Nesbit News

George Traicoff of Hernando runs a family owned and operated you-pick operation in DeSoto County.

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI - Late-spring cold snaps and untimely freezes have delayed harvests and reduced yields for Mississippi's 2013 blueberry crop.

At a meeting dominated by infrastructure issues, the DeSoto Board of Supervisors on Monday approved flood-related emergency roadwork at five locations and will gather information on options for relocating a proposed cellular communications tower on Horn Lake Road that has sparked residents' ire.

It's been three years since the price of meals has gone up for students and teachers in the Clinton... If there is one herb my wife and I love to grow more than the rest, it has to be basil.

There's hardly room to squeeze through the boxes of DeSoto County records packed nearly to the ceiling of a third-floor room of the county administration building.

As the pair briskly strolled by on the nearly quarter-mile walking trail at Eudora Park, Supervisor Lee Caldwell of Nesbit called out to retiree Willie Bronner and her grown daughter, Carolyn Bronner: "Hey y'all -- let us know what needs to be improved!" "We will," responded the elder Bronner, not breaking her pace.

DeSoto Supervisors note that the county, to save on energy will have to spend money - some $100,000 in annual monitoring and reporting costs - but the panel also marked a revenue milestone in tourism tax collections.

DeSoto Supervisors on Monday greenlighted startup of a major facilities overhaul with the expected arrival of greenbacks - $10.5 million in bond-sale revenue.

ASSOCIATED PRESSWhile touring his district, county supervisor Harvey Lee stops for a stroll around the trail at Cockrum Community Park in Olive Branch.

On DeSoto Recreational District financial matters, greenways and parks director Larry Jarrett reported last week that out of a fiscal 2013 beginning balance Oct.

What if a tornado like the one that hit Oklahoma struck here? DeSoto County's Emergency Management Agency is asking that question this week.