Under the Water Tower

Episode Notes On today's episode, we catch you up on our mostly uneventful past week, before delving into a 2 hour aldermen meeting dealing mostly with a PUD revision and the beginning of a round-about discussion. We then give you our Fact of the month from the Desoto County Museum, and go through a big weekend of shoutouts coming up at the end of the month. We end the show with 3 signings, and Ma...

Episode Notes On today's episode, we welcome in the month of March with a classic song, and talk about what has been going on in our personal lives since the last show. We then update you on ice days not having to be made up, before talking about a couple of new things coming to Silo Square. Speaking of Silo Square, we talk about changes coming to the Landers Center and the Amphitheater, before ma...

Episode Notes On today's show, we looking back at the sold out Mardi Gras Ball last weekend, and thank all those who contributed, helped, and came. We then turn our attention to the aldermen meeting that took place on Tuesday, where a new sign ordinance was discussed, and the main item was tabled until next meeting. We make listeners aware of a Pothole hotline that has been set up to report road d...

Episode Notes On today's episode, we get ready for Mardi Gras Weekend by quickly discussing the fundraiser by the Krewe tomorrow night. Only about 20 re-released tickets remain, so go to the Krewe's Instagram to get yours. Then we catch up on everything that happened since our last show; we get excited about what looks like real funding for the first Phase of the I-55 widening; we then update you...

Episode Notes On today's episode, we try not to inflate any stories too much as we talk about what has happened in the last week. We then take you on a ride through the aldermen meeting, celebrate a grant that the city got for bike lanes, and then make you aware of a bill that passed the MS House that needs to be made law. Our fact of the week looks back at an ice storm worse than the one we saw l...

Episode Notes On today's episode, its another day of ice and no school, which is fitting that this is Groundhog week. We are all living the nightmare. We start the show by giving our thoughts on the Tyre Nichols video that came out over the weekend, and how hopefully changes can be made. We then look at the candidates who applied to run for the different positions that will effect people Under the...

Episode Notes On today's show, we look to how the graduation rates have increased over the last 9 years, and how well Desoto County is doing as a whole. We then make you aware of bills starting to make their way through the legislature, but won't go too deep until they actually head to the Governor's desk (the ones that survive). We tell you about 3 great upcoming events in Shoutouts, and then rec...

Episode Notes On today's show, we look back at a Church-filled, long weekend before delving into the aldermen meeting for this week. We then debut a new segment on the show- places you may not know about in Desoto County. We then look back at how well we did on our NFL picks, and catch you up on a busy week of high school sports. We end the show with the upcoming events in shoutouts, and then sign...

Episode Notes On this week's show, we delve into the bill making in Mississippi, we see why Tik Tok is a no go for public communications in MS, we discuss someone choosing not to run for the legislature, and how inflation decline for the 3rd month in a row. We give you this week's fact of the month, and we introduce a revamped sports section, covering both nationwide and local sports. Stick around...

Episode Notes The first show of 2023 is out! Tune in to our new show format, with a lot of your old favorites, as well as some new touches. Today we will reminisce about our Christmas vacations, before turning our attention to the current news Under the Water Tower. We then critique our predictions for 2022, before giving you ours for 2023 at the Local, State, and National level. Finally, we catch...

Episode Notes Today's show is out! This last show of the year contains the aldermen review from this week, a Big Thank you to our sponsors, and wishes of Merry Christmas to you and yours. We will be taking a couple of weeks off for the holidays, and will be coming back to you another year older and better on Jan. 6th, 2023. Please subscribe where you listen and on Apple iTunes, and please follow u...

Episode Notes It's Christmas week! On today's episode, we are Grateful to bring you our words from the weekend, spreading Christmas Cheer where we can. We the preview the aldermen meeting tonight before looking back 50 years ago for our Water tower Fact of the Week. We preview the Krewe Mardi Gras Ball, who's tickets are now on sale, and also talk about changes to the podcast starting next year. A...

