Hernando News

FOX13 News has learned through multiple sources that a large scale investigation into the trafficking of illegal steroids is taking place in Desoto County.

A federal grand jury has returned a 31-count indictment against a Hernando man accused of diverting more than $10 million from his Memphis employer's bank account to purchase jewelry, cars, and real estate, according to the U.S. attorney in the Western District of Tennessee.

State higher education officials say they will form a team to raise funds for a private endowment that benefits Mississippi's three historically black universities.

SENATOBIA a ' First Tennessee Bank, N.A., a subsidiary of First Horizon National Corp., announced that its Senatobia financial center, formerly Peoples Bank, will operate under the name of First Tennessee Bank effective Nov.

Authorities in two DeSoto County cities believe a rash of automobile burglaries will end with the arrests Friday of two suspects for thefts from an unlocked vehicle.

HERNANDO, Miss. - A 31-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole plus 20 years after a jury found him guilty of beating to death a cousin and setting fire to her Southaven home to cover his tracks.

Responses about a potential curbside recycling program for the City of Hernando are beginning to trickle in to City Hall.

The Emmett Till Traveling Exhibit is on display at the DeSoto County Museum in Hernando through Nov.

A rash of 30 automobile burglaries in a Hernando neighborhood has police stumped but stubbornly determined to find the culprits.

Several streets in Hernando will soon receive a fresh coat of asphalt. Chip Johnson Engineer Joe Frank Lauderdale recently did a survey of the city's streets and presented the Board of Aldermen with a list ranking streets in order of those most in need of repair.

A Hernando pilot is recovering in a Memphis, Tenn., hospital after being injured when his plane crashed shortly after taking off from the Green Village Residential Airpark in DeSoto County.

Criminal charges could be upgraded. Dennis.turner@wreg.com Investigators are calling for the public's help in investigating the so-called DeSoto County "Bat Attack". It turns out it could be a much different case than some first thought.

A 17-year-old remains in intensive care at Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center after he was beaten with a baseball bat during a fight early Sunday in DeSoto County.

"I started hearing like a male voice screaming and going crazy. It stopped for a second and then the next thing we heard were tires squealing out." Meleiah Robbins can't believe what people say happened here.

HERNANDO, Miss. - On a warm August morning three years ago, life changed forever for Ethan Bryant and his family.

Sylvia Sachs of Arlington spins wool into thread during Fiber to Fabric at the DeSoto Arts Center in Hernando on Saturday.

"I love knowing the kids are going to get a good, hot meal every day," says Florence Jones, who has been with the DeSoto County Schools for 33 years.

Due to its long and rich history and its commitment to preserving that heritage, the City of Hernando has been designated a Preserve America Community.

Akiba Shabazz's love of storytelling began as a child. "I started just as a listener at the knee of my parents and grandparents," Shabazz said.

A Hernando, Miss., man has been charged in a federal complaint with wire fraud in an effort to embezzle funds from Verso Paper Corp.