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On April 22 and again on April 29, DeSoto Parish was thoroughly saturated due to thunderstorms and high winds throughout the area. The DeSoto Parish Sheriff ’s Office reported numerous calls over roadways all around the parish.

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Speaker of the House Clay Schexnayder and President of the Senate Patrick P. Cortez have created the Joint Selected Committee on Louisiana Economic Recovery. This select committee will receive and review recommendations being made by the special private sector advisory task force that will be meeting to advice the legislature on the re-opening of the state’s economy in the aftermath of the COVID-19 virus pandemic.

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April 27, 2020 Local Updates as of The Enterprise’s April 27, 2020 press time:

COVID-19 NUMBERS: The following contains updated positive case numbers for COVID-19 locally and state wide. You can find the information below and more data via the LDH website updated at 12pm noon each day (noted below.) We post this information daily as a courtesy to locally concerned citizens, and we are not tasked with providing specific cases by city/town, personal information, or information on those who have recovered from COVID-19. Such information is organized, protected, and distributed when necessary by Medical Facilities and the Louisiana Department of Health.

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The DeSoto Parish School Board met in a special session on Thursday, April 23, 2020, at 1:30 p.m. to select a replacement representative due to the death of L, J. Mayweather, Jr. The Board voted unanimously to appoint Rosie Mayweather to fill the vacancy created due to her husband’s death.

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On Wednesday, April 22, a Mansfield man drowned in a rainswollen drainage ditch while trying to retrieve a trashcan that was washing away due to the heavy rains.

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Easter of 2020 will long be in the memories of DeSoto residents from both COVID-19 Stay Home orders and a tornado warning that covered most of the parish. If the bunny was trying to leave eggs and treats for the good little children he had to take cover for the majority of Sunday morning due to rains, hail, winds and tornadoes.

At 9:04 a.m. those of us that have weather alerts on our cell phones received a message accompanied by a loud audible signal to take cover if you lived in Shelby County and DeSoto Parish. A tornado was spotted about 15 miles north of Center, Texas moving northeast at 60 mph. The weather service said that their radar indicated rotation and for all to take cover to avoid flying debris, with tree damage likely. When the national news calls out familiar towns things become even more realistic.

On Wednesday, April 6, DeSoto School Superintendent Clay Corley sadly reported, “It is with great sadness to announce DeSoto Parish School Board Member Reverend L.J. Mayweather, Jr. passed away Tuesday, April 7 following a recent illness.”

Mayweather, first elected in 1980, served District 11 proudly. Many of those years, he served as a Board Officer, including President of DeSoto Parish School Board.

Fellow Member, Donnie Dufour stated,“L.J. set the standards when it came to representing his constituents. I am blessed to have served with him for over 30 years.”

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