DeSoto School Board members want Michele Henley to step down from her office, after she wrote a letter of support for Lindsey Whiteside, who pleaded guilty to sexual battery with a minor.
The combination of Whiteside’s sentence and school board member Michele Henley’s defense of her has galvanized a growing movement focused on accountability within DeSoto County’s leadership and education systems.
The tiny town of Walls is overlooked compared to DeSoto County’s four other cities, but it provides space for the potential for controlled growth.
DeSoto County District Attorney Matthew Barton said his office is challenging the sentence, arguing sexual battery committed by a person in a position of trust is classified as a violent crime and is specifically ineligible for the house arrest program under Mississippi law.
A former high school coach and youth minister at a DeSoto County church pleaded guilty to sexual battery with a minor, but her sentence was considered too lenient by District Attorney Matthew Barton.
After terminating the previous leaders of the city’s animal shelter, the Horn Lake Board of Mayor and Aldermen have named replacements for the facilities top two positions.
Cliff Johnson realizes that, as a Democrat, he has an uphill battle to represent Mississippi’s 1st Congressional District, but he has started his journey with a run for the Democratic primary.
Hernando considered naming a section of street after fallen activist Charlie Kirk, raising the question of when to name something after a person who died.
A 911 emergency outage left callers seeking police help to call alternate numbers to reach various agencies.
A turtle named Shellby is leading first graders across DeSoto County on a journey to learn where rainwater goes after it falls and why keeping it clean matters.
A week after aldermen declined to rename a Hernando street after Charlie Kirk, two billboards honoring the conservative commentator now stand in the North Mississippi city.
The special election is the result of a federal court ruling.
Memories of Maywood bring back times of cold water, spraying fountains, a jukebox and high dives, plus sand mined from Destin.
Coffee and pastries will mix with potential cat adoptions in a novel new business slated to open in Southaven later this year.
A former Horn Lake alderman says the current administration could have done more to lower the millage rate to help property owners. Mayor Jimmy Stokes said they did what was necessary.
Late last month, ground was broken on the Landers Center’s $85 million expansion, which includes a unique hotel-convention center project.
The owners of DeSoto’s Maywood Beach routinely headed down to Destin, but it wasn’t to frolic in the waves.
The Southaven park has a rich history dating to 1969. It was originally built and operated by parents who volunteered their time to create a place for their children to play.
As an investigation into the missing funds goes on, the Southaven High School Band is left without money for trips, uniforms and other day-to-day necessities.
After being denied a free subscription to The Daily Memphian, the Olive Branch mayor says his city will no longer speak to anyone from the news site.
Facing higher property values from reappraisal, an effort in the Southaven proposed fiscal year 2026 budget will try to make the impact of tax bills less dramatic.
The DeSoto County Board of Supervisors went through its property tax review, lowering the millage so property owners don’t face sticker shock after reappraisal.
When clothes designer CJ Jones saw his first monogrammed shirt on a LeMoyne-Owen administrator, it started him on a designing journey that now includes a list of famous clients.
Work begins on the Southaven arena’s $85 million project, starting a new chapter with an economic impact that will benefit the community for generations.
Authorities have arrested a man in the shotgun-shooting death of comedian Reginald “Reggie” Carroll in Southaven last week
The Mid-South Fair’s entertainment lineup for next month’s event includes a variety of artists, featuring a range of genres.
Northwest has enhanced its nursing program to encourage more students to enter the profession at a time of decline.
The album is a “familial” record, KIRBY says, based on her “Mississippi Black American experience.”
Governments in DeSoto County are starting their annual budget process, but first, property owners have to figure out what the heck is a mill.