Episode Notes On today's show, we remember a modern Pirate after his passing this week. We then tell you about a candidate who has entered his hat into a political race, to disregard a possible bill you may have received, and how the Fed's latest decision will affect you. Our shoutouts consist of the Santa Caravan this weekend, and all the neighborhoods Santa will be visiting on his Fire Truck. An...

Episode Notes On today's episode, without much to talk about in the City, we delve into our holiday traditions, from our childhood and now. Our words from the Weekend look at how Derick handles his holiday checklists, and Matt spent time with his daughter. Our Fact of the week gives us the history behind one of the Aldermen meeting topics from last week. And in Sports, we talk about the sad news o...

Episode Notes On today's episode, we lament the amount of rain and fog that we have had, that has forced the rescheduling of soccer matches this week, before covering the basketball games played in Sports. We start the show reviewing this week's aldermen meeting, before updating you on what MDOT has planned for the area from the Town Hall meeting this week.... that no one attended. We also update...

Episode Notes On today's episode, we lament about the cancelation of the Christmas Parade, and get to discuss a great song with a interesting history as we do it. We then preview the aldermen meeting, and tell you about the recent grades given to local hospitals. Our Fact of the Week shows us that the more things seem to change, the more they stay the same. And in Sports, we review the Northpoint...

Episode Notes On today's episode, we talk about all the ways you can see Santa Claus in Hernando over the next 3 days in our Event Shoutouts. Before that, we discuss everything the Mayor had to say at his State of the City address during the chamber luncheon, we tell you about an early Christmas present from the DMV, and of another wonderful exhibit coming to the Desoto County Museum. Our Sports i...

Episode Notes On today's episode, we look back on our Thanksgiving weekend, where we enjoyed our food and family, but were distracted by some ways in which we were played. We then let listeners know that the State of the City will be given today at the chamber meeting, we discuss just how low unemployment is, and how you will need that job to afford to pay your increasing Entergy bill. Our Fact of...

Episode Notes Happy Thanksgiving!!!! On today's show, we talk about all that we are Thankful for, including the wonderful town in which we live. We also discuss city leaders trying to drum up support to get money to expand I-55, and how much the State has spent on road projects in the last year. We relay to you how Thankful we should be for the new High School being built. We have special Facts of...

Episode Notes On today's show, we talk about a new worldwide milestone, and how mind boggling that number is. Of course, we review the aldermen meeting from Tuesday; we make you aware that you may have unclaimed money in the State coffers; we talk about a ribbon cutting the residence on the East side of Hernando will be happy about; and promote 7 upcoming events- 4 with the Big Man- and catch up w...

Episode Notes On today's podcast, we use our words from the weekend to talk about a plethora of activities over the weekend and our thoughts on why Hernando is falling short of expectations, or what it could be. In our News segment, we preview the Aldermen meeting, and then congratulate all the teachers who were awarded grants last Thursday, especially the 39 from Hernando that were all funded. Ou...

Episode Notes On today's belated episode, we put it out 2 days later trying to get some clarity on the Local Penny for the Parks election, tell you our thoughts on what has been decided so far, where the City stands right now, and that we will continue to monitor it as it goes forward. We cover both the "painful" Fact of the Week and the multitudes of events coming up in Shoutouts, befor...

Episode Notes On today's episode, Jared Barkley- the Hernando Parks Director- sits down with Derick to talk about what the Penny for the Parks could mean for the City, what it will absolutely be used for, and his experience with similar funding in the past. Then, we review a short aldermen meeting, discuss all the upcoming events in November in Hernando, and give our predictions for 2 games on Thu...

Episode Notes It's All Saints Day, and on today's episode, we remember The Killer before discussing everything that went on in Hernando in our Words from the Weekend. We preview the Aldermen meeting tonight, and then in our Fact of the Week, we look at how All Saints Day came to be, and as a result, Halloween. Finally, we breakdown the football games from the weekend, and look ahead to our first p...

Episode Notes On today's special episode, we celebrate our 3rd Halloween together by dressing up as we always do for our Halloween show. We know you can't see us, but we do it anyway. Hear about our costumes, our continued push for Penny for the Parks, how the County wants us to play Green Light, all the shoutouts for a busy and exciting November leading us into the holiday season, and then we fin...