Southaven News

While Jared Darby, Hernando's new planning director, hasn't found much time yet for any lofty, futuristic "visioning," he likes what he sees: a city on the move -- quite literally to his front door.

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.

Nearly five months after Southaven officials voted to buy out the lease on a fire station that could end up costing taxpayers up to $4 million, the city is still paying $30,000 a month in rent because of problems finding an appraiser.

Kevin Blackwell, chairman of the DeSoto County Republican Party, announced Wednesday that he plans to run for the state Senate seat being vacated by Olive Branch Republican Merle Flowers.

A special judge and prosecutor are expected to be named in Southaven Mayor Greg Davis' misdemeanor traffic case after all local Justice Court judges recused themselves.

Scouts Samuel Coffman and brother Taylor of Troop 186 place flags on graves of veterans at Twin Oaks Cemetery in Southaven at Monday's Memorial Day service.

An Attorney General's ruling in Mississippi basically says that Southaven Mayor Greg Davis or any other Mississippi mayor shouldn't have had blue lights on his car, and that he can't act as a law enforcement official.

The 12th annual Southaven softball camp is Tuesday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-noon, at Southaven High, 735 Rasco Road.

Southaven Mayor Greg Davis, just back from a recruitment trip to Las Vegas with some of the city's aldermen, is preparing for another outing -- this time, to the annual Mississippi Municipal League conference in Biloxi that was the source of many of Davis' problems with auditors last year.

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Siblings Reid , Kimberly and Neil Perry of The Band Perry are Mississippi natives.

Aldermen Ronnie Hale and William Brooks returned from Las Vegas Wednesday night with someone missing.

Graduation practice is going on all this week at the Landers Center in Southaven.

Republican Merle Flowers of Southaven says he's resigning from the Mississippi Senate to spend more time with his wife and their four children.

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

Tonight, Action News 5 is told that some grant money delayed by the scandal has been awarded.

Southaven paramedic Stacie Graham , Olive Branch paramedic Tommy Fox and Southaven paramedic Len Hall dig into lunch provided by Methodist-LeBonheur Healthcare at Snowden Grove Park.

At least two people, maybe more, snuck over to the Coldwater Police Department and idled the town's whole police fleet.

He's the most popular student at Southaven High School, but he walks the halls on four legs instead of two.

County Supervisor Mark Gardner takes a photo of DeSoto Administrative Services Director Vannessa Lynchard and fellow supervisor Lee Caldwell behind bars during a tour of the county's new jail under construction in Hernando.