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North DeSoto Basketball Coach Arrested For Bad Behavior With Student, Bad Checks

Dennis Foley — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 18:22:10 +0000

The North DeSoto High School boys' basketball coach was arrested on Thursday on charges related to inappropriate behavior with a 14-year-old female student.

Another Near Tragedy at an Area Pool

Erin McCarty — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 12:58:19 +0000

More tragic news around a pool. This latest near drowning happened in Desoto Parish.

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How Has Decreased Haynesville Shale Drilling Affected DeSoto Schools?

Angela Thomas — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:07:18 +0000

DeSoto Parish school officials don't have any numbers yet, but they expect to have to scale back their 2012-13 budget from current spending levels because drilling in the Haynesville Shale is slowing down
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Two Brothers Arrested for Timber Theft

Angela Thomas — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:25:37 +0000

A couple of DeSoto Parish brothers are in trouble with the law. Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry investigators have arrested 53-year-old Jerry Whitaker of Mansfield and 44-year-old Ricky Whitaker of Shreveport on felony timber theft charges in two unrelated cases
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Damage From the Storms

Angela Thomas — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:04:40 +0000

Yesterday, I posted a story about survey teams from the National Weather Service in Shreveport that were going out to assess the damage from the storms earlier this week. I talked with Meteorologist Matt Hemingway about the results from those surveys
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The Aftermath of the Storm System

Angela Thomas — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:16:31 +0000

It appears DeSoto Parish got hit the hardest in our area from last night's storm system. Jeff Hood with the National Weather Service in Shreveport tells me a tornado reportedly touched down between Mansfield and Stonewall, and headed toward Minden from there
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Logansport Man Killed In A Traffic Accident

Erin McCarty — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 12:43:21 +0000

A two-vehicle crash involving a water truck in DeSoto Parish has claimed the life of a 40-year-old Logansport man.

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Man Accused of Shooting His Wife Captured in DeSoto Parish

Angela Thomas — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:24:08 +0000

A man believed to have shot his wife yesterday afternoon in west Shreveport has been caught in DeSoto Parish. The shooting happened at about 6:45 last evening in the 5800 block of St. Vincent Avenue. When officers arrived there, they found 42-year-old Tracey Brown suffering from two gunshot wounds, one to the chin and one to the arm
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Passenger Killed in Fall From Truck.

John Lee — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:33:05 +0000

What some might bill as "horseplay" has claimed the life of a Converse, Louisiana, man.
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Private Property Fatal

John Lee — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:13:21 +0000

A 22-year-old Natchitoches man was killed this morning when he ran into the rear of a loaded log truck -- on private property -- at the International Paper Company mill in Desoto Parish.
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Have You Seen This Man?

James Stanley — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 16:49:52 +0000

DeSoto Parish Crime Stoppers Felon of the Week Program is asking for the public’s help in locating/ identifying suspects(s) wanted from the DeSoto Parish Area.

The DeSoto Parish Sheriff’s Office/ 42nd Judicial District has arrest warrant(s) for 25-year-old Cedric Jermaine Gee, 1103 Georgia Street, Mansfield, LA 71052

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