Hickman: A call for accountability and true leadership in state government
This legislative stalemate underscores a troubling pattern of misplaced priorities.
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Stevenson: Liberation Day-What’s going on with Trump and tariffs?
The theory behind these tariffs is ambitious and hasn’t been tried in this country in over 100 years.
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Barton: National Crime Victims’ Rights Week: A Time to Stand in Kinship
According to the FBI’s Crime Data Explorer, reported violent and property crimes in our county rose from 2,842 in 2018 to 3,875 in 2023.
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New ADA-inclusive playground opens in Horn Lake
The playground fills a need that parents in the community had been asking for.
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Simmons: Eliminating the state income tax is a risky gamble
This is textbook regressive taxation in favor of the rich: shifting the tax burden from those most able to pay to those who are already stretched thin.
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Board agenda links
Agendas for Tuesday boards of Aldermen meetings in DeSoto County.
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Lynn Jones: Be concerned about others
We often focus on ourselves too much and on others too little.
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Friday sports page: Hernando Tigers take Region 1-7A baseball title
Tigers earn top seed from region in upcoming 7A playoffs.
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Business beat: Southern Bancorp’s Mary Davis promoted to City President
Davis brings more than 25 years of industry experience to her new position.
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Operation SNAP Trap nets four in welfare fraud case
The arrests were a combined effort between agents with the Mississippi Department of Human Services, the DeSoto County District Attorney’s office, and officers with the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Department’s Fugitive Division.
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