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Shelter Insurance agent Scott Sims (with scissors) is joined by members of the Southaven Chamber of Commerce in cutting the ribbon to his new office location, 5699 Getwell Road in Southaven. Sims recently opened the office and shares it with another Shelter Insurance agent, Josh Wilson.
Atlanta-based Core5 Industrial Partners announced the completion of its first two inventory buildings in their first development in the greater Memphis Market, DeSoto 55 Logistics Center.
Members of the Olive Branch business community and Chamber of Commerce welcomed Counseling Associates to its new location, 7155 Kerr Place, in the Olive Branch Old Towne. Julie Parker, LPC, MHSP, is the owner and a counselor for Counseling Associates, which outgrew its former location on Cru…
The path Adrienne Ezell took to get where she now owns and operates a creative agency called “Her Designs” was not a direct journey, but one that now allows her to tap into her business savvy and creativity to help businesses with their marketing needs.
Culpepper Place, a new assisted living community on Pleasant Hill Road in Olive Branch, was recently welcomed with a ribbon cutting event. Olive Branch Mayor Scott Phillips (right, with scissors) and Foster Hospitality Group President Robert (Tony) Foster cut the ribbon at the new facility.
A new practice in the Olive Branch Old Towne is providing a new way of thinking about medical care.
The Southaven Chamber of Commerce welcomed DeSoto Legacy Volleyball to its organization with a recent ribbon cutting event at the Arena in Southaven. Partners Bob Lewis (left) and David Culver helped cut the ribbon for the organization providing volleyball programs through the city-owned facility.
According to statistics from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 28 percent of American school students in grades 6-12 have, at some time, experienced bullying. The figure is 20 percent for youngsters in grades 9-12.
Founded in 1988 as The Car Phone Store, the Wireless Zone is the nation's largest wireless retail franchiser and was ranked the No. 1 franchise in its category. Wireless Zone just opened in its new stand-alone store in the Highland Shopping Plaza, Suite 130, 2631 McIngvale Road in Hernando. …
It is the first health-related store of its type in the Mid-South and has opened up within the last six weeks at 1076 Goodman Road East in Southaven.
In those moments when families must come together to make final arrangements in the loss of a loved one, a caring funeral director and staff is of utmost importance.
Taking on a major restoration project and giving new life to a structure more than 125 years old would seem like a daunting challenge to any prospective entrepreneur.
Global beauty retailer Sephora officially opened a new distribution operations facility during a ceremony in Olive Branch on Thursday, Aug. 30. The ribbon cutting marked the official opening of the project, the fourth distribution center for Sephora in the United States, providing an estimat…
Turning the page and opening a new exciting chapter on her library career, Hanna Lee of Batesville has been named as the new Youth Services Coordinator for the First Regional Library System.
With a set of blueprints in his hands and an engineer's ink in his veins, Tracy Huffman definitely has designs on the future.
Lori Payne has the become the Community Ambassador for Coleman Funeral Home in Southaven. In her role, Lori helps connect local families with information about Coleman Funeral Home's services. Payne is also the owner of LRP Studios, a performing arts school which she has led for more than 25 years.
Dr. Stanley Thompson, Regional Medical Director for TeamHealth’s Southeast Group, which oversees and assists emergency departments at 13 client hospitals in North Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, talks about the expanded ER facilities at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto. Thompson was amo…
Lending a helping hand is what McCaa Russum, Program Director for Apelah Inc.'s new Home and Community Based Services program does best.
The new person in charge of promoting the benefits of living and doing business in Horn Lake knows very well the challenges to be faced. But Laura Taylor’s business background positions her well to help meet those challenges in a city that is excited about what lies ahead for it in the future.
She’s seen the good times and the bad times of the housing market and for Adams Home Area Sales Manager/Broker Sandy Richardson, now is a pretty good time for DeSoto County, especially since she remembers what it was like during the building downturn of 2008.
Becoming likely the first business entity in DeSoto County to do so, the Southaven Chamber of Commerce has added a solar energy array and will use power from the sun to operate its building functions in the future.
Inspired by the care he received following an automobile wreck, Dr. David Hooker now works to provide the same high level of care of patients facing emergency treatment.
A joint ribbon cutting event with Southaven and Horn Lake Chambers of Commerce was held Tuesday, July 18 at Coleman Funeral Home, which has a new location on Church Road in Southaven. Coleman Funeral Home also has locations in Oxford and Olive Branch.
Dr. Jason Mackey has been named as Spiritual Life Director for Northpoint Christian School. Mackey will also be teaching Honors Algebra I at the Southaven school. He comes to Northpoint from Portland Christian Academy in Louisville, Ky., where he was high school principal and taught mathematics.
