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Watercolor art class slated August 3 in Union MuseumUnion Museum of History and Art will offer a class in watercolor painting on Saturday, August 3, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. The “Introduction to Watercolors” class will be led by Teddy Graves, a lifelong artist and Fine Arts student at Centenary College in Shreveport. Fee for the class is $5. …

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Biden Withdraws

Biden WithdrawsAfter a lackluster performance at the first presidential debate by incumbent President Biden, concerns arose regarding the president’s poor articulation of words and record-breaking age. Biden is currently the oldest United States President to be in office at 81 years of age. On July 21, 2024, Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential election. Biden is the first incumbent …

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Sniper Hits Trump – Not Fatal

Eerily similar to the Kennedy assassination in 1963, on July 13, 2024, a sniper narrowly missed making a fatal head shot while attempting to kill Former President Donald Trump. Trump survived, suffering a bloody right ear wound. Mere hours later the RNC nominated him as its presidential candidate to seek an unprecedented second term, after a four-year hiatus following Democrat …

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Beryl misses North Central Louisiana

Hurricane Beryl slammed into the Texas coast earlier this week, ripping through Houston and east Texas on its path to western Louisiana, Arkansas, and the Mississippi Valley. Beryl reached Category 5 strength on its path near Jamaica, the Yucatán, and along the Mexican Gulf Coast before weakening to a Category 1 before coming ashore in Texas. At one point, Beryl …

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Watermelon Queens crowned Miss Louisianas

On Sunday, June 16, Olivia Grace George, winner of the coveted Miss Watermelon Festival Pageant in 2023, was crowned Miss Louisiana! This follows Melissa Le, winner of the coveted Miss Watermelon Festival’s Teen Pageant in 2023, being crowned Miss Teen Louisiana in the same night! These two promising young ladies will both be advancing to the next pageant level respectively …

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Busy week for the UPSO

There have been several major crimes and car accidents over the course of the first few weeks of June. Multiple incidents of shootings, including what was mentioned last week about a drive-by that has been currently updated, as well as a new case involving three separately arrested juveniles. As for crashes, just recently* there was a major crash involving three …

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Ongoing investigation into June 12 shooting

On June 12th, late into the night, shots rang out in the town of Farmerville. An ongoing investigation is underway in the shooting of multiple individuals in a drive-by committed on Tuesday night. The Farmerville Police Department is asking the public to avoid Hickory St. near Sensley’s Townhouses in response to the incident.The Farmerville Police Department and the Union Parish …

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Lines, tigers, and bass, oh my!

On June 1th, the Lake D’Arbonne Watershed Commission released 40,000 tiger bass into Lake D’Arbonne in efforts to steadily increase the average size of the local largemouth bass population.The Farmerville Fire Department, Farmerville Police Department, and Alderman Robert Allen were at the scene to represent the Town of Farmerville and to participate in the release of the tiger bass into …

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