Olive Branch retail strip gets facelift as nearby developments boom
With a nearby developments and improvements to a major intersection, the Mid South Center in Olive Branch is aimed at providing new businesses.
With a nearby developments and improvements to a major intersection, the Mid South Center in Olive Branch is aimed at providing new businesses.
After the departure of the Riverkings in 2018, ice hockey is returning to the Mid-South this fall with a new franchise in the Federal Prospects Hockey League.
“I’m stating unequivocally that I made some large mistakes in budgeting,” Hernando Mayor Chip Johnson said.
The American Contract Bridge League, based in Horn Lake, is opening The Game Table, where visitors can play bridge, spades, mahjong, and various other card and board games.
After the intensity of the Winter Olympics, a crew of ice-skating performers will display their talents in an exhibition at the Landers Center.
The cost of sanitation service is going up in Horn Lake again – the second time in recent months customers have faced an increase.
“We will be bringing professional hockey back to the Mid-South,” the Landers Center chief operating officer said.
A DeSoto County sheriff’s deputy jumped into a swollen ravine last fall to save two teenage girls and was recognized for the rescue.
The Mississippi Legislature has approved a salary increase for teachers, but some DeSoto County educators say the incremental raises won’t have much of an impact.
Fresh off historic performances in the Winter Olympics, members of the USA ice-skating squad will appear in Southaven at the Landers Center in May.
The 1st includes DeSoto County. Southaven, Hernando, Horn Lake, Olive Branch, Oxford, and Tupelo are all in the district.
Mississippi is rushing plans to make xAI’s request for permanent natural gas turbines in Southaven, according to the NAACP.
The shift from private residence to rock ’n’ roll destination has made the Jerry Lee Lewis Ranch Experience, complete with bullet holes in the bedroom, a stop on the music lovers’ trail.
Students from across the Mid-South participated in an annual welding competition as a step towards mastering their craft.
Southaven has officially been recognized as one of the premier fire departments in Mississippi.
A state Supreme Court ruling this week keeps 80 acres in unincorporated land outside of an Olive Branch annexation.
Problems at the Mississippi Alcoholic Beverage Control has led to delays in the delivery of spirits to DeSoto County businesses, bars and restaurants.
Tickets go on sale this week for Ashley McBryde and Alexandra Kay, who will open the BankPlus Amphitheater season in April.
The electronics manufacturing company’s purchase of the Byhalia warehouse may spark new industrial development in the metro Memphis area.
DeSoto County officials have revised their road plan, concentrating on heavily traveled arteries like interstates 269 and 55, along with Miss. 305 — a particular area of concern for some.
The increase comes as Hernando officials scramble to address a projected deficit in the city’s utility fund.
At a public hearing in Southaven, hundreds aired concerns about air quality, loud noise and overall health impacts of 41 natural gas turbines proposed for the xAI data center.
The Mississippi primary elections coincide with spring break, and DeSoto County officials are encouraging voters to take advantage of absentee ballots if they need that option.
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company and Texas-based Solaris Energy Infrastructure operate natural gas turbines that do not have an air-emissions permit.
A major mixed-use project is under construction in Hernando.
Improvements are coming to Pleasant Hill Road in Olive Branch, but it will be a while before commuters see the congestion relief.
A special judge has ruled that while there were some missteps in the former youth pastor’s original sentencing, they did not warrant a harsher penalty as requested by prosecutors.
A group of homeschool students from Olive Branch is headed to Washington, D.C., to compete in a national robotics competition.
The owner of the company planning to renovate and operate Quail Ridge Golf Course in Bartlett is dealing with problems at another of his courses — Mallard Pointe in Sardis — damaged by the ice storm.