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The Keachi Heritage Foundation, Inc. is proudly hosting their annual Christmas Musicale, entitled “A Classical Christmas Evening”. According to Keachi Mayor Travis Whitfield, the event is slated for Sunday, December 15 at 6:00 PM at the Keachi Presbyterian Church, located on Hwy 5. Featured entertainment for the evening will be Dr. Leonard Kacenjar and the Shreveport Festival Strings Quartet. These musicians come from all over the area, but are based out of Shreveport.

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On Saturday, December 14th, the Mansfield Proud and Unity Group will present the 2019 Christmas parade. This year’s parade theme is “A Country Christmas”. Floats, cars and marching units will line up in the old Walmart shopping center located on Highway 84. The route will have them traveling down King’s Highway, passing by Mansfield High School, proceeding across Highway 171, and turning left on Washington Avenue (Highway 84). They will then turn right on Polk Street and end at Mansfield City Hall. The parade entries will be judged and prizes awarded in several categories.

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School board and city council meetings are going uncovered. Overstretched reporters receive promising tips about stories but have no time to follow up. Newspapers publish fewer pages or less frequently or, in hundreds of cases across the country, are shuttered completely.

All of this has added up to a crisis in local news coverage in the United States that has frayed communities and left many Americans woefully uninformed, according to a report by PEN America released on Wednesday.

“A vibrant, responsive democracy requires enlightened citizens, and without forceful local reporting they are kept in the dark,” the report said. “At a time when political polarization is increasing and fraudulent news is spreading, a shared fact-based discourse on the issues that most directly affect us is more essential and more elusive than ever.”

Josh Sarpy has made history at North Desoto High School! Josh is the first wrestler to sign a scholarship to compete at a D1 university.

“He was all in all the time” said Dustin Burton Head Wrestling Coach at North Desoto.

Sarpy is a returning LHSAA State Champion who did not give up a single point at last years state tournament. Coach Burton’s expectation for Sarpy are high. He stated, “It’s easy to expect nothing less from last year. I don’t think that’s where our everyday goals should fall. Josh…will he exposed to some of the country’s best all year long and I believe not just competing in that caliber of season but finding success is possible?”

Sarpy will compete at the 120 pound weight class this year for the Griffins and plans to bring back another State Title to Stonewall.

Kerri Woods is pictured receiving her 15 year service award appreciation certificate by Juror from District 1B B. D Mitchell. Those that also were awarded certificates but had conflicting work schedules were Reggie Routree – 5 years; Weston Williams-5 years; and Nathaniel Whitaker – 5 years. We congratulate all of these workers and thank them for a job well done.

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It seems DeSoto Parish Districts 4B, 4D, and 6 constitutes were content with their current representation as they re-elected their jurors to continue representing these seats, with a new juror elected to take the position over District 1A. Jimmy Holmes will now serve District 1A after receiving 588 votes (60%) over Bruce Abrams. Holmes will fill the seat now being held by Charlie Roberts who did not seek re-election.

Attorney Adrienne White was honored with the 40 Under Forty Award presented by the Southern University Alumni Federation. The 40 Under Forty Awards Gala, which was a soldout event, was held on October 31, 2019 in Baton Rouge, during Southern University’s Homecoming Week. Per the Southern University Alumni Federation award selection process, the 40 Under Forty Awards recognize Southern University alumni, “ages 40 and under, who have made significant contributions to their professional disciplines, local communities, and/or to the preservation of Southern University”.

Ms. White is a Partner at the Law Offices of White & White in Mansfield. While in private law practice, she also has served as a Special Assistant Attorney General for the Louisiana Department of Justice; a Special Assistant District Attorney for the DeSoto Parish District Attorney’s Office; and a Pro Bono Attorney for the Legal Services of North Louisiana.