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North Mississippi transportation commissioner not seeking reelection
Mississippi Department of Transportation Northern Commissioner John Caldwell will not seek reelection, he said in a recent video announcement.
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Mississippi Department of Transportation Northern Commissioner John Caldwell will not seek reelection, he said in a recent video announcement.
DeSoto County’s Lindsey Whiteside saga is almost officially over.
Residents of the little community south of Hernando don’t have a whole lotta love for all the changes coming their way, but they like the town of Love anyway.
DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office deputies shot and killed Rylee Westmoreland shortly after midnight Oct. 18, 2025.
Residents had mixed feelings about both selling their home to SpaceXAI and the noise its power plant creates.
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker has announced millions in federal funding for road improvements in DeSoto County.
A judge has denied a request to dismiss a defamation suit against DeSoto County District Attorney Matthew Barton, for now.
Deputies booked the woman into the DeSoto County jail for contributing to the delinquency or neglect of a child, the county’s online jail portal shows.
A Memphis restaurateur wants 1,240 acres rezoned for industrial use. He hasn’t said what would be built there, and residents fear the worst.
Supervisors voted down a plan to go cashless and approved a 1.6-acre expansion at the site, which is close to full and now takes in twice as much waste per day as it did in 2023.
Crews have completed another significant portion of the Arkabutla Dam repairs, but future money remains an open question for the rest of the project that could continue for at least the next seven years.
Federal races, judicial elections and a school board contest headline the ballot as absentee voting gets underway Sept. 21.
DeSoto County officials banked on the multimillion-dollar Landers Center expansion being completed alongside a new hotel. Whether half the project gets finished in time is now in question.
“If I sold land to a data center, I would not be here. I would be laying on a beach somewhere. You’re lying through your teeth,” Alderman Keith White said, calling a data center build in Walls, Mississippi, a “long shot.”
“I can’t imagine the destruction he’s left behind. It’s repulsive,” a former employee said.
SpaceXAI continues to grow in Southaven as do its debts. Another lien has been filed against the AI giant.
The appointment appointed is the latest in a series of recent judicial shakeups.
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch has cleared a Senatobia police officer of wrongdoing in a fatal June shooting of a 1-year-old.
The proposed restriction would apply to unincorporated areas of the county, not to the county's cities.
The league commissioner said there will be an “instant rivalry” with the Memphis Blues, the Bluff City’s American Arena League team.
The Democratic contender for U.S. Senate in Mississippi spoke to supporters in Southaven, urging more regulation and transparency around data centers.