The transaction is the latest in a series of leases that have given DeSoto County, and the overall Memphis industrial market, multiple quarters of positive absorption.

ALO, a fashion and lifestyle brand, will invest nearly $176 million and create 400 jobs at a national fulfillment and distribution center in Southaven.

“If I sold land to a data center, I would not be here. I would be laying on a beach somewhere. You’re lying through your teeth,” Alderman Keith White said, calling a data center build in Walls, Mississippi, a “long shot.”

Crews have completed another significant portion of the Arkabutla Dam repairs, but future money remains an open question for the rest of the project that could continue for at least the next seven years.

The Mid-South Monarchs and the Monroe Moccasins will play a two-game set on Friday and Saturday to open up the season. The home opener for the Monarchs will be Oct. 23 at the Landers Center.

Supervisors voted down a plan to go cashless and approved a 1.6-acre expansion at the site, which is close to full and now takes in twice as much waste per day as it did in 2023.

A Memphis restaurateur wants 1,240 acres rezoned for industrial use. He hasn’t said what would be built there, and residents fear the worst.

Deputies booked the woman into the DeSoto County jail for contributing to the delinquency or neglect of a child, the county’s online jail portal shows.

A judge has denied a request to dismiss a defamation suit against DeSoto County District Attorney Matthew Barton, for now.

U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker has announced millions in federal funding for road improvements in DeSoto County.

Residents had mixed feelings about both selling their home to SpaceXAI and the noise its power plant creates.

DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office deputies shot and killed Rylee Westmoreland shortly after midnight Oct. 18, 2025.

Residents of the little community south of Hernando don’t have a whole lotta love for all the changes coming their way, but they like the town of Love anyway.

SpaceXAI offers to buy real estate from some Southaven residents if they pledge not to join a class-action lawsuit filed in June over the company’s North Mississippi power plant.

DeSoto County’s Lindsey Whiteside saga is almost officially over.

Two law firms filed a federal class action lawsuit against SpaceXAI over noise and vibration from its Whitehaven and Southaven facilities.

Build-out and activity is bustling at SpaceXAI’s DeSoto County operation, less than a mile from Memphis and unperturbed by the political winds blowing to the north. 

Federal races, judicial elections and a school board contest headline the ballot as absentee voting gets underway Sept. 21.

SpaceXAI is moving full steam ahead while Memphis City Council wants to pump the brakes on data center expansion.

Mississippi Department of Transportation Northern Commissioner John Caldwell will not seek reelection, he said in a recent video announcement.

Former Landers Center Executive Director Todd Mastry claims he was fired because members of the DeSoto County Board of Supervisors wanted him to stop booking Black artists. New court filings now reveal additional details. 

Hernando’s Board of Aldermen approved a contract with artificial intelligence company Polimorphic for some City Hall operations.

Seven human trafficking victims were rescued during a recent operation in Southaven, the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office announced Monday, Sept. 14.

New documents show former DeSoto County Convention and Visitors Bureau leadership is backing claims by the Landers Center head who said he was fired last year for refusing to stop booking Black acts.

Mayo Clinic chose Southaven due to the location and ability to set up equipment quickly, Mississippi Development Authority officials said.