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Phillip Ellis Brings the Experience and Community Understanding This Court Needs The Third Judicial District serves two distinct parishes, Lincoln and Union. Its judges must understand the people and communities of both while administering the same law fairly to everyone. The Gazette believes Phillip Ellis is the best choice for the Division B judgeship. His professional experience and longstanding connections …

By: Glynn Harris Lincoln Parish Park was born from the dream of a special man, the late Fredrick Hoogland. One day, in the late 1970s, he was inspired by something he saw. I interviewed him 20 years or so ago and wrote an article on his discovery. “When I stepped up on a bluff that spring day and saw what …

By: Tuffy Fields A Comparison of Political and Economic Ideals America is in the middle of an election that is posing a danger to the ideals and principles that led to an agricultural experiment growing into the greatest nation in the history of the world. Today we are experiencing a great divide that threatens to throw away all the attributes …

By: Jim Brown Louisiana lost a major sports icon last week. LSU coach Dale Brown, one of the winningest coaches in basketball history, passed away at 90 years old. He took LSU from the dregs of college basketball as a respected coach who posted numerous winning records. Coach Brown was Southeast Conference coach of the year or the runner-up on …

Antioch Baptist Church 3501 Hwy 828 Farmerville 318-368-3591 Early Worship – 8:30 a.m. Sunday School – 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship – 10:45 a.m. Bethel Temple Pentecostal Church 2144 Hwy 33 N. Marion Sunday School -11 a.m. Sunday Worship -12 p.m. 318-608-6766 Canaan Baptist Church 502 Canaan Church Rd. Spearsville Sunday School -10am Sunday Worship -11am 870-312-3440 Bro. Brian Williams Conway …

STAFF REPORT editor@fgazette.com The Union Parish Police Jury’s response to the Farmerville Gazette acknowledges that public money has been spent to house Union Parish prisoners in detention facilities outside the parish. The amount of that expense remains to be established from the records. This is a follow-up to last week’s article about those costs and the Gazette’s efforts to obtain …

STAFF REPORT editor@fgazette.com FARMERVILLE – The Town of Farmerville is seeking construction bids for the Lake D’Arbonne Mega Ramp, moving the long-discussed project into the competitive bidding stage. Bids are scheduled to be publicly opened at 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, at Farmerville Town Hall, 1024 Sterlington Highway. Meyer, Meyer, LaCroix & Hixson, Inc., the project’s engineer, lists the project …

STAFF REPORT editor@fgazette.com FARMERVILLE — Multiple posts featuring Union Parish police jurors advocating passage of the proposed road tax on the Police Jury’s official website raise questions about the use of taxpayer-supported resources for election advocacy. Louisiana law permits public bodies to explain tax propositions to voters. However, Article XI, Section 4 of the Louisiana Constitution and Louisiana Revised Statutes …

STAFF REPORT editor@fgazette.com Part Two of Three A president-council government would give Union Parish an opportunity to make responsibility for parish administration easier to identify. Its value would depend on the powers, limits, and reporting duties written into the charter. Under the proposed approach, residents would elect a parish president parishwide. The president would administer parish departments and carry out …