Under the Water Tower

Episode Notes It's Blockbuster season! In honor of a traditional blockbuster coming out today- and the anniversary of 2 more industry changing movies- we discuss our top 6-7 blockbuster movies of our lifetime. But before that, we break down the Aldermen meeting from Tuesday, we cover how the County is looking to remap their electoral redistricting, and then break down the District 1 Primary number...

Episode Notes We are back after 2 weeks off! On today's show, we come back strong by remembering D-Day, and talking about a movie we saw over our break, as well as a top 5 of WWII movies. Our Fact of the Week also will deal with the D-Day Theme. Of course, we preview the aldermen meeting taking place tonight UTW, as well as discuss a new location for the Justice Court. We also celebrate the readin...

Episode Notes On today's episode, we lament the last day of school by giving you our words from the weekend, before going over all the Alternates for the possible Penny for the Park plan. We look how MS may have been undercounted, and then say why it is almost impossible to count the number of churches in Desoto County in our Fact of the Week. Finally, in Sports, we say goodbye and honor another g...

Episode Notes On today's show, it is Graduation Day in and for Hernando High School, so we congratulate all those Seniors, especially one of our own today. We then report and break down all that was discussed during the aldermen meeting Tuesday night. Next, we update you on a big weekend in Hernando, and the upcoming concert series in June in Shoutouts. And in Sports, we cover the 2 Northpoint win...

Episode Notes On today's episode, we discuss a long, wonderful, and emotional weekend of the first of two graduations for our children in words from the weekend, before delving into the aldermen meeting preview, and looking at how well the State of MS is doing. Our fact of the week is a slightly sad but mostly unknown one. In sports, we are down to 2 teams going forward who both have a big week in...

Episode Notes On today's episode, we invited a guest host to come on help us talk about the Penny for the Parks plan the city is mulling over, before giving us a breakdown of the housing market in the Lewisburg and Hernando area. If you are wanting to know just what the numbers are if you are interested in buying or selling a home, as well as why this area will be hot in the years to come- especia...

Episode Notes On today's show, we look back on a great Mayor, Historian, and Man, whom we have a lot to thank for where Hernando is today in our Fact of the Week. Before that, we briefly mention the Planning commission meeting and the Pennies for the Parks meeting that we will cover in more depth Friday, and also look to how safe Hernando is. In Sports, we say Goodbye to Trojan soccer and Hernando...

Episode Notes On today's episode, we break down a short aldermen meeting, before giving out the dates and times of upcoming graduations. We go over the upcoming events for May and June in Shoutouts, and in sports, we congratulate all the softball All-county and All-District awards, before covering the start of the soccer playoffs for Northpoint, and softball and baseball for all teams we cover. Pl...

Episode Notes On today's episode, we remember a sad ending to a wonderful duo, before covering several news topics going on in and around Hernando. That includes a preview of tonight's aldermen meeting, a 2nd candidate for the next sheriff's race, and this years public school rankings for the State of MS. Our fact of the week is the 2nd part to one that we covered a few months ago. And in Sports,...

Episode Notes On today's episode, we sit down with the Mayor for our Quarterly City update, and find out the background on several city issues and developments, as well as a huge word of what could be coming at the end of the interview. We then give you what is coming up in May in Shoutouts, and finish with Northpoint recaps and Hernando and Lewisburg playoff previews in Sports. Please subscribe w...

Episode Notes On today's episode, we talk about our words from a beautiful weekend, and briefly recap all that happened in Hernando. We then discuss the County's decision not to Opt Out, 4 bills the Governor vetoed, and Matt's issue with driving with animals. Our Fact of the Week is replaced this week by honoring those Seniors who were named Valedictorian and Salutatorian for Hernando and Lewisbur...

Episode Notes On today's episode, we delve deep into the Aldermen meeting, discussing Hernando not opting out, Hernando growing in size, and Hernando dealing with noise and family problems. We then breakdown a busy weekend on the Square with 5 events going on in Shoutouts. And in Sports, we recap the final regular season games and preview the start of the baseball and softball playoffs. Please sub...

