Desoto County News

A 23-year-old substitute teacher at Lake Cormorant High School has been released from jail after posting bond on charges of sexual battery involving two 16-year-old female students.

Contractually, John Grisham did not have to write a book this year. Financially, he never has to type another word.

Brothers Drake and Jacob Walton both play football for Lake Cormorant High School.

Joey Johnson, who is charged with sexual battery for off-campus incidents with two 16-year-olds, will have a preliminary hearing Friday morning.

23-year-old Joey Johnson faces multiple counts of sexual battery, and is locked up at the DeSoto County Jail on $100,000 bond.

Kim Terrell , executive director of the DeSoto County Tourism Association, leads guests into the new DeSoto County Visitors Center at Interstate 55 and Church Road during a grand-opening ceremony Tuesday.

Officials said a 23-year-old substitute teacher working at Lake Cormorant High School has been charged with sexual battery in incidents that occurred off-campus. Deputy Chief Frank Rainey of the DeSoto County Sheriff's Department told the Commercial Appeal that Joey Johnson of Horn Lake was arrested at his home Monday after authorities received a ...

A 23-year-old substitute teacher working at Lake Cormorant High School was charged with sexual battery today in incidents that occurred off-campus, officials said.

The following is a news release issued by the DeSoto County Sheriffa s Department: DeSoto County Sheriffa s Department investigators have arrested 23 year old Joey Johnson of Horn Lake, Mississippi on child sex charges.

THE CITY OF Ridgeland has adopted an ordinance to help the Madison County school system verify that parents sending their children to the local schools live in the district.

Officials in north Mississippi's DeSoto County say they're optimistic about growth because of a recent increase in the number of building permits.

DeSoto County supervisors have decided to make a new veterans service officer position a part-time job.

It's prompted a state investigation and may have resulted in the resignation of two Hernando city employees.

Authorities believe they know who robbed members of a church at gunpoint early one morning last month before a fish fry.

A 22-year-old assistant band director at DeSoto Central High School has been released from jail after posting bond on a charge that he had sex with a 17-year-old female student.

A 22-year-old teacher at DeSoto Central High School in Southaven has been charged with sexual battery for having sex with a 17-year-old student.

The wait is finally over for DeSoto County schools. The district began giving free swine flu shots to students Tuesday-- nearly a month after originally planned.

The list of local law enforcement personnel connected to an alleged steroid ring is growing.

Southaven police have arrested a DeSoto Central High School teacher on charges of sexual battery.

DeSoto County school board members named facilities at two schools after long-time figures in the school system during their meeting Monday.