Rob Moore

A statue of the late pianist and singer-songwriter Jerry Lee Lewis was unveiled in DeSoto County, Mississippi, Friday, Sept. 20.

Sheriff Thomas Tuggle’s statements Monday were his first on the case in over a month, a decision he compared to a game of chess with the media.

Lorie Ann Mealer Pennell would very likely still be a Jane Doe if it weren’t for Amber Edlin, a crime-scene technician with the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office. 

County Circuit Court Judge Celeste Wilson admonished Andrew Willcutt on Monday, Sept. 30, for his handling of a 2023 case and defying verbal and written orders to appear in open court.

An employee of the Rankin County Detention Center confirmed Zimmerman was booked into the facility earlier Wednesday but could not provide further information.

A DeSoto County inmate serving 10 years for drug-trafficking charges could pick up an extra five years behind bars following a brief escape.

Lindsey Aldy Whiteside, 26, is accused of engaging in a sexual act with an underage female victim in May.

The long-term plan to spend roughly $9.2 million upgrading Hernando’s 73-acre Renasant Park got underway as work began on the project’s first phase.

Amy Lovorn, chair of the DeSoto County Convention and Visitors Bureau’s Board of Directors, said Jason Morgan’s termination was a personnel matter, preventing her from further comment. 

The DeSoto County Board of Supervisors denied allegations that some of its members made racist remarks and asked former Landers Center executive director Todd Mastry to stop booking Black artists at the Southaven venue.