DeSoto County is about 31% Black, but none of the 25 current officeholders elected from districts provided by the 2022 plan are Black.

Mississippi State basketball will be making more than one trip to the Memphis area in the 2024-25 season.

”The subject presented a weapon towards the officers,” according to the MBI.

Attorney Tony Farese said he believes if state officials had further investigated the matter, his client would never have been charged. 

“We build something new to look and feel old,” said Silo Square’s developer. “That’s what you have to do to get some of that old charm.

Former Horn Lake alderman Charlie Roberts was indicted on charges that he received unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic despite getting paid to be a city official.

For a budget totaling $121,240,700, 51% of Southaven’s proposed budget would go to public safety. 

An updated ordinance now allows cannabis dispensary owners to choose how to secure their business. 

Silo Square and the relatively new restaurants along Getwell Road are drawing Memphis patrons. Shelby County auto tags are a common site on weekends.

The former employee was terminated Friday, Aug. 23, according to the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office. 

After more than two months, escapee Joshua Zimmerman is back in custody, but there is still tension between certain parties in DeSoto County.

Sgt. Bryan Andrews took charge of the DeSoto County sheriff’s sex-offender registry in 2021, shifting the department’s reactive posture when investigating noncompliant offenders to one more proactive.

After months on the lam, DeSoto County escapee Joshua Zimmerman was found barricaded in a Chicago restaurant. 

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Southaven officials say the new addition will turn the venue into one of the most competitive convention centers in Mississippi.

Joshua Zimmerman, the subject of a manhunt for more than two months, is in custody Wednesday after a standoff in Chicago.

“Our plan is to start extradition, and we’re praying that ... he’s captured, and we can bring him back here,” DeSoto County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Justin Smith said.

When the second shot echoed from the quiet Hernando neighborhood on Mason Drive, Raymond Laws began to understand what was happening, and by the third shot, he knew with certainty.

Colby Towles, 34, was indicted on two counts, one for attempted murder and another for aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer stemming from his arrest in March.

A DeSoto County grand jury returned nearly 60 indictments this month against registered sex offenders.

A high school in Olive Branch reported the highest rate of chronic absenteeism countywide at 46.88%. 

Chris Newson has more than a million followers across TikTok, Instagram and Facebook combined, and customers come from all over the U.S. to visit his shop in Southaven’s Silo Square. 

Police Capt. Brett Logazino detailed two recent incidents when the wrecker service transported vehicles from DeSoto County to Memphis, a move that could hinder criminal investigations. 

The DeSoto County city’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted Tuesday, Aug. 6, to approve right-of-way dedication for the connector just south of Church Road. 

Officers with the Olive Branch Police Department responded to a traffic incident near Terrace Stone Drive during the early morning hours of Saturday, Aug. 3, later confirming the death of the rising baseball star. 

Players will take part in the Mississippi’s only professional men’s tennis tournament for $25,000 in prize money.