There are 12 article(s) tagged Mark Gardner:

• August 2025

  • Taxing times ahead? DeSoto County leaders plot relief for state mandate

    DeSoto County supervisors have started looking at the property tax rate trying to balance the millage with the requirements set by the state regarding property assessments.

    By Brandon LaGrone II August 04, 2025

• February 2025

  • Former Landers Center director says he was fired for booking Black artists, files lawsuit

    In a lawsuit filed Friday, Jan. 31, former director Todd Mastry accuses certain DeSoto County Supervisors and the DeSoto County Convention and Visitors Bureau of violating the Civil Rights Act. 

    By Rob Moore February 02, 2025

• January 2025

  • DeSoto County Board of Supervisors chooses leaders

    Mark Gardner replaces outgoing president Lee Caldwell, who will continue on the board but not as an officer.

    By Rob Moore January 06, 2025

• June 2024

  • DeSoto supervisors amend budget to give DA an additional prosecutor

    This approval means the DeSoto County District Attorney’s Office will employ seven assistant district attorneys as it prepares to deliver more than 450 indictments, a total that would set a record for the county and the state. 

    By Rob Moore June 19, 2024

  • Prospective owners considering Jerry Lee Lewis Ranch as a museum

    “We want to offer a quality tour so that when people leave, they’re mesmerized by Jerry Lee’s career, his accomplishments, his home,” Todd Allen Herendeen, the property’s potential buyer, said.

    By Rob Moore June 11, 2024

• December 2023

  • I-55 improvements top DeSoto Supervisors’ asks for legislative session

    Among all of the needs facing Mississippi’s fastest-growing county, the supervisors said Monday that widening parts of I-55 is the board’s highest priority. 

    By Rob Moore December 11, 2023

• May 2023

  • DeSoto County, Horn Lake opt out of multibillion-dollar federal grant

    During phase two of the grant program, which is aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, each jurisdiction could potentially be awarded up to $100 million.

    By Beth Sullivan May 23, 2023

• February 2023

  • DeSoto County Sheriff’s Department adopts paid parental leave policy

    The DeSoto County Sheriff’s Department will implement a paid leave program for parents of new children, covering employees’ paycheck for two weeks in connection with birth, adoption or foster placement.

    By Beth Sullivan February 07, 2023

• June 2022

  • DeSoto County supervisors set public hearing on medical marijuana

    Officials have hammered out details of the proposed ordinance after getting clarification from the state on their ability to regulate the cannabis business.

    By Toni Lepeska June 07, 2022

• May 2022

  • Rising costs of Landers Center work puts expansion in a quandary

    As costs continue to rise, trying to reach an estimated cost for expansion of the Landers Center is a moving target.

    By Toni Lepeska May 30, 2022

• January 2022

  • As people ‘flock’ to DeSoto, County looks to split agricultural zone from residential

    “If you’re raising cows, we’re not trying to take that from you. If you’re raising chickens, we’re not trying to take that from you. Are we trying to stop people from farming their land? We’re not.”

    By Toni Lepeska January 20, 2022

  • Lobbyist to help DeSoto County cities at legislative session

    DeSoto County and its cities have narrowed the list of possible lobbyists to two and will soon decide on the right person to represent them before the Mississippi Legislature.

    By Toni Lepeska January 19, 2022