The 10th annual HomeRun for Habitat 5K is set for Sunday at Snowden Grove Park and organizers say the event is shaping up to being one of the largest on record.
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By the indications of the exciting vibe permeating the Landers Center arena floor by youngsters and exhibitors alike, the DeSoto County Career Expo held this week will become bigger and more anticipated in following years.
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The annual Boots and BBQ event for the Arc Northwest Mississippi helped inject another round of significant support of its programs for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities, along with their families.
The DeSoto County Household Hazardous Waste Day collection effort reached record levels on Saturday, Oct. 13. That was according to Environmental Services Director Ray Laughter in a report he presented to the Board of Supervisors.
Holland Watson, a senior at Center Hill High School, was crowned Homecoming Queen during halftime of the football game against Lewisburg Oct. 12. The Mustangs beat the Patriots 27-17.
Emergency crews from DeSoto County and across North Mississippi responded to the devastated coastal cities of the florida Panhandle hard hit by Hurricane Michael and their efforts have received recognition by federal disaster officials.
Residents living in the Bankston Road area who voiced opposition to a proposed dog kennel operation have been successful in convincing the applicant to withdraw her application.
During the next 10 editions of the newspaper, the DeSoto Times-Tribune will provide in-depth information regarding the upcoming Nov. 6 ballot, including a list of offices, duties and responsibilities, qualifications required and individuals seeking election to those respective offices.
Hard work and lots of study time have apparently paid off again for Mississippi’s largest school district.
A man being sought on kidnapping and attempted murder charges from South Carolina Friday was caught along I-55 in DeSoto County.
For more than 10 years, DeSoto County residents have had the opportunity to do some fall cleaning and get some items out of the house they no longer need and desire to have on their property.
Wearing his Green Bay Packers sweatshirt and with his hair pulled back in a ponytail, James Darby, Sr., sauntered up to the registrar's counter inside the DeSoto County Circuit Clerk's Office and produced his birth certificate, driver's license and other information in order to register to v…
A celebration will be held at some point in the near future, but a DeSoto County school has been pegged as a top school by the U.S. Department of Education (DOE).
Nov. 6 is shaping up to be a busy election day in America and the Mid-South, especially in the Magnolia State in which two U.S. Senate seats are on the ballot, including a nonpartisan race involving candidates to fill the open seat of retired U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran.
The long-awaited official opening of I-269 is at hand and Northern District Transportation Commissioner Mike Tagert said MDOT officials have set 10 a.m. Oct. 26 as the date when the ribbon will be cut on the recently completed nine-mile segment of the 30-mile I-69/269 loop through DeSoto Cou…
Leaving a legacy behind that will benefit generations present and future is the goal of the Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi.
Several citizens in northeast Mississippi reported receiving suspicious phone calls from individuals inaccurately purporting to represent TurboVote.org, a voter registration service provided by Democracy Works, which advocates for voter participation across the nation.
President Donald Trump touched on familiar themes as he rallied support for Republican candidates before a packed Landers Center crowd estimated at about 12,000 Tuesday evening.
Nation's 45th Commander-in-Chief in town today
State lawmakers do not go back into session until January but they have already received the annual wish list provided by DeSoto County Supervisors.
For the second time, a jury has been unable to reach a verdict in the murder case of Jessica Chambers, the 19-year-old Panola County woman found burned alive near Courtland in December 2014.
The nation's veterans who gave so much, including life and limb to preserve freedom and liberty here at home and abroad were honored Friday at the Olive Branch Country Club with the Honoring Our Veterans celebration, now in its third year.
If you ask young Shelbi Fields to go for a cycle ride, she’ll quickly agree to it and start putting foot to pedal.
Southaven is set to receive a Presidential visit next Tuesday evening.
Southaven is set to receive a Presidential visit next Tuesday evening.
An Olive Branch woman is charged with TennCare fraud for falsely reporting her residence in order to obtain benefits from Tennessee’s taxpayer-funded program.
Working to strengthen his support among conservatives in DeSoto County, state Sen. Chris McDaniel Tuesday evening brought his campaign for U.S. Senate to a Town Hall rally at Sweet Pea’s Table and Event Center in Olive Branch.
Several DeSoto County school students, including this group in front of Olive Branch High School, gathered Wednesday morning for the annual Christian activity called “See You At The Pole.” Several ministries across the country encourage students on the designated day, which was Sept. 26 this…
Southaven is set to receive a Presidential visit next Tuesday evening.
DTT's Bakken given rare honor
GOP faithful gathered Friday in tribute to the "Gipper," the former Hollywood screen legend and 40th President of the United States, the late Ronald Wilson Reagan, during the Ronald Reagan Republican Roundup at the Gin at Nesbit.
The death of a 20-year-old Olive Branch man is under investigation by DeSoto County and state authorities.
DeSoto County is now a home for a program undertaken by two companies in Mississippi to fight an escalating drug and opioid problem.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials, both of this region's sitting U.S. senators and a host of representatives inked their signatures to a joint cost sharing/feasibility agreement that will address major flooding issues in Mississippi's fastest growing county.
For the third day this week, a DeSoto County school was threatened through a post on social media. It’s become an unfortunate recurring event that is trying the patience of school and law enforcement officials, parents, and even the students affected.
Senior citizens have many issues they have to deal with as they travel through the “golden” years of their lives. Questions abound, from financial planning and retirement to medical issues, Medicare and Medicaid, insurance, living choices from self-care in their residence to assisted living …
DeSoto County sheriff's deputies are searching the area of I-55 near Love Road in search of Justin Allen Jones who fled on foot from Hernando officers after a traffic stop.
Kim Terrell's mission is to promote Mississippi's fastest growing county, but also to extol the virtues of an international club that enables even the most reluctant speaker among us to have the courage and talent to engage in public speaking.
Working hard to encourage more voter participation, not just in November but in every election, Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann is logging a lot of miles in visits across the state ahead of Election Day.
The living, breathing document that is the United States Constitution has served this nation well for 229 years.
DeSoto Countians have responded in a big way to hurricane relief efforts in North and South Carolina and along the Atlantic Coast from sending first responders to feeding emergency personnel.
A 31-year-old man died in a motorcycle accident Sunday in Horn Lake after apparently losing control and crashing into a guardrail.
The person in charge of overseeing the electoral process in the state of Mississippi is getting proactive about promoting the right and obligation for citizens to vote on Election Day, Nov. 6.
Step by step, Native Chickasaw dancers joined hands and danced rhythmically to the rattles of turtle shells strapped onto deerskin moccasins, stomping their feet in unison and chanting songs their ancestors sang long ago.
The DeSoto County School District’s Parent Advisory Council turned its Tuesday meeting this week into a special program to honor victims and those who helped in the aftermath of the terror attacks on the day in September 2001 now known as “9/11.”
Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann and his staff are hosting a special community meeting at the DeSoto County Courthouse in Hernando today in advance of the No. 6 general election and simultaneous special nonpartisan election for the open U.S. Senate seat.
A 62-year-old Olive Branch man has been arrested and charged for being in possession of child pornography, according to DeSoto County authorities.
DeSoto County cities are basking in the limelight of having not one but four of its cities among Mississippi's "Top 10 Safest Cities," according to the public safety database and web site SafeWise.
It has taken more than 50 years and four mayoral administrations, but the City of Olive Branch is set to take ownership of its airport.