Episode Notes On today's episode, we talk about our words from a beautiful weekend, and briefly recap all that happened in Hernando. We then discuss the County's decision to not Opt Out, 4 bills the Governor vetoed, and Matt's issue with driving with animals. Our fact of the week is replaced this week by honoring those Seniors who were named Valedictorian and Salutatorian for Hernando and Lewisbur...

Episode Notes On today's show, we come back from a rainy yet wonderful weekend to discuss our words from the weekend. We then preview what should be a busy and informational aldermen meeting with several potential changes. We celebrate just how well our State has done since coming out of the pandemic. Our Fact of the week is a good one and explains to us how Hernando almost folded as soon as it wa...

Episode Notes On today's episode, we head into an important holiday weekend briefly discussing this week's planning commission meeting whose agenda items we will really touch on next week as they come to the aldermen meeting. We joke about what Matt's career could have been, as well as a great movie that deals with that profession, before shouting out the upcoming events in April, and breaking dow...

Episode Notes On today's show, we come back from a beautiful weekend to discuss our Words From the Weekend, before turning our attention to Desoto County Schools. We discuss a summer reading program for 3rd Graders, and summer school in general, including an underrated movie. Next, we look at a new hotel coming up in a new location in Southaven, we talk about dog trials in our Fact of the Week, an...

Episode Notes On today's show, we celebrate the starting of the Master's golf tournament, before delving into this week's aldermen meeting, where we finally celebrate the plan for the Animal Shelter. Next, we look at how the State allocated the ARPA funds, before turning to the upcoming events in Desoto County. Finally, in Sports, we recap the week so far and preview the upcoming games. Please sub...

Episode Notes On today's episode, we start this rainy Tuesday by giving you our words from a much prettier weekend. We then cover the Passing of the Legislation to allow Hernando to vote for a Penny for the Parks. Next, we preview several discussions that will take place at the aldermen meeting tonight, and tell you why MS is definitely the Music State. Of course, you can bet that we have your fac...

Episode Notes On today's episode, we talk about surviving the storm, before delving into Annexation talk from Southaven; explaining the State Legislature buying themselves some more tim;, shoutout several upcoming events in April, including one tomorrow morning; and then recapping one signing and all the games since Tuesday in Sports. Please subscribe where you listen and on Apple iTunes, and plea...

Episode Notes On today's episode, our words from the weekend look at how adaptable we are, and then talk about the slap heard around the world. We then give you the update on where the ability to vote for Pennies for the Parks stands for Hernando. We discuss a historic income tax reduction for the residents of MS, and then briefly look at other bills that are still alive. Tuesday means a county wi...

Episode Notes On today's episode, our State teachers finally get the pay raise that has been discussed for 3 months, and they will now be paid more than the Nationwide average. Great job, legislators-well, except for a couple of you. We then look at great employment numbers for MS, and how close the State may be to reducing the State income tax. In Shoutouts, we go over several events coming up in...

Episode Notes On today's episode, we are back after Spring Break and we delve in to the madness that is March- from going back to school after Spring break, to the weather, to sports, and to what is going on in the economy. We catch up on several local stories, including the hiring of the new Sports Director for Hernando, mentioning a special aldermen meeting that took place 2 weeks ago, before de...

Episode Notes On this Ides of March episode, we watch our backs as we head into Spring Break by first giving you our Words from the Weekend. We then preview what should be a long aldermen meeting tonight that we look forward to following up and reviewing next Tuesday. Our Fact of the Week is very ironic for all the right reasons. And in Sports, we recap just a couple of games that happened due to...

Episode Notes On today's episode, we enter the Spring Break weekend looking at more MS State Legislative bills that either died or continued on this week. We then talk about the wonderful ways that St. Jude is helping those in the Ukraine, before announcing a plethora of upcoming events in the area in our Shoutouts. Finally, there were not as many games this week due to the rain, but there was one...

Episode Notes On today's episode, we talk about our completely different words from the weekend, before making some people aware of new voting locations, and then we take a deep dive discussion into the latest bill to hit the Governor's desk. Our fact of the week gives us the exact birthday/anniversary of our beloved Hernando, and in Sports, we recap the softball and baseball games since our last...