DeSoto County District Attorney’s Office will receive three additional prosecutors to help handle the growing caseload after lawmakers ed a measure during this week’s special session of the Mississippi Legislature. 

Baptist Cancer Center-DeSoto will hold its first annual Cancer Survivors Day Celebration on Sunday June 1 from 4-7 p.m. to celebrate cancer survivors and their ers. 

DeSoto County Board of Supervisors is pressing contractors for an answer on when they can have a groundbreaking for the Landers Center expansion project.

Southaven High School’s Quiz Bowl team will be getting to do something that none of their peers has done before. They’re heading to Atlanta to compete in the 2025 National Academic Quiz Tournaments (NAQT) High School National Championship Tournament that will take place May 23-25 at the  Atl…

Thousands of residents across DeSoto County and especially around Hernando remain without power as a result of severe weather which swept across the area Sunday evening. 

Hernando Police have arrested two people following a shooting at an apartment complex that left one person dead.

Hernando Police Department is investigating the shooting death of a 28 year-old woman who was found dead in her home Thursday evening.

Over 200 winners of DeSoto’s Best 2024 filled The Gin in Nesbit on Tuesday to receive their certificates and to enjoy delicious food from Scotty’s Smokehouse, Urban Japanese Fusion, and sweet treats by The Cake Lady Bakery, as our way of saying thank you and to recognize the best of the best…

Southaven will be adding a new festival this fall to celebrate the migration of hummingbirds, which city officials believe will be a boon to tourism.

Authorities in Southaven say an ambulance which was reportedly stolen crashed into the emergency entrance at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto Wednesday morning leaving one person with minor injuries.

Though their families still carry the grief over losing their loved ones, of DeSoto County police and fire departments and a grateful public gathered on Friday at the County Courthouse to honor the memory of the nine law enforcement officers who gave their lives in the line of duty, …

About 35 protestors gathered in Hernando Thursday as part of the worldwide International Workers Day rally to show their frustration with President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration, cuts to the government, its assault on unions, and the dismantling of diversity initiatives.

When Horn Lake residents Nancy and John Holder suggested that family friend s McGuffey accompany them to a gathering of former Southaven High School students and teachers at Olive Branch Country Club for a benefit golf scramble and banquet, she did not know that it was to be in her honor.

The shore of the lake in Central Park in Southaven became a sea of lanterns Saturday evening as cancer survivors took part in DeSoto Hope's fifth annual Light Up the Lake. 

Nicholas Temple set up shop at the Hernando Farmers Market for the very first time and sold out of his fresh-grown mushrooms in 30 minutes.

Residents driving down Swinnea Road in Southaven will notice a much smoother ride now that the notorious dips in the road have been fixed.

An Olive Branch women was sentenced to five years in prison and must repay $3.5 million in restitution after being found guilty of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

The DeSoto County Board of Supervisors received an update about the Landers Center expansion from the architect in charge who noted that more competition among contractors bidding on various aspects the job could lead to extra savings on materials such as steel. 

The crackle of hot wings and the roar of engines came together in the Olive Branch City Park this weekend for Wheels and Wings Fest, a yearly collaboration between two special needs organizations in DeSoto County– DeSoto Dream Center and The Arc of Northwest Mississippi

A three-judge federal on Tuesday ordered the Mississippi Legislature to come up with a new Senate district map in DeSoto County that will give black voters a fair chance to elect black candidates to represent them in the legislature.

The First Regional Library (FRL) system is 75 years old as of 2025 and with the historic occasion came a day of celebration, remembrance and the designation of April 8 by the DeSoto County Board of Supervisors as First Regional Library Day, all at the FRL headquarters.

Southaven Mayor Darren Musselwhite easily cruised to re-election for a fourth term defeating Tommy Henley, while the race to be the next mayor of Horn Lake is headed to a run-off as Alderman Danny Klein and former Mayor Nat Baker emerged as the two top vote getters in the Republican primary.…

When 2025 Miss Olive Branch Bella Cooper was crowned onstage, a look of pride mixed with a beaming smile and tears held back were all visible on her face. 

Sue Holmes Poff just hops on her scooter and treks over a short distance to keep a lunch date with her husband Jay Poff who turns 101 in July.

Six Horn Lake residents graduated from the first ever Citizens Police Academy and had a chance to learn the ins and outs of what the department does on a daily basis.