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Laurene Powell Jobs and Darren Walker are keynote speakers for Mississippi Today 10th anniversary event
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (712+ words) By Mississippi Today | Originally published by Mississippi Today Laurene Powell Jobs, founder and president of Emerson Collective, and Darren Walker, president and CEO of Anonymous Content and former president of the Ford Foundation, will headline Mississippi Today’s 10th Anniversary Celebration on…...
Olive Branch Planning Commission to meet Sept. 8
1+ week, 1+ day ago (60+ words) DeSoto County News Your Source for Desoto County News The City of Olive Branch said the Planning Commission will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, at the City Municipal Court Building, 6900 Highland Street. The city said the agenda is subject to change…...
Olive Branch zoning board to meet Sept. 10
1+ week, 2+ day ago (72+ words) desotocountynews.com The City of Olive Branch said its Board of Zoning Adjustment will hold a regularly scheduled meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, at the City Municipal Court Building, 6900 Highland St. The city said the meetings are open to the public....
Hezekiah Watkins gets birthday wishes at Mississippi Civil Rights Museum
1+ week, 5+ day ago (777+ words) Your Source for Desoto County News By Simeon Gates | Originally published by Mississippi Today At age 79, civil rights veteran Hezekiah Watkins would do it all over again. As a teenager, Watkins became the youngest of the Freedom Riders, an interracial…...
Besieged for sending racist text messages, Senatobia police chief is fired by city leadership
1+ week, 5+ day ago (629+ words) By Mukta Joshi and Joseph Cranney, Verite News | Originally published by Mississippi Today Leaders of the northern Mississippi city of Senatobia fired their embattled police chief late Tuesday, days after Mississippi Today, Verite News and The New York Times reported…...
Olive Branch Officials Welcome McKinnon Skeen to Parks and Recreation
2+ week, 5+ day ago (88+ words) DeSoto County News The City of Olive Branch announced that McKinnon Skeen has joined its Parks and Recreation Department, Mayor Ken Adams and the Board of Aldermen said. The announcement said the mayor, the Board of Aldermen and city staff…...
Why is Democrat Cliff Johnson challenging incumbent Republican Rep. Trent Kelly?
2+ week, 5+ day ago (98+ words) DeSoto County News By Geoff Pender and Michael Goldberg | Originally published by Mississippi Today Democratic nominee for Mississippi’s U.S. House District 1 outlines why he is running against incumbent Republican Rep. Trent Kelly. Johnson, a longtime attorney, is director of the…...
Sen. Wicker meets with Tate County leaders to discuss schools, health care and economic development
3+ week, 2+ day ago (127+ words) DeSoto County News Sen. Roger Wicker met with the Tate County Council of Governments and local leaders to discuss communities, schools, health care and economic development, Northwest Mississippi Community College said in a social media post. The college said the…...
MEMA asks District 1 residents to complete public hazard survey
3+ week, 3+ day ago (122+ words) DeSoto County News The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency asked residents of District 1 to complete a Public Hazard Survey to help identify local risks, understand community concerns and guide priorities for reducing future disaster impacts, MEMA said. MEMA said the survey…...
Mississippi???s 5th Squad awarded $200,000 grant to expand services to military veterans
3+ week, 4+ day ago (694+ words) By Aaron Lampley | Originally published by Mississippi Today Army National Guard Command Sgt. Maj. Lee Stringer did not know the surprise awaiting him outside his Pearl office building. When Stringer stepped outside the 5th Squad office on a humid July morning,…...