Southaven News

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.

Southaven officials approved a resolution Tuesday night stating their intention to issue $6 million in general obligation bonds, with half the money going to pay for installation of sewer lines in the newly annexed areas of the city.

Monday Steve Hessler was taking pictures of Moses, "He was just a sweetheart." Tuesday he spent the afternoon burying his Boston Terrier in the backyard of his Southaven home after a neighbors two pit bulls mauled the puppy.

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.

A married couple from Mississippi face felony charges in connection with the theft of a diamond ring from a local jewelry store.

One of two armed gunman wanted for robbing a Southaven church has been arrested, police said Friday.

When the economy recovers, Mississippi should have initiatives in place to transform the state into "a place of great opportunity." State leaders delivered that message Thursday as the Mississippi Economic Council's 12-city transformation tour made a stop in Southaven.

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

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

The Dizzy Dean World Series will remain in Southaven through 2019 with a renewable option for another five years.

Ruth Wright of Southaven attends the Veterans Day celebration Wednesday at the Arena at Southaven.

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

Southaven Police have arrested a 22-year-old male teacher for Sexual Battery. Police say Tyler Bigham, was caught having sex with a 17-year-old student of Desoto Central High School in Southaven.

NEW YORK - It's hard to sell a book of short stories. But not if you're John Grisham.

Brooke Lawrence, grade 8, is Southaven Middle's Star Student of the Week. If I could visit any place in the world, I would choose Somalia, Africa.

Nine of 13 students taken by DeSoto Central teacher Megan Morgan for tryouts were selected for the Delta State University Honor Choir.

FOX13 News has learned through multiple sources that a large scale investigation into the trafficking of illegal steroids is taking place in Desoto County.

In the following press release Lawrence J. Laurenzi, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee announced that Paula Sharice Nelson a/k/a Paula Mason, a/k/a Paula Kimmons, 30, of Southaven, Mississippi, pled guilty to one count of mail fraud and one count of income tax evasion before U.S. District Judge S. Thomas Anderson.

It's hard to sell a book of short stories. But not if you're John Grisham. Author John Grisham is shown in New York on Tuesday, Nov.

Katie Bouchillon , Body Walk Program assistant director, and Shelly McLaughlin, P.E. instructor at Greenbrook Elementary, discuss the day's schedule for Monday's Body Walk at the "mouth" of the walk.