🌱 Olive Branch jobsite is key in search for missing man

Greetings Olive Branch! We’re your go-to source for what’s happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• Olive Branch jobsite is key in search for missing man
• Lewisburg High alum from Olive Branch jumps to pro baseball ranks

Also on today's calendar: Horticulture / flower show and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, with a high of 85 and low of 73 degrees.
• Saturday: A shower and t-storm; humid, temps: high: 87, low: 73. 🌶 Hot!
• Sunday: Cloudy, a thunderstorm; humid, with a high of 84 and low of 65 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• ‘He was just full of life': Girlfriend of missing man makes plea for help (wjtv.com) — A Memphis man was last seen on May 29 while working a construction job in Olive Branch, and his girlfriend is pleading for help finding him. His car later turned up abandoned in an Arkansas cornfield, with his phone and a loaded magazine inside. Anyone with information is urged to contact Memphis police or the Lonoke County Sheriff’s Office.
   

• Mud Monsters Add Bullpen Arm with Mississippi Connection (oursportscentral.com) — Olive Branch gets a shout-out as Lewisburg High alum Brayden Sanders signs with the Mississippi Mud Monsters, bringing local high school talent into the Frontier League. The Memphis native built his resume at Lewisburg, Northwest Mississippi Community College, and the University of Memphis before earning this professional bullpen role.
   

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📸 Around Olive Branch

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Olive Branch

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★ Featured events ★

Friday June 12

• Horticulture / flower show →
  Morton Museum of Collierville History, 196 N Main St, Collierville
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday June 13

• Olive Branch Farmers Market →
  Olive Branch, MS Calendar, 9200 Pigeon Roost Rd, Olive Branch
  8:00 am
• Curling in Memphis! 6/13/2026 Learn to curl! →
  Mid-South Ice House, 10705 Ridgeway Industrial Dr, Olive Branch
  5:00 pm

Saturday June 20

• Olive Branch Farmers Market →
  Olive Branch, MS Calendar, 9200 Pigeon Roost Rd, Olive Branch
  8:00 am
• Our History through Chalk Art Contest →
  Olive Branch, MS Calendar Olive Branch, MS 38654
  8:00 am

Friday June 26

• AUSTRALIA'S "GIRLS NIGHT LIVE" TAKEOVER OLIVE BRANCH,MS !!! →
  The OG Bar, 9639 MS-178, Olive Branch
  8:00 pm

Friday July 3

• Freedom Fest at City Park →
  Olive Branch City Park, 8267 Goodman Rd, Olive Branch
  3:00 pm
• Band Reeves →
  Olive Branch City Park, 8267 Goodman Rd, Olive Branch
  3:00 pm

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📣 Olive Branch Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday June 12

• Beginner Mahjong Class with Mahj Ma'am — Silo Square ® →
  Silo Square, 2903 May Blvd #102, Southaven
  6:00 pm
• Juno Marrs @ Ale House →
  Mississippi Ale House, 9211 Old Hwy 78, Olive Branch
  7:00 pm

Monday June 15

• Bangers Summer Camp →
  Bangers Pickleball, 6787 Snowden Ln, Southaven
  9:00 am

Tuesday June 16

• Meeting of Mayor and Board of Aldermen →
  City of Southaven Calendar, 8710 Northwest Drive, Southaven
  6:00 pm
• Sunset Yoga at Silo Square — Silo Square ® →
  Silo Square, 2903 May Blvd #102, Southaven
  6:00 pm

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Can some person with a BIG BIG HEART SAVE THIS BABY or The Lab Rescue??????
  I pray she finds someone to LOVE HER FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE. (Nextdoor Cedar Crest)
• 5 hours at groomers.
  Not gonna happen again. As soon as I got home, my baby was dying of thirst and went right to sleep. What is up with these groomers? I can handle 3… (Nextdoor Maywood)

• Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation posted a job opening for Equipment Operator Reach T., Order P., Motorized PJ WE Shift Fri.-Sun. 6pm-6am in Olive Branch. Apply here.
• ARCH posted a job opening for Senior Quality Assurance Manager {SE} in Olive Branch. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Olive Branch here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Southaven

• Get In the Zone (memphisflyer.com)
• Man indicted in Southaven machete killing (darkhorsepressnow.com)
• Residents Near Southaven Challenge Elon Musk's xAI Over Noise Pollution (valuethemarkets.com)

Hernando

• Conspiracy theories that emerged from a civil rights shooting 60 years ago resonate today (seattlepi.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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