Mayor's Youth Council Applications Now Open!

Mayor Ken Adams and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Olive Branch are excited to offer Mayor's Youth Advisory Council. Any student entering 11th - 12th grade who resides in the City of Olive Branch is eligible. This council will meet twice a month from September through April and will focus on leadership and civic development. Applications are now open through August 15th. Applications are available online or in the rotunda of City Hall. Learn more about this program at www.obms.us/youthcouncil.

Excel By 5

The City of Olive Branch is a certified Excel by 5 Community! Excel By 5 is an innovative early childhood community certification process focusing on a community’s young children. It emphasizes the important roles parents and early childhood educators play in the lives of children during their most formative years – birth to age 5. To check out community resources to help your child Excel By 5, please visit https://excelby5.com/resource/

Special Elections for State Senate

Primaries will be August 5, 2025.

To find out when and where you can cast your vote, check out DeSoto County's Election Information Look Up: https://dcms-gis.maps.arcgis.com/.../webapp.../index.html...

You can look up additional information on the upcoming Election can be found on the Desoto County Government website. https://www.desotocountyms.gov/120/Elections

Upcoming Events & Public Meetings

Looking for fun events this Summer or wanting to stay in the loop with City News? Here are just a few upcoming dates that are happening in #MyCityofOB inAugust:

8/1: Deadline for Adult Softball and Kickball. Register today at the Olive Branch Parks office

8/1: Methodist Mobile Mammography Unit at City Hall from 8am till 2pm

8/2: Olive Branch Farmers Market, City Hall, 8am to Noon, opening whistle hosted by Ella Bebe Angels

8/5: Special Election Primaries

8/5: Board of Aldermen Meeting, 6pm at the Municipal Court Building

8/9: Olive Branch Farmers Market, City Hall, 8am to Noon, opening whistle hosted by the Army National Guard

8/12: Planning Commission Meeting, 6pm at the Municipal Court Building

8/14: Board of Zoning Adjustment Meeting, 6pm at the Municipal Court Building

8/16: Olive Branch Farmers Market, City Hall, 8am to Noon, opening whistle hosted by the Olive Twig Humanitarian Group

8/19: Board of Aldermen Meeting, 6pm at the Municipal Court Building

8/23: Olive Branch Farmers Market, City Hall, 8am to Noon, opening whistle hosted by the ARC of Northwest Mississippi

8/28: Community Town Hall, 4:30pm at the Municipal Court Building

8/30: Olive Branch Farmers Market, City Hall, 8am to Noon, opening whistle hosted by the YMCA of Memphis and the MidSouth.

To view our full event calendar, please be sure to visit www.obms.us/calendar