Walls News

Though she's a resident of Memphis, Angeletti Wilkins has always had a soft spot in her heart for small towns.

New Prospect Baptist Church, 310 Miss. 305 N., will have a Christmas Cantata tonight at 6. The program "On This Very Night" is free and open to the public.

First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 8161 Germantown Road in Olive Branch, will hold its annual "Cumberland Forest" on Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 4 to 8 p.m. Included is cabins with crafts for children, music by the contemporary band, cider, cookies and a live, outdoor Nativity scene.

David Dennis, a former Memphian who got fed up with crime there, is concerned about an increase in activity in his Walls neighborhood.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - "As far as the nature of the crime, I hope I never see it again," said Desoto County Assistant District Attorney, Steven Jubera.

DeSoto Hills Baptist Church, 4680 Getwell Road in Southaven, presents its Christmas musical "Carols by Candlelight" Friday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 6 p.m. Call 890-2452. Horn Lake United Methodist Church, 6890 E. Center Street, is hosting "A Time For Santa" Saturday from 9-11 a.m. Activities include story time, breakfast and picture with Santa.

All federal, state, county and municipal offices in DeSoto County will be closed today in observance of Thanksgiving.

Clarksdale Police Chief Gregory Hoskins has been found guilty of three counts of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after an incident at a Southaven convenience store this summer.

The wait is finally over for DeSoto County schools. The district began giving free swine flu shots to students Tuesday-- nearly a month after originally planned.

Along the road leading out to Walls, MS is an old "school building" with several silos decaying behind it.

Walls Mayor Gene Alday has asked city aldermen to raise sewer rates to cover a deficit that runs about $1,500 to $2,000 a month.

Attorneys for convicted murderer Carla Hughes say the jury may have held it against the former teacher for not testifying in her own defense.

The DeSoto County Regional Utility Authority, on the recommendation of Waggoner Engineering, accepted the low bid of $8.9 million Tuesday from J.S. Lewis Co.

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

A move to recognize the DeSoto County Regional Utility Authority on a sign for the county's greenways project sparked a debate Tuesday over the Utility Authority's role in the greenways effort.

DeSoto Central High School, 2911 Central Pkwy. in Southaven, will have a flea market today, starting at 6:30 a.m. The school's 150-member student band is raising money for a trip to Chicago.

The M.R. Davis Public Library, 8554 Northwest Drive in Southaven, is hosting a "Howling Halloween" Saturday from 5-7 p.m. Treats and activities will be outside on the north side of the library.

Getwell Road United Methodist Church, 7875 Getwell Road in Southaven, will have its Harvest Fest and Bonfire on Wednesday.

It was a long night for Jordan Capers, "We were up about 12:58 last night and heard all the commotion going on and I woke him and told him about the swat being outside." His family lives across the street from where the Desoto County sheriff says 31year-old Alvin Walker's girlfriend called police.

A Walls, Miss., man apparently took his own life after barricading himself in a house on Black Oak in Walls on Thursday evening, DeSoto County Sheriff Bill Rasco said.