DeSoto Co. Schools board member responds to calls for resignation

DeSoto Co. Schools board member responds to calls for resignation

DESOTO COUNTY, Miss. -- A DeSoto County Schools board member is responding after the district attorney called for her resignation after a former youth minister was sentenced Monday for sexual battery. Lindsey Whiteside, a former youth minister, pleaded guilty to sexual battery of a minor and managed to avoid prison on Monday. Monday, a judge sentenced Whiteside to three years on house arrest and seven years of supervision. Lindsey Whiteside in c…

UPDATED: School Board Member Michele Henley responds to calls for resignation

School Board Member Michele Henley has responded to the controversy surrounding her letter in support of convicted child predator Lindsey Whiteside amid calls for her to resign.