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Wed
16
May

911 Administrator Explains New Permit Fees

DeSoto Parish E-911 Board recently voted to start charging permit fees to issue residents a 911 address. Administrator Bruce Vanderhoeven attended the Police Jury’s May Committee Meeting to explain the fees’ purpose to the jury.

E-911 charges a $10 reconnection fee, a $20 changing owner/occupant fee and a $30 new address fee.

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Wed
16
May

DeSoto Parish Listed as Top 10 System in Graduation Rate

The DeSoto Parish School System continues to be in the top tier of Louisiana School districts for Cohort Graduation Rate. A recent data release shows that DeSoto Schools are graduating seniors on time at a rate above 93 percent. This rate places Desoto Parish at a ranking of 6th among the 70 school systems in Louisiana and the highest ranking district in North Louisiana.

A graduation cohort rate is determined at the Louisiana State Department of Education by measuring how many students graduate within four years of starting high school. This means that students who began at a school as a ninth grader graduated, on time, four years later. DeSoto Parish has maintained a rate above 90 percent in this area over the last four consecutive years.

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Wed
16
May

Outgoing Mayor Offers 16-Year Progress Report

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City of Mansfield Mayor Curtis W. McCoy and the Mansfield Board of Aldermen have achieved many accomplishments over the past 16 years under the outgoing mayor’s leadership. Since 2002, the mayor and aldermen have worked together to serve the constituents in their respective districts and make changes in administration, infrastructure, city-owned facilities, commercial developments, and ordinances.

“With assistance from the Board of Aldermen and the City Hall administrative staff, I have worked diligently to leave the City in great shape from a financial standpoint,” McCoy said in a personal statement. “Also, the infrastructure improvements made during my 16- year administration should hopefully afford my successor the means to ensure that the City remains progressive.”

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Wed
16
May

New Superintendant Swears In

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The Desoto Parish School Board met in a special meeting on Tuesday, May 8 and voted unanimously to approve the employment contract of new Superintendent Clay Corley.

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Wed
16
May

Sheriff Election Gets Underway as 2 Candidates Begin Campaign

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Qualifiers are still two months away, but that has not stopped two local law enforcement officers from announcing their campaign for sheriff. Interim Sheriff Jayson Richardson and Police Chief Gary Hobbs have announced their intent to run in the election.

Hobbs has served the past five years as police chief for the Mansfield Police Department. He started his career as a part-time dispatcher and worked his way up to police chief in 2013.

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Wed
09
May

DeSoto Parish School Board Names Clay Corley as New DeSoto Parish Superintendant

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Mansfield, LA — The DeSoto Parish School Board named Clay Corley as the new superintendent of schools at Thursday night's meeting.

Corley, currently a Deputy Network Leader for the Louisiana Department of Education, will begin serving in his new role in DeSoto on May, 9. He will replace interim Superintendent Kathy Noel, who has been in the role since March 23rd when Dr. Cade Brumley resigned to become Superintendent in Jefferson Parish.

Corley has broad educational experience, including 6 years as a District Director and Interim Superintendent in Sabine Parish Schools. Corley is a native of Florien, Louisiana and is a graduate of Northwestern State, where he received a B.S. in Health and Physical Education and a Masters in Educational Leadership.

 

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Wed
09
May

Chamber of Commerce Holds 2 Ribbon Cuttings in Mansfield

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Daphne’s Tamales held a ribbon cutting on May 1. Owner Daphne Hall reopened the business in a bigger and better location. She sells breakfast, lunch and dinner, and the business is open from 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. on Monday through Friday and 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday. Hall has been making the tamales for 25 years.

 

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Wed
09
May

Community Meets with New Sheriff

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DeSoto Parish Sheriff’s Office held public meetings in several areas throughout the parish for members of the community to meet the new sheriff, Jayson Richardson. The meeting also allowed community members to learn about DPSO’s different divisions and to meet the officers who are leading each of those divisions. DPSO also shared information about the public programs they offer.

 

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Wed
02
May

Wolverine Track Heads to State

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After several hours of regional track and field events on Wednesday, April 25, the Mansfield High School Wolverine Track ended up with 12 young men and women qualifying for the State Meet at LSU Baton Rouge on Friday, May 4.

 

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Wed
02
May

City of Mansfield Elects Mayweather as Mayor

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Mayor Curtis McCoy has served as the City of Mansfield’s mayor for the past 16 years. On April 28, Mansfield residents voted in a new mayor, John H. Mayweather Sr. Mayweather won against Thomas Jones with a 10 percent lead.

According to the Secretary of State’s election results, a total of 1,770 residents voted in this runoff election between these two candidates. The results showed 965 residents voted for Mayweather while 805 residents voted for Jones.

 

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