Olive Branch News

Olive Branch will again be host to a Law Fit challenge, but this summer it's on the national level for the very first time.

Abundant Grace Ministries Church, 9239 E. Holmes Road, presents the Almost Famous Gospel Singing Jubilee at 7 this evening featuring the Almost Famous Crains.

OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. -- Sally Ross Davis, Joanna Wilburn and Dr. Ruth Wilburn can tell you as much about every Welsh pony they have ever owned or bred as they can any member of their family.

The program is available to boys and girls ages 4 to 14, said Melissa Zizmann, city parks and recreation assistant director.

Reservist Jeff Brantley makes a pencil etching of Marvin G. Shields' name on the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall that was displayed in Bartlett last year.

Joseph Ozment's resume, complete with a photo of him at the top, lists his address in Olive Branch.

Members of Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church in Olive Branch, Miss., walk laps as part of the congregation's healthy living program lead by Miriam Maslowski.

Shannon has preformed around the world and now he's ready for "The Voice," a stage where millions of TV viewers will see him.

The Olive Branch Animal Shelter, 7100 State Line Road, is having a cat adoption special through today, waiving the regular $15 fee, subject to approval of the mandatory application process.

David Wright, with DeSoto Environmental Services, gathers keyboards being sorted as part of a countywide collection of televisions, computers and electronic devices for recycling.

With only a 10-day window to file concerns over the proposed closing of DeSoto's Farm Service Agency office, county Board of Supervisors president and cattleman Jessie Medlin said he'll push for a resolution urging federal officials to reconsider.

The plan is to give students, and the State, the best chance to succeed. The news came in Governor Phil Bryant's "State of the State" speech Tuesday.

Two people are charged with the murder of an Olive Branch man. Paul Victor's body was found in Shelby Farms, Saturday.

OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. -- For Miriam Maslowski, the Bible isn't just for feeding souls - it's the go-to book on how to feed a body.

Melanie Lynn Lewis of Hattiesburg and Joshua Stephen Dickerson of Memphis, TN, were married on November 19, 2011, at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in New Orleans, LA, with a reception following.

Gov. Phil Bryant has canceled his inaugural parade today, after already postponing from Jan.

Services for Deleatha Jean Armstrong, 69, of Brandon, Miss., who died Sunday, Jan.

Baker's Chapel United Methodist Church, 1965 Johnston Road in Hernando, will have "The First Christmas - A Living Nativity" today and Sunday from 6-9 p.m. Real camels, donkeys, sheep and people bring the real meaning of Christmas to life.

Andy Williams , Rochelle Ponder and Al Beach join in for the Thursday's "night at the museum" where the Smithsonian's "New Harmonies" exhibit on American "roots music" at the DeSoto Museum has come alive with a crop of local bluegrass musicians.

HERNANDO, Miss. -- Library boards are an open book, but there was something about the DeSoto County Massage Parlor Commission that just seemed to rub Supervisor Harvey Wayne Lee of Hernando the wrong way.