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On December 18, the newly elected Justices of the Peace and Constables were administered the Oath of Office at the DeSoto Parish Courthouse by Clerk of Court Jeremy Evans. Pictured left to right are C. D. Holmes, Constable for Dist. 1; Helen Holmes, JP for Dist. 1; Stephen Holder, Constable for Dist. 2, Brandon McCoy, JP for Dist. 2; Billy Murphy, Constable for Dist. 3; John Neilson, JP for Dist. 3; Maria Taylor Hogan, JP for Dist. 4, Jo Ann Byrd Weaver, JP for Dist; Travis “Bubba” English, Constable for Dist. 4; Linda Davison, Constable for Dist. 6; Jere’ Guillotte, JP for District 6, and Billy Spears, Constable for Dist. 6.

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The Board of Directors and members of the DeSoto Chamber of Commerce and The Enterprise staff welcomed the newest Stonewall business, “Chasing Rabbits Mercantile” to the DeSoto business community on December 18. The business is located next to McCoy’s Butcher Block on Highway 171. Inside the adjacent building that houses Stonewall Deer Processing (on the opposite side) you will find a mélange of beautiful, elegant, and whimsical items. Both of these mentioned locations are also McCoy family businesses. The physical address is 2047 Hwy 171 and their phone number is 318-617-2568, with an email address at Rmac80939@gmail.com. Social media users can find them on Facebook at Chasin’ Rabbits.

On December 16, the DeSoto Parish Police Jury called a special meeting, mainly to replace Nicholas Gasper, who is the Juror for District 2. Gasper resigned his position as of December 15, 2020 due to winning the 42nd Judicial Section B Judge’s seat in November.

The customary procedure for Jury replacement before the end of a term is letting the outgoing juryman select his successor. That person then serves temporarily until an election can be held where voters select their new board representative. It has been done this way as far back as anyone can remember, until this meeting.

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Elections for incumbent officials can be stressful for them and their staff, especially if they lose their position, as was the case with the 42nd Judicial District Attorney that represents DeSoto Parish. Business and life goes on as usual for the citizens, the victims, those awaiting trial, and the witnesses waiting for their day in court no matter what the outcome of the election is. Or does it?

In DeSoto Parish, it seems it does not. A sign on the DA’s door clearly states that the lobby is temporarily closed and has been up for several weeks. The phone number listed on the sign has gone unanswered with many people coming in The Enterprise office, which is right next door, asking what to do. Not knowing what to tell them we have referred them to the Judge’s two offices.

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For the twelfth year in a row and during an especially urgent time of need, SONIC® Drive-In donated an all-time high of $1.3 million to fund public school teacher requests across the country as part of its annual Limeades for Learning Fall Voting Campaign. In partnership with nonprofit teacher crowdfunding platform, DonorsChoose and with the help of SONIC fans, a teacher from Logansport, Louisiana was among the community heroes up-voted to receive $600 for essential materials to create an engaging learning environment.

On December 16, Logansport football standout Key’Selvian Barnes signed a Letter of Intent with University of Louisiana-Lafayette for a full 5 year scholarship. Barnes will be exchanging jerseys from a purple and gold Tiger to that of the red and white Ragin’ Cajuns.

Coach Kevin Magee said, “UL is getting a steal with Key’Selvian. He is a great young man that has a positive attitude, and always wears a smile on his face. He stays focused on the job at hand whether it is on the football field, in the classroom, or whatever he is working on at the moment. He will give them his best efforts, just like he’s done for our team. “

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On December 16, DeSoto Regional Health Systems received their allotted dosages of the COVID-19 vaccine that was distributed throughout Louisiana by Morris and Dickson of Shreveport. CEO Todd Eppler reported that they were given 50 doses for this first round of the Pfizer vaccine.

The first doses were to be given to front line workers in the medical and health industry, with Eppler, Dr. Doug Sawyer, and a few staff nurses giving their okay to proceed with the vaccine. Eppler said that some of his employees plan to take the vaccine but wanted to wait until after the Christmas holidays as a side effect precaution. As of day two of Eppler’s inoculation, he was having no side effects accept for the shot site in his arm being sore, just like any other shot procedure.

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Recently three prominent Many citizens have passed, including two from COVID-19. It is with sadness we report this, and we offer our deepest sympathy to members of their families.

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The Louisiana High School Athletic Association has announced that the 2020 Football Prep Classic is being moved from New Orleans to Natchitoches due to COVID-19.

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At the December 8 meeting of the Logansport Town Council, Mayor Judge Cordray presented former councilman Norman Arbuckle a plaque commemorating his years of service to the town.

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