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DeSoto road repair program nears end

August 15, 2011 10:21 AM

MANSFIELD, La. (AP) - The DeSoto Parish Police Jury is near completion of one of the most ambitious road repair programs it ever has undertaken. Increased tax revenue and budgeted expenditures have allowed the parish governing body to spend approximately $21 million on road and related improvements, representing 80 different... more »
DeSoto superintendent finalist for national award

June 13, 2011 9:51 AM

MANSFIELD, La. (AP) - DeSoto Parish schools Superintendent Walter C. Lee is one of five finalists for this year's National Superintendent of the Year award. Lee joins finalists Linda Chapman of Estes Park, Colo., Scott Mercer of Boiling Springs, S.C., Reza Namin of Westbrook, Maine, and Mike Richie of Eagle... more »
5 indicted in DeSoto Council on Aging case

October 13, 2010 9:54 PM

MANSFIELD, La. (AP) - A DeSoto Parish grand jury on Wednesday indicted the former director of the DeSoto Council on Aging, three members of her family and a board member on charges they took thousands of dollars from the social-service agency and used the money for themselves. The grand jury... more »