Desoto County News

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

Summer Owens, author of the book "Life After Birth: A Memoir of Survival and Success as a Teenage Mother", wants teen moms to know there's nothing fun or glamorous about having a baby as a child.

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The month of June will mark two years since Odessa Johnson's embezzlement case was sent to a DeSoto County circuit court judge after two other judges recused themselves.

The Mississippi Supreme Court on Thursday declined to appeal an appeal from William Joseph Hogan, who was convicted and given a life sentence in 2009 in DeSoto County for the shooting death of his wife.

Mississippi state Sen. Merle Flowers of Olive Branch, a powerful voice for DeSoto County in the state legislature, announced this morning he is resigning.

An agricultural fire that burned several acres in the Walls area Wednesday was contained before it reached any structures, officials said.

Surrounded by books in her job at the M.R. Dye library in Horn Lake, local author J.D.R. Hawkins will unveil her latest work during a book launch party today from 4 to 6 pm.

Running figures for the next fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, the DeSoto County Regional Utility Authority board is weighing a very tentative 2013 budget with a $511,000 increase over last year's $5.9 million blueprint for municipal wastewater services.

He is a celebrated legend, a hero in the community. He is the man who has tracked storms and kept us safe from severe weather for decades.

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.

The program will join the ones already in effect for middle school and high school , and it will be called Extended School Year.

Seniors in Action will meet Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at the M.R. Dye Public Library, 2885 Goodman Road in Horn Lake.

Linking Millington and Hernando in the most roundabout of ways, Interstate 269 will be more than just a 60-mile bypass loop around Memphis when it's completed in the next five or so years.

UPDATE: A suspect in this case was taken into custody. Look for a complete story in our May 25 edition and watch facebook and twitter for updates.

Thomas Schlender wasn't unlike other grandparents. He loved to spoil his grandchildren.

Five children at Lake Cormorant Elementary School received minor cuts and bruises in a hayride accident during an end-of-the-year celebration at the school.

Arkansas wildlife officer Michael Neal Mississippi wildlife officers found Alexandria and Kyliyah Bain the same day they joined in the intense manhunt for their accused kidnapper, Adam Mayes.

Campers looking for a little education along with their recreation this summer should check out camps offered by Mississippi State University.

Sen. Thad Cochran yesterday again expressed his serious misgivings with an Environmental Protection Agency decision to place parts of DeSoto County under new air quality rules, cautioning that the designation could cast a pall on job creation.