DeSoto County News

Happy Labor Day!

Saturday sports: Southwind holds off Horn Lake in morning makeup game. https://lnkd.in/gBA6PF7U

Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto and Brown Missionary Baptist Church have partnered to provide local law enforcement officers with 120 Heart Score tests, a preventative scan for maintaining heart health. https://lnkd.in/gzYyGzh5

New Southaven hotel/convention center complex construction go start this fall. https://lnkd.in/g97AquGf

A DeSoto Central junior who also takes classes at Career Tech Center-West spent this summer involved in an internship with NASA. https://lnkd.in/eM57dMU4

Olive Branch Police is adding a new drone to its arsenal. t.ly/wB7jz

About 170 new laws became effective in Mississippi as of today, and a number of them were written or supported by DeSoto County legislators. A link to a list of all of them is found inside here: https://lnkd.in/gUb34H7y

Old high school rivalries on the basketball floor were renewed Saturday night as the 4 Mississippi Hoops Classic helped raise money for HBCU Rust College. https://lnkd.in/gB49TgpQ

Southaven’s mayor and police chief Monday issued statements about the brawl that prematurely closed the last night of the city’s annual Springfest celebration on Saturday. https://lnkd.in/grDxpdqK

Nearly 200 license tags mailed out in March by DeSoto County Tax Collector Joey Treadway's office never reached their destinations. Treadway is working with the Post Office to find out why. https://lnkd.in/gvS3qrhe