The Morning View 8.5.2023

DeSoto County News

Good morning! Here are your Saturday morning DeSoto County news headlines…

• “We’ll take it from here” - K9 Officer Zak remembered

• Olive Branch to start Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council

• KC Johns starts her own whiskey brand

• Apelah seeks Mississippi foster families for special needs children

• Nationwide emergency alert test to be held in October

• Jones: Encountering God

“WE’LL TAKE IT FROM HERE” - K9 OFFICER ZAK REMEMBERED

Members of the police department, other K9 officers, and Mayor Ken Adams were on hand Friday to support Zak’s partner/handler Police Sgt. Andrew White and his family.  

OLIVE BRANCH TO START MAYOR’S YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL

Any student entering 11th-12th grade who resides in the City of Olive Branch is welcome to apply. 

KC JOHNS STARTS HER OWN WHISKEY BRAND

Johns has been working with a California distillery to start what is being called “Thunder.”

APELAH SEEKS MISSISSIPPI FOSTER FAMILIES FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN 

More than 4,000 Mississippi children are living in foster care or are currently in need of placement with foster-care families.

NATIONWIDE EMERGENCY ALERT TEST TO BE HELD IN OCTOBER

The purpose of the test is to ensure that the systems continue to be effective means of warning the public about emergencies, particularly those on the national level.

JONES: ENCOUNTERING GOD

If you are serious about becoming involved in God’s service, then you must not get too busy to hear Him when He speaks.

IN NEWS AROUND THE MAGNOLIA STATE….

MCRAE: BACK TO SCHOOL AND BACK TO SAVING!

The truth is that long-term educational success has become just as much a venture of the mind, as it has an endeavor of the wallet.

IN SPORTS…

FRIDAY SPORTS: PREP VOLLEYBALL SCORES

Lewisburg, DeSoto Central, Lake Cormorant, Olive Branch in Mississippi Volleyball Invitational

NORTHWEST ADDS DAVID CULVER AS ASSISTANT VOLLEYBALL COACH

Culver previously served in a volunteer assistant capacity during Burchyett’s first season in the spring of 2021.

ETCETERA… 

A look at the origins of classic carnival rides.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1962-Marilyn Monroe, American model, actress, singer, died.  

PAIN AT THE PUMP

According to AAA, the average regular unleaded pump price in DeSoto County is at $3.352 a gallon. In Mississippi, the average per gallon price is $3.334, and across the nation, the average is $3.831 a gallon. Click the GasBuddy link for the lowest prices in DeSoto County. 

TODAY’S WEATHER….

Saturday: A chance of late afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 94. Heat index values as high as 109. Saturday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 75. Sunday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 92. Heat index values as high as 105. 

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