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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 PUBLIC RECORDS REVEAL UNION PARISH PAID NEARLY $160,000 TO HOUSE PRISONERS IN OTHER PARISHES Newly obtained financial records raise questions about jail overcrowding, criminal court delays and government transparency as voters prepare for November 3 election FARMERVILLE, LA — October 30, 2026 Union Parish taxpayers have paid $159,875.01 to detention facilities in four neighboring parishes over a period …

Staff Report RECORDS RELEASED HOURS BEFORE ELECTION RAISE QUESTIONS ABOUT POLICE JURY’S ROLE IN ROAD-TAX CAMPAIGN Four police jurors identified as contributors or pledgors; secretary sent pro-tax billboard artwork during recorded working hours; audit shows most road funding comes from other sources FARMERVILLE, LA – Monday, November 2, 2026. With Union Parish voters preparing to decide a 12-mill road-tax proposition …

Staff Report FARMERVILLE — Phillip Ellis defeated Lewis A. Jones on Tuesday to win the Division B seat on the Third Judicial District Court, according to unofficial election-night returns. Ellis received 61 percent of the vote, compared with 39 percent for Jones. The district covers Union and Lincoln parishes. Both candidates are Republicans. On the same ballot in Union Parish, …

By: Glynn Harris When it comes to adverse weather, I can be a worrywart; just ask my wife. I get obsessed when unusual weather situations arrive. Too much rain; not enough rain; too cold; too icy; to stormy – these all give me concern as if I was able to do anything about changing the weather. I don’t have to …

By: Tuffy Fields By the time you read this, the 2026 mid-termelections are over and we have a pretty goodidea of who was elected, where the power of thenation will reside and the direction our noblecountry will be traveling. At the time I am writing this article it is Sunday Morning andthere is only speculation as to what ournation will …

By: Sallie Rose Hollis Maybe you’re more disciplined than I am.Maybe you can scroll past all those reels onyour social media feed. Or maybe you’re so tremendously disciplined that you don’teven HAVE a social media account.I was once disciplined … but no more.I’ve begun to linger, to tarry, to luxuriate in those enticing, those captivating,those addicting seconds-long dopamineloops. Granted, I …

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 …