The AI company said Mississippi’s environmental regulator is seeking civil penalties for potential violations of the state’s policies across three Southaven sites. 

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.

The proposed restriction would apply to unincorporated areas of the county, not to the county's cities.

Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch has cleared a Senatobia police officer of wrongdoing in a fatal June shooting of a 1-year-old. 

The appointment appointed is the latest in a series of recent judicial shakeups.

SpaceXAI continues to grow in Southaven as do its debts. Another lien has been filed against the AI giant.

A number of local governments are looking to moratoriums to slow the consideration of data centers until proper studies and zonings are considered.

Also, Gussied Up sets an opening date, and La Hacienda Mexican Restaurant opens a third spot.

“I can’t imagine the destruction he’s left behind. It’s repulsive,” a former employee said.

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. 

The transaction is the latest in a series of leases that have given DeSoto County, and the overall Memphis industrial market, multiple quarters of positive absorption.

ALO, a fashion and lifestyle brand, will invest nearly $176 million and create 400 jobs at a national fulfillment and distribution center in Southaven.

“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.”

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.

The Mid-South Monarchs and the Monroe Moccasins will play a two-game set on Friday and Saturday to open up the season. The home opener for the Monarchs will be Oct. 23 at the Landers Center.

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.

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.

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 judge has denied a request to dismiss a defamation suit against DeSoto County District Attorney Matthew Barton, for now.

U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker has announced millions in federal funding for road improvements in DeSoto County.

Residents had mixed feelings about both selling their home to SpaceXAI and the noise its power plant creates.

DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office deputies shot and killed Rylee Westmoreland shortly after midnight Oct. 18, 2025.

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.

SpaceXAI offers to buy real estate from some Southaven residents if they pledge not to join a class-action lawsuit filed in June over the company’s North Mississippi power plant.