DeSoto County News
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Hands busy at DeSoto Industries
Mar 01, 2008 by: DeSoto Times
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HERNANDO - Idle hands may be the devil's workshop but you won't find any at DeSoto Industries.
The 50 mentally handicapped workers at DeSoto Industries in Hernando are nothing short of angels, according to DeSoto Industries Director Jerry Self....
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Developers moving forward with Jefferson despite DeSoto's slower housing market
Mar 01, 2008 by: Memphis Business Journal
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Construction is in full swing at the Jefferson, a new $70 million, 89-acre residential development in Hernando.
Jefferson Group, a partnership among four businessmen, is developing 200-225 lots in the southeast corner of Jaybird Road and Holly...
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DeSoto officials get set for Great American Cleanup
Mar 01, 2008 by: The Commercial Appeal
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City and county officials donned reflective yellow vests and armed themselves with Litter Gitters on Wednesday to call attention to the Great American Cleanup on April 12.
Mayors and county supervisors called on citizens to get involved in clea...
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DeSoto sees big revenue gains
Jan 22, 2008 by: The Commercial Appeal
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Even without holiday season sales, DeSoto County in the last half of 2007 outpaced the previous year's latter half in state sales tax transfers.
Numbers from the Mississippi State Tax Commission indicate that retail sales here have not dropped ...
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DeSoto ranks 1st in income
Jan 21, 2008 by: The Commercial Appeal
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A newly released census report confirms that DeSoto County has the highest median income and lowest poverty rate among the eight counties in the Memphis metro area.
Another report, the American Community Survey (ACS), has shown in recent years ...
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Magnolia Lighting doubles space in its new Hernando showroom
Jan 21, 2008 by: The Commercial Appeal
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Magnolia Lighting, a fixture of the Mid-South home decor industry for more than 20 years, has moved to spacious new quarters in north Hernando.
The lighting showroom and Magnolia Electric Supply have relocated to the former Stylecraft complex o...
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DeSoto fires back at Shelby
Dec 18, 2007 by: The Commercial Appeal
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Shelby County's claim that DeSoto is polluting its air is just that -- a claim, a DeSoto County official said Monday.
Jim McDougal, DeSoto County Planning Director, told the county's Board of Supervisors that there was no "evidence" to back up ...
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DeSoto school leaders happy with new goals
Dec 14, 2007 by: The Commercial Appeal
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DeSoto County school board members have adopted a new set of goals for the school district, ranging from a "safe, secure and orderly environment" in schools to financial responsibility in managing school facilities.
Other goals deal with studen...
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S'haven to get toolmaker's distribution center
Dec 12, 2007 by: The Commercial Appeal
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Tax incentives, FedEx and a need to expand has led Greenlee Textron, a national tool manufacturing company, to move its distribution center 600 miles from Illinois to Southaven early next year.
The Rockford, Ill., company's move to DeSoto Count...
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More are being born, fewer dying in DeSoto
Dec 11, 2007 by: The Commercial Appeal
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Resident births in fast-growing DeSoto County climbed to a new high of 2,194 in 2006 but deaths in the county were down a little, according to recently released state vital statistics reports.
In 2005, the county had 2,023 births, the previous ...
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