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The number of skunks with rabies is continuing to rise. As of June 12, DeSoto Parish Animal Services have found 17 skunk rabies cases.

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The topic of digital informational signage was brought up during the Grand Cane Preservation Commission’s report at the Village of Grand Cane meeting on June 6. The committee had not come to a conclusion about the topic but did not see a historic problem with it. They recommended the council look at it, see if anyone else wanted digital signs and go from there.

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By Raley Pellittieri

The state has reported 14 cases of rabies since February. All cases were found in DeSoto Parish.

Anyone with children or pets needs to be aware of the danger rabies poses.

Rabies is a medical urgency but not an emergency.

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Superintendent Dr. Cade Brumley announced at DeSoto Parish School Board’s June 1 meeting that Stanley High School was an “A” school for the first time.

The board also publically recognized several members of the community. They also passed all agenda items that were voted on.

Brumley said that overall they concluded an outstanding and productive year.

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Michael Wilson found a 5-foot Diamond Back Rattle Snake on Delton Road. He was doing yard work when he came across it. He killed another big snake in the same spot last summer.

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Sheriff Rodney Arbuckle would like to announce a drug arrest following a traffic stop in Mansfield on May 17, 2017, at approximately3:28 p.m. Deputies with the Directed Patrol Unit were working traffic enforcement in the area of Hilltop Road and Wright Road when they observed a pickup truck that failed to come to a stop at the intersection and failed to signal the turn.

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On Sunday, May 28, 2017, at5:35 p.m., Louisiana State Police Troop G responded to a one-vehicle crash on Hudson Darby Road just east of US Highway 171 in DeSotoParish that claimed the life of a Mansfield man.

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On Wednesday, May 24 the westbound lane going thru Logansport and bridge of US 84 was opened up to traffic. The east bound bridge of US 84 was then redirected to go east after having two-way traffic. This process has taking over two years to complete.

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Logansport’s 34th Annual River City Fest did not let a little rain stop the fun. Despite a few delays with music and a few activities, the festival carried on at the banks of the Sabine River in the Dennis Freeman Riverfront Memorial Park May 19-21.

The festival was celebrated with live music, a carnival and a variety of vendors and festival foods. Events included the firework shows, a bean bag toss tournament, a car show, kids’ hula hoop and jump rope contests, a street parade, a treasure hunt, a pet parade, a full church service and a duck derby race.

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Northwest Louisiana Technical College held a lunch and learn seminar May 18 at DeSoto Parish Chamber of Commerce to figure out how to increase enrollment on Mansfield’s campus.

The meeting gave the college’s leadership team the opportunity to learn from the community how to better serve their needs in order to keep the college going, while the community received the opportunity to have an open conversation about the future of the college and to share ideas regarding how the college can be more responsive to the needs of this community.

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