Olive Branch acquired an additional 18.8 square miles last summer, making it geographically the second-largest city in Mississippi with 56 square miles. Only the capitol city of Jackson, with 111.05 square miles, is bigger.
Olive Branch wants to enact a hotel-motel tax to improve its parks and recreation facilities. But the idea could face some resistance at the state level.
Melissa Cookston intended to simply find a hangout headquarters for the World Junior Barbecue League, but then she stumbled upon 12,000-square-feet of space. She’d always wanted a barbecue supply store.
Southaven has already seen the benefits of using Civil Link, an engineering and surveying firm, to streamline and prioritize its road maintenance.
Brown Missionary Baptist Church, which is based in DeSoto County, is hosting a Gas Up for Blessings event in Frayser, Saturday, Dec. 18.
Cities in DeSoto County are discussing how to use the settlement funds over the opioid crisis. The money will be spread over about 18 years.
Mississippi is poised to get millions – perhaps $1 billion dollars – for broadband access. But state officials will need to decide what counties get the funds.
Southaven officials have approved a bid for expanding the amphitheater at Snowden Grove — a move that should draw more concerts and a higher level of performers.
In an effort to draw bigger concerts and compete with similar venues, Southaven officials are considering a 6,000-seat expansion at BankPlus Amphitheater at Snowden Grove
Continued growth in DeSoto County means a need for increased classrooms and cafeteria space in the North Mississippi district.
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Reaction from the city’s two Congressmen and the state’s two U.S. Senators fell along party lines on the long-running political issue of access to abortions.
Concerns about absentee landlords have led Olive Branch and other DeSoto County cities to look at ordinances to control blight.
The town of Walls, Mississippi didn’t catch on with the housing boom of DeSoto County, but the unknown is about to change with several residential developments.
Mississippi contended that DeSoto County had the exclusive right to water from the Middle Claiborne Aquifer.
With the hopes of enhancing its attraction, Olive Branch officials have approved outside alcohol consumption in Old Towne by establishing it as an entertainment district.
Debra Rich, a cosmetologist and active community member in South Memphis and Horn Lake, spent years researching these inventors and published her findings in “Black Inventors Who Changed History” this year.
A California company opens a distribution center in Olive Branch, the renovation of Tri State Iron Works nears completion and the Hilton Garden Inn is bought for $36 million by a Virginia-based investor.
In the hope of drawing bigger events, the Landers Center in Southaven plans a $35 million expansion adjacent to the current venue.
The pitmaster brings her “winningest” touch to retail; she’s opening The BBQ Allstars barbecue supply store plus more in Southaven later this month.
‘If nothing else, you learn patience with barbecue because it takes a long time to cook,’ said Melissa Cookston, organizer of the World Junior Barbecue League Championship.
Eighteen bands from Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas vied in the 55th annual Bandmasters Championship hosted by the University of Memphis Band Alumni Chapter in hopes of winning the inaugural Joe Sills Cup.
Focal Point Investments also developed the mixed-use building at 999 S. Cooper St. in Midtown Memphis.