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By: Glynn Harris “Okay”, said Matt Loetscher, “we’re on top of the brush pile. Drop your shiner straight down and you ought to get a bite.”  Loetscher’s comment was directed at me and I did exactly what he suggested. The shiner had no sooner descended to the brush pile when I felt the bite. Setting the hook, I hauled the …

By: Tuffy Fields Over the past few years there has been discussion about the role of NATO and if it serves a purpose in the modern world. Though it has been demonized on several occasions the truth is that it did serve a purpose and it still does. America has paid more than any other nation and it has taken …

By: Jim Brown Big news from the Louisiana Legislature. A new law has been passed that will allow a season for the recreational hunting of alligators. In the past, you could only get a commercial license. But now, all you hunters can go after a gator just for the fun of it. Now don’t dismiss the opportunity. If it’s cooked …

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 …

Tristan Baurick  Verite News   Sen. Bill Cassidy has dropped a controversial proposal to transfer nearly a quarter of Kisatchie National Forest to Grant Parish.  The Louisiana Republican faced backlash from conservation groups and even the parish government that would have received about 140,000 acres under a proposed bill drafted by Cassidy’s office. Last week, the Grant Parish Police Jury voted …

STAFF REPORT   The family and community of Farmerville proudly celebrate the outstanding accomplishments of Ms. Tiana Janise Jones, whose educational journey continues to inspire excellence, determination, and perseverance.  Tiana is the daughter of Lapaquelyn Jones and Tyron Ferguson, granddaughter of Margie Jones, and great-granddaughter of Irma Jones. Her family proudly celebrates this remarkable achievement and the dedication that has carried …

By: Glynn Harris (After seeing lots of buzzards lately, here’s a chapter from my book “Fathers, Sons and Old Guns” that triggered a memory.)  If ever there was a creature on God’s green earth that runs the gauntlet from good to bad to ugly, it has to be the vulture, or what most of us call the buzzard.  First the …