Southaven, MS City Guides



1. Northwest Mississippi Community College

City: Southaven, MS
Category: Education
Telephone: (662) 342-1570
Address: 5197 W.E. Ross Parkway

2. University Of Mississippi/Desoto Center

City: Southaven, MS
Category: Education
Telephone: (662) 342-4765
Address: 5197 W.E. Ross Parkway

3. Baptist Memorial Hospital/Desoto

City: Southaven, MS
Category: Health Care
Telephone: (662) 349-4000
Address: 7601 Southcrest Parkway

4. Desoto Times Today

City: Southaven, MS
Category: Media
Telephone: (662) 429-6397
Address: 8625 Highway 51

Description: DeSoto Times Today is the daily paper, published Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, for fast-growing DeSoto County, Mississippi. Its circulation is about 8,500 (around 32,000 for the Saturday edition, which is also delivered to nonsubscribers). Under the guidance of editor Tom Pittman, the paper has taken an energetic approach to covering local government, politics, economic development, and lifestyle issues. And of course, there’s local high-school sports. The cost is 50 cents on the newsstand and $49 for a year’s subscription.

5. Interstate Bar-B-Q & Restaurant

City: Southaven, MS
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (662) 393-5699
Address: 150 Stateline Road

Description: So named because the original is near where the interstate crosses Third Street, Interstate is operated by Jim Neely, widely considered the godfather of Memphis barbecue. This casual, bustling restaurant serves up great pulled-pork sandwiches and generously cut ribs, but the sauce is a real standout: dark, thick, rich, smoky, and sweet but not too sweet. This is a good place to try that Memphis concoction, barbecue spaghetti. Interstate has a drive-through as well. Open Monday through Saturday for lunch and dinner. The Southaven location has a smoking section.

6. Memphis Riverkings

City: Southaven, MS
Category: Spectator Sports
Telephone: (662) 342-1755
Address: 4560 Venture Drive

Description: The RiverKings, the longest-running professional indoor hockey team in Memphis sports history, play 32 home games each season beginning in October. The Central Hockey League team, which moved to the DeSoto County (Mississippi) Civic Center in 2000, had played for many years in the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis. The current RiverKings team is not the original professional hockey team in Memphis. In the 1960s the Memphis Wings and their successor team, the Memphis South Stars, were members of the Central Hockey League, which at the time was a developmental league for the National Hockey League (NHL). Presently, the Central Hockey League is unaffiliated, and its teams are stocked mostly with free agents and players just out of college who are looking for a way into the NHL. Also, the league owns the teams, sells the franchise to local ownership, and has local personnel to take care of the day-to-day tasks. Tickets are $10 to $21, and games usually start at 7:05 p.m.
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