Large Marijuana Bust in Desoto County

MyFoxMemphis - Thu Nov 05

DEA Agents raided a tractor-trailer in Olive Branch late Thursday morning, confiscating around one million dollars worth of marijuana.

Desoto Steroid Ring Under Investigation

MyFoxMemphis - Thu Nov 05

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

Supervisors approve voting precincts for Olive Branch, Horn Lake

Memphis Commercial Appeal - Thu Nov 05

DeSoto County supervisors on Wednesday approved adding two voting precincts, one in Olive Branch and one in Horn Lake, beginning with elections next spring.

Kuykendall honored for work

WDAM-TV Hattiesburg - Wed Nov 04

DeSoto County Schools Superintendent Milton Kuykendall has been named Superintendent of the Year by the Mississippi Association of School Administrators.

Utility Authority wins vote to place its name on trail

Memphis Commercial Appeal - Wed Nov 04

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.

Sex Offender Gets Life for Dealing Drugs

MyFoxMemphis - Tue Nov 03

"Including having served 12 years in Colorado for aggravated incest of his own child," said Desoto County Assistant District Attorney, Smith Murphey.

Suspects tied to county wide car thefts

WREG - Tue Nov 03

Now two men are behind bars, and now police say their arrest could have solved a county wide problem.

DeSoto hires firm to design jail

WDAM-TV Hattiesburg - Tue Nov 03

A Memphis architecture firm has been hired to design the new DeSoto County jail.

Cellular South expanding 3G network

The Clarion-Ledger - Tue Nov 03

Cellular South will expand its third-generation high-speed wireless mobile broadband services network by adding 166 new cell sites in 39 Mississippi counties during the fourth quarter of this year, the company announced.

Kuykendall named Mississippi's top superintendent

Commercial Appeal - Mon Nov 02

DeSoto County Schools Supt. Milton Kuykendall was named today as the Mississippi Association of School Administrators Superintendent of the Year for 2010.