Southaven News

DeSoto Supervisors who lost in races for Southaven, Olive Branch mayor take it in stride, say they'll help cities from county post.

Friday was the fifth day of the trial. Davis was on the stand to speak about why he and his wife needed counseling.

A retired investigator for the Mississippi Auditor's office testified that Southaven Mayor Greg Davis was reimbursed by the city or the Chamber of Commerce for credit card charges that included a property tax payment on a Florida condo he once co-owned. Already subscribe to The Memphis Commercial Appeal? Click below to activate your Premium ... (more)

The countywide public district, Mississippi's largest, will begin graduations Tuesday, when Lake Cormorant holds its ceremony at 7 p.m. at the Landers Center at Interstate 55 and Church Road in Southaven.

The Memphis Area Transit Authority is facing funding cuts after losing $2 million last year.

Southaven 5, Northwest Rankin 2: The Chargers scored twice in the first inning and added three more runs in the fourth to eliminate the visiting Cougars in Game 3 on Monday.

An investigator with the Mississippi auditor's office has testified in court that Southaven Mayor Greg Davis submitted duplicate charges to the city and the Chamber of Commerce, and was reimbursed a total of $461,000. Karen Swain, an investigator with the state auditor's office, said the city and the chamber both routinely reimbursed Davis for ... (more)

The civil case against Mayor Davis centers around the state auditor's effort to collect New Orleans police vowed to swiftly track down the gunmen who wounded 19 people at a neighborhood Mother's Day parade, the latest case of violence flaring up around a celebration in the city this year.

The civil case against Mayor Davis centers around the state auditor's effort to collect more than $70,000 in public money allegedly spent on personal matters.

Next week is a big one for Southaven Mayor Greg Davis. That is when we expect to finally have a concrete answer on whether the mayor misspent hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars.

A Memphis, Tenn., man faces up to 30 years in prison after his conviction in DeSoto County of assaulting a Southaven police officer.

Hernando will get ready for its close-up as aldermen approved a two-year deal with a Rochester, N.Y., firm to make promotional videos of the city at no cost to taxpayers.

DeSoto County plans to team with Olive Branch on the $600,000 replacement of an old timber-supported bridge on State Line Road over Johns Creek, east of Miss.

In the Southaven Mayor's race as of Tuesday night, Darren Musselwhite has 2,489 votes, Mark Gardner 1,456, Jerald Wheeler 1,619, Christopher Klass, 33.

A Southaven attorney charged with DUI and misdemeanor possession of a pain killer will face a judge in municipal court on the charges Wednesday.

Self confessed bigamist and former Oakland, Tennessee mayor Scott Ferguson is back in the spotlight - at least his name is.

Six more men face federal charges they tried to entice a minor female for sex. Their arrests continue in a string of charges coming from a sex-sting operation out of Lee County, where a trained law enforcement officer masquerades as a 15-year-old female on the Internet.

The Harrah's casino division of Memphis-based Promus Cos. announced plans to build a casino in Tunica on 150 acres of land five miles west of U.S. 61 with an opening date of late 1994.

Millie Croft, of Southaven, joins hands with Rev. Bartholomew Orr during an observation of today's National Day of Prayer at Southaven City Hall board room.

As Southaven Mayor Greg Davis gets ready for his May 13 civil trial in Jackson where Mississippi Auditor Stacey Pickering has sued him in an attempt to recover more than $70,000 that he says the mayor owes for unsubstantiated personal expenses, one city official is fighting his subpoena to testify at the hearing.