DPPJ finally approves redistricting plan; uncertain of legal challenge
MANSFIELD, La. – After months of meetings and reviewing maps, the DeSoto Parish Police Jury has finally settled on a plan that creates new election district lines.
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MANSFIELD, La. – After months of meetings and reviewing maps, the DeSoto Parish Police Jury has finally settled on a plan that creates new election district lines.
MANSFIELD, La. – DeSoto Police Jury employees should have an extra spring in their step in the coming days as they have been approved for raises next year and a
ORVAL DEWAYNE MITCHELL, 92, of Letart, W.Va., died June 2 at home. There will be a graveside service at 11 a.m. June 5 at Hoffman Cemetery, Letart. Social distancing will
CEDAR RAPIDS — A Cedar Rapids man charged in a 2011 fatal robbery of a cabdriver is appealing a federal judge’s order he be given involuntary antipsychotic medication to maintain his competency so he can stand trial. Johnathan Dewayne Mitchell, 42, asked U.S. District Chief Judge Leonard Strand to stay — temporarily hold — the medication order pending an appeal he filed this week with the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals. Strand, in his order, said it’s common for courts to delay involuntary medication orders during appeals because any “harm caused by the medication cannot be un...