People interested in health care-related careers have found a valuable resource in training for those jobs right here in DeSoto County.
People interested in health care-related careers have found a valuable resource in training for those jobs right here in DeSoto County.
Martha Warren says she has found her passion to provide a special elegance in planning a banquet, wedding reception, reunion, corporate meeting or any type of gathering.
The boutique that works to offer beautiful clothes and jewelry while treating the pocketbook kindly is also a business that is all about the family.
Greg Kiddy has joined Renasant Bank as a Commercial Relationship Officer Kiddy will be responsible for building relationships and assisting clients with their various financial needs. Kiddy is a graduate of Mississippi State University with a Bachelor of Business Administration and Managemen…
Representatives of Chambers of Commerce from all four DeSoto County cities and from Byhalia, along with the DeSoto County Economic Development Council, joined Southgroup Insurance in celebrating their new office location at 5740 Getwell Road in Southaven. President Sarah Edmiston and Vice Pr…
An insurance company that has been on the move in DeSoto County for close to 60 years has been back on the move, literally, and now serving at a new location.
Cheri Jones received the Outstanding Woman in Business Award at the inaugural Lotus Awards event of the DeSoto County Business Women, held Tuesday, June 5 at the Southaven Holiday Inn. The event celebrated DeSoto County women in business.
New officers have been named for the 2018-19 year of the DeSoto County Business Women and introduced June 5 at the inaugural Lotus Awards event at the Southaven Holiday Inn. They are (from left) Varina Hopper, President; Hayley Perkins, Treasurer; Shirley Dean, Secretary; Kacy Dixon, Vice Pr…
Connie James of Heartland Hands food pantry was named the Outstanding Woman in Nonprofit during the DeSoto County Business Women’s first Lotus Awards event, honoring women in business in the county on Tuesday, June 5 at the Southaven Holiday Inn.
Dr. Brittany Kasparik of Mid-South Chiropractic has been named the winner of the Emerging Woman in Business Award by the DeSoto County Business Women. Kasparik was honored the group’s inaugural Lotus Awards event at the Holiday Inn in Southaven on Tuesday, June 5. The event also honored outs…
Judy Ketchum received the Diamond Achievement Award as part of the DeSoto County Business Women’s first Lotus Awards event Tuesday, June 5 at the Southaven Holiday Inn. The event celebrated women in business in DeSoto County.
The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has accredited Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto for its “expertise and commitment” in treating patients with chest pain.
SouthGroup Insurance Services, sponsor and host of the annual Make-A-Difference 5K Race in Ridgeland, presented a check to Friends of Children’s Hospital in Jackson last week for $30,000 from the proceeds of the 2018 race. SouthGroup has teamed with Friends of Children’s Hospital for the pas…
Jason Lashlee leads a career that at times can be quite demanding, given all the legwork that has to be done, the long hours his work involves and the deadlines that continually have to be met.
Olive Branch-area Walmart shoppers are now enjoying the newly remodeled Walmart Supercenter at 7950 Craft Goodman Frontage Road.
Mark Miller says he has been involved in fitness for 15 years and has a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, training with Memphis Judo and Jiu Jitsu.
The next time you want to make a special event or party extra exciting for your younger guests, consider a new business to Southaven that is always on the move.
You can easily sense the excitement in Shirley Agner’s voice as she talks about her real estate agency’s move to a new home, a move that will take place late this year.
Willie Davidson is the new Planning Director for the City of Horn Lake. Davidson, a West Point native, comes to Horn Lake from Meridian, where he served as City Planner there for two-and-a-half years. He has also worked with the Engineering Department for the City of Hattiesburg.
Southaven dentist Dr. Charles Harbison will wake up Tuesday morning and first thing will do the exact same thing he’s done for years: make the bed. That action dates back to his days in the Marine Corps.
Bobby Burton has been named as the new Director of Public Works for the City of Hernando. Burton has served in the capacity of assistant public works director for the past eight years.
A joint ribbon cutting event with the Horn Lake and Southaven Chambers of Commerce welcomed the new Car Wash USA location, which has been open at 3091 Goodman Road West in Horn Lake since October of last year. Location manager Ambrea Williams cut the ribbon as Car Wash USA district manager R…
Linsey Grant, RN, is the current administrator for the Desoto Pediatric Extended Care Center, which recently observed its second anniversary at 750 Stateline Road East in Southaven.
Jean Priest of J Priest Solutions Retirement & Insurance in Olive Branch has achieved a National Social Security Advisors (NSSA) certificate from the National Social Security Association, LLC in Cincinnati.
Since high traffic locations are not needing for her continued success, Judy Kendall and A2Z Advertising and Embroidery decided to move off the beaten path.