DeSoto County News

Where the Jobs Are
Aug 24, 2011 by: CNN Money

7. DeSoto County, MS

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Towns include: Hernando, Olive Branch, Southaven
Job growth (2000-2010): 48.2%

Jobs are heading down the Mighty Mississippi to DeSoto County. Located just below the Tennessee border, the area is attracting bu...
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FedEx hub a factor in drug company's selection of Olive Branch site
Aug 14, 2011 by: The Commercial Appeal

The proximity of Olive Branch to the FedEx hub was a primary reason that a generic pharmaceuticals distributor picked the city for its new facility that will bring about 70 jobs.

"The really big reason to move was FedEx," said Albert Paonessa I...
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Southaven's crime figures on decline in most categories
Feb 10, 2011 by: Yolanda Jones - The Commercial Appeal

Although Southaven's population continues to grow, the number of reported crimes is going down.

Recently released census data show that Southaven has grown 69 percent in the last 10 years to 48,982 residents, moving up two spots from fifth in t...
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DeSoto County booming, census shows; Southaven now 3rd-largest Mississippi city
Feb 04, 2011 by: The Commercial Appeal

As expected, DeSoto County posted dramatic growth over the last decade, according to initial 2010 Census figures released Thursday: A surge of more than 54,000 people, from 107,199 to 161,252, reflecting a 50 percent rise in population.

The num...
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DeSoto weathers housing slump
Aug 31, 2010 by: Robert Lee Long/DeSoto Times-Tribune

DESOTO COUNTY - DeSoto County is fairing slightly better than the national average in sales of existing homes, according to real estate professionals in the state's fastest growing county.

Existing home sales nationally plunged to 27 percent, t...
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Methodist hospital approved
Aug 04, 2010 by: JB Clark--DeSoto Times Tribune

OLIVE BRANCH - The Mississippi Department of Health granted Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare's certificate of need request to build a hospital in Olive Branch.

The decision, which came Thursday, has Olive Branch officials and residents excited. ...
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DeSoto County gets $150,000 planning grant for I-69 corridor
Aug 04, 2010 by: Henry Bailey--The Commercial Appeal

DeSoto County got the long-awaited green light -- and that other, crucial green, cash from a $150,000 federal grant -- to hit the road for a strategic plan for development along the Interstate 69/269 International Trade Corridor.

The grant was ...
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Olive Branch Reels in Another Company
Jul 30, 2010 by: ANDY MEEK | The Daily News

Olive Branch will add nearly 1,000 jobs thanks to a trio of major economic development deals involving the creation of new plants and a hospital facility.

Even more impressive for the North Mississippi town: the announcements of this impressive...
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Legislature fails in budget talks
May 31, 2009 by: The Commercial Appeal

JACKSON -- After four days of on-again, off-again negotiations, Mississippi legislators adjourned Friday without reaching agreement on a budget for the 2010 fiscal year that begins July 1.

House and Senate budget negotiators will continue talk...
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$16M bond issue in planning stage
May 06, 2009 by: DeSoto Times-Tribune

DESOTO COUNTY - DeSoto County Supervisors Monday voted to allow financial adviser Demery Grubbs to begin the paperwork for issuance of at least $16 million in general obligation bonds.

The bond could be used for a wide range of county improveme...
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