DeSoto schools announced COVID guidelines for new school year
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Desk clerk killed in Mansfield hotel double shooting; suspect considered armed and dangerous
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The alleged shooter 20-year-old Terry Dewayne Powell of Mansfield was taken into custody around 1 p.m.Â
Mansfield police and DeSoto sheriff s deputies had been searching the city for Powell for hours before finding him hiding out in an abandoned apartment on Kennedy Street. He was taken into custody without incident, Sheriff Jayson Richardson said.Â
Powell is charged with second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder.Â
The victim is identified as 75-year-old Lynda Palmer of Mansfield. Palmer had worked in assorted retail businesses and at one time was the general manager of Zales in Shreveport. Her late husband, Joe Palmer, was a longtime educator in the school system.Â
DeSoto and Caddo school employees are line to get an extra paycheck in appreciation of their work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The DeSoto Parish School Board will vote tonight on a recommendation from Superintendent Clay Corley to pay all employees $1,500. The Budget and Finance Committee signed off on the plan last week.
The supplement will cost the district about $1.5 million, with the funds coming out of the current budget. The checks will be cut March 25 if approved.
Caddo Parish School Board members will consider a proposal at its March 23 meeting to give a one-time supplement of $1,000 to all full-time employees who worked 90 percent of their required days. Employees would get the money in June as a separate check.