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Keen eye helps to nab multiple-theft suspect
DeSoto YAHOO! Keen eye helps to nab multiple-theft suspect Horn Lake officer spots vehicle in series of snatches and robbery By William C. Bayne , Memphis Commercial Appeal Wednesday, August 20, 2008 A ...
Work on visitors center to begin soon
SOUTHAVEN - ' The state's fastest growing county will soon be able to welcome the world from the confines of its spacious new 4,500 square-feet DeSoto County Visitors Center near Interstate 55.
Local credit counselors note spike in business due to economic pressure
With the nationwide credit crunch and housing market collapse, credit counseling agencies are seeing a rise in business, especially those in the Memphis area.
Charity in need: Southaven organization turns to government to make ends meet
DeSoto YAHOO! Charity in need: Southaven organization turns to government to make ends meet By Yolanda Jones , Memphis Commercial Appeal Sunday, August 10, 2008 As David Donaldson stood before the DeSoto County ...
Entergy and DeSoto mayors offer cooling centers, free bottled water for seniors
DeSoto YAHOO! Entergy and DeSoto mayors offer cooling centers, free bottled water for seniors By William C. Bayne , Memphis Commercial Appeal Saturday, August 9, 2008 Entergy and the mayors of all five DeSoto ...
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Lawyer: Morgan Freeman and wife are divorcing
Morgan Freeman's lawyer says the actor and his wife of 24 years are getting a divorce.
DeSoto's black growth rises by 147%
DeSoto YAHOO! DeSoto's black growth rises by 147% Over 8-year period; Shelby shows downward white trend By Jimmie Covington , Memphis Commercial Appeal Thursday, August 7, 2008 Shelby County's non-Hispanic ...
Districts launch dropout-prevention programs
In the DeSoto County School District, getting a GED doesn't mean students will have to attend an alternative school.
Heat, schedule conflicts cut into National Night Out rallies
DeSoto YAHOO! Heat, schedule conflicts cut into National Night Out rallies By Yolanda Jones , Memphis Commercial Appeal Tuesday, August 5, 2008 Partly because of the heat, partly because of conflicts and partly ...
What's old is new: some DeSoto schools shift locations and assignments
DeSoto YAHOO! What's old is new: some DeSoto schools shift locations and assignments By Jimmie Covington , Memphis Commercial Appeal Sunday, August 3, 2008 DeSoto County public school students will face lots of ...
The pool at Royal Inn and Suites on Highway 61 remains closed after a drowning death on Saturday, July 26.
August 4-8 during Action News 5 at 6am Superintendents' Week on Action News 5 August 4-8 is Superintendents' Week on Action News 5. Each morning, during Action News 5 at 6am, the superintendent of a Mid-South ...
Whether it's karate class or college, busy mom likes to grow
DeSoto YAHOO! Whether it's karate class or college, busy mom likes to grow By Jimmie Covington , Memphis Commercial Appeal Friday, July 25, 2008 It was a long, winding path from the Air Force to DeSoto County, ...
DeSoto County's sewer rate could go up 35% by 2011
DeSoto YAHOO! DeSoto County's sewer rate could go up 35% by 2011 Authority wants to hold prices next year, raise slightly thereafter By Wayne Risher , Memphis Commercial Appeal Thursday, July 24, 2008 Operators ...
Gov., House sticking to guns on Medicaid
Gov. Haley Barbour chastised the Mississippi House leadership Wednesday at a press conference at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, calling the political stalemate over funding the state's $4 billion Medicaid ...
Four-day schedule OK'd to help Southaven employees save on gas
DeSoto YAHOO! Four-day schedule OK'd to help Southaven employees save on gas By Yolanda Jones , Memphis Commercial Appeal Wednesday, July 16, 2008 Southaven has become the first city in the state to approve a ...
In Brief: Jailers prevent hanging attempt
DeSoto YAHOO! In Brief: Jailers prevent hanging attempt Tuesday, July 15, 2008 Hernando A trusty in the DeSoto County Jail spotted a prisoner attempting to hang himself with a bed sheet Saturday afternoon but ...
Kenny Brown celebrates Hill Country blues
Kenny Brown learned at the knee of Joe Callicott and became R.L. Burnside's right hand as a teenager.
S'haven gains on Biloxi in city size
DeSoto YAHOO! S'haven gains on Biloxi in city size Three DeSoto County cities ranked among state's largest By Jimmie Covington , Memphis Commercial Appeal Thursday, July 10, 2008 Southaven remains Mississippi's ...
Senatobia farm fills sweet potato niche
It hit him like a steamroller at a young age. Keith Murphree should be on a tractor farming.