Nesbit News

Police in Hernando, MS want to know if you recognize a truck used to steal a $4000 trailer.

The accident was reported at 6:04 p.m. Friday. "A 17-year-old male was driving a 2006 Buick LaCrosse east on Church and he was making a left turn to go north on Pleasant Hill," said Maj.

"A young man approached the car and put a gun to the driver's head, demanding his keys," he said.

Tarharney Wesley Davis, 47, was hit by a southbound 1996 Mercury Grand Marquis as he tried to cross Elvis Presley north of Raines about 6:30 a.m.. The driver of the Mercury, Marshall Lee Jones, 34, of Nesbit, Miss., was charged with driving on a suspended license.

A Texas truck driver has been arrested on drug charges after Mississippi officials found about 463 pounds of marijuana in the trailer pulled by his rig.

A laptop computer, a 20-inch television, two digital cameras and a white 1998 Mercedes-Benz were taken.

A task-force investigation into illegal gun and drug sales has led to the arrest of two men at a Memphis motel.

All proceeds will go to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Entry fee is $150 per boat.

Chief Willie Huff, chief law enforcement officer for the Mississippi Department of Transportation, said the truck had pulled in to the weigh station in Nesbit about 7 a.m. Monday.

"We had a woman driving east on Goodman Road, attempting to make a left turn to go north on Davidson," said Maj.

The plans still show I-55 being widened, but interchanges at Church, Star Landing Road and Nesbit Road/Pleasant Hill Road would be altered.

Whitley and Marian Pounders, who had operated the store since 1978, "just couldn't handle it any more," said son Jeffery Pounders, who is also DeSoto County coroner.

Owners of Bonne Terre Resort file bankruptcy Court documents show more than $2.4 million in unpaid bills Sudden shutdown has brides scrambling to find new locations Scott.Noll@wreg.com One look at Bonne Terre ...

She's devastated after learning the Bonne Terre Country Inn and Cafe in Nesbit, Mississippi is closed.

Deputies in DeSoto County, Mississippi are working the county's first homicide of the year that left a 34-year-old woman dead.

Starlanding project causes water runoff problems Draining water cuts off family from home County committed to putting things back as they were dennis.turner@wreg.com A potentially deadly problem is being caused ...

DESOTO COUNTY a ' Star Landing Road resident Madeline Payton will learn Wednesday if Talbot Brothers Construction will offer to repair and prevent future damages to her driveway caused by heavy rains and ...

The ninth Annual Arkabutla Eagle Watch produced a bumper crop of the majestic raptors Saturday morning with four sightings, the most ever.

Second in a five-part series HERNANDO - Hernando officials say 2009 will bring major infrastructure improvements to the DeSoto County seat, an expanded police presence, and a continuing effort to establish ...

A struggling economy has not only left many people in dire straits but pets as well.