Olive Branch News

Hinds Chapel United Methodist Church, 5105 Church Road in Lake Cormorant, is hosting its "SONrise National Park" vacation Bible school today from 6 to 8 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be Bible stories, games, music, crafts and food for all children through the fourth grade.

First-time homeowner April Smith shows off her new Horn Lake home on Wednesday to M&F Bank loan officer John Luttrell and state Rep.

May 29 Report cards for students at South Panola High School may be picked up at the school.

To Olive Branch officer Jessica Riley, preparing to compete in the 11th annual National LawFit Challenge has been harder than the police training academy.

City and county law enforcement, fire, Emergency Management and other public-safety services will not be affected by the holiday.

The Southaven Fire Department will host its second Fire Academy for Kids program the weeks of June 11-15 and June 25-29. There is a limit of 20 kids for each session of the academy.

Catherine Pennington is overwhelmed by the outpouring of generosity people in the MidSouth have shown to her, and her special needs daughter.

May 25-28 Panola Playhouse will present the musical "Grease." Go to Website www.panolaplayhouse.com for details and to reserve tickets.

Republican Merle Flowers of Southaven, who led redistricting efforts in the Mississippi Senate this year, says he's resigning from the Legislature to spend more time with his wife and their four children.

In baseball, it's three strikes and you're out. In aviation, after a critical foul-up you might get another chance.

Olive Branch officials plan to close old Goodman Road at Polk Lane to help with congestion caused in part by increased truck traffic to an emerging industrial corridor to the north.

Hundreds of teachers across the Mid-South were honored at church services on Sunday as area religious leaders reminded parishioners that effective teaching is second only to effective parenting in having a positive influence on a child's development.

Crews work on finishing one section of utility construction that has caused the closing of Old Goodman at Miss.

North Carolina's governor took a shot at Mississippi last week on the heels of what she saw as an... The state Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld the dismissal of the post-conviction claims of Ricky Scruggs, who was sentenced to life in prison for his role in the death of an 83-year-old Olive Branch woman in 2003.

Tulane University's Peter Ricchiuti will share his informative and entertaining perspective on financial markets during "Market Signals: What the Financial Markets Are Telling Us Now," the keynote session held in conjunction with the RV Dealers International Convention/Expo on Oct.

A lifelong Olive Branch resident, Dee Dee Erfurd has never attended the Olive Branch Old Towne Mayfest, a festival whose history dates to the late '90s. Coming as it traditionally does right before Mother's Day, Erfurd has spent most festival days in her parents' Old Town floral shop, watching the crowds walk by as she pitched in on what was their ... (more)

Betty Martin, of Eudora, Miss., spends a quiet moment at the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall Thursday evening.

Olive Branch's popular spring festival will include a 5K run for the first time this weekend, and it's already attracting the "Memphis elite" to the competition.

The Hernando girls golf team won this week's Mississippi High School Activities Association Class 2 state championship at the Canton Country Club.

Fredonna Newton sets a table for an upcoming event while putting finishing touches to a new reception hall in Olive Branch.