one of the most brutal murders in the state’s history, has died after a long illness.

    By Ron Maxey September 04, 2022
  • North Mississippi

    DeSoto sends supplies to Jackson amid water crisis

    The water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi has mobilized assistance in DeSoto County where groups are working to provide clean water.

    By Toni Lepeska September 01, 2022
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    Southaven alderman wants to see MS state parks ‘be the best they can be’

    A Southaven alderman with a passion for the outdoors is working to resurrect interest and funding in Mississippi state parks.

    By Toni Lepeska September 01, 2022
  • North Mississippi

    Getting nowhere with state on I-55 project, DeSoto officials turn to social media

    DeSoto leaders have asked for funding to widen I-55, U.S. 51 and Miss. 305 multiple times, but those requests have fallen on deaf ears. 

    By Toni Lepeska August 25, 2022
  • North Mississippi

    DeSoto County and four city governments consider spending, budgets

    Facing the financial challenges of governments everywhere, DeSoto County and its four major cities are crafting financial plans to address the needs in the coming fiscal year.

    By Toni Lepeska August 24, 2022
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    ‘Mayor Ken’ a combo of creativity, charity and cheese

    Papa Murphy’s in Olive Branch has created the “Mayor Ken,” a pizza named after Mayor Ken Adams. 

    By Jane Roberts August 19, 2022
  • North Mississippi

    Tchulahoma at top of list as Southaven officials plan $4.7M for repaving

    Repaving of Southaven streets — a priority of Mayor Darren Musselwhite — has $4 million budgeted for the new asphalt surface.

    By Toni Lepeska August 18, 2022

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