Memphis News

The trial of a former Memphis police homicide detective, charged with allegedly killing his wife two years ago as she sat at a computer in their DeSoto County home, is set to start next month.

A federal appeals court has upheld the 37-month sentence handed to Robert Rainey, a Mississippi man convicted of defrauding a Memphis insurance company.

DESOTO COUNTY - DeSoto County has asked a law firm to explore the county's chances of overturning a federal decision that groups it with Memphis and Crittenden County, Ark., on ozone levels.

Bond was set at $1.25 million during a hearing Monday for James Willie, who is accused in two fatal shootings on Mississippi highways.

Two children have been airlifted to Le Bonheur Children's Hospital in Memphis after the van they were in collided with a dump truck on Highway 78 near New Albany.

Doug and Cathy Essary of Corinth announce the engagement of their daughter Autumn Leigh Essary to Joshua Andrew Boren, son of Randy and Carol Boren of Batesville.

Luther Dickinson keeps busy enough as the lead guitarist for the North Mississippi Allstars and the Black Crowes, but he's also found time for three new recording projects.

But residents say things would be a lot worse if not for the work of Catholic nuns Jonestown, Mississippi is a tiny town near Clarksdale that, like many in the Delta, has seen better days.

This year's Countywide Spring Cleanup was even bigger than last year when DeSoto Environmental Services manager Jim Bearden hefted bags of office refuse into a receptacle outside the County Administration Building in Hernando.

The home is associated with the man suspected of kidnapping a Tennessee A manhunt is underway for Adam Mayes, the man suspected of kidnapping a Tennessee woman and her three daughters.

But that is all about to change. Human error. That is how a Mississippi legislator A hotel tax that has been off the books for nearly one year is still being collected in Mississippi hotels.

But that is all about to change. Human error. That is how a Mississippi legislator A hotel tax that has been off the books for nearly one year is still being collected in Mississippi hotels.

As one of the final acts before legislators adjourned the four-month session, the House voted 70-50 to approve a state Senate plan that increases the number of majority-black districts and reduces the number of split precincts.