Luke Britt

Buzzards; the good, the bad, and the ugly 

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 …

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Straight of Hormuz — there’s more to it 

By: Tuffy Fields The world has taken a crash course in world geography and especially the Mid- East. I still remember Mrs. Armstrong’s fourth grade geography class and learning all the continents, countries around the world, all the states and state capitals We were fortunate to have had teachers like that and the world of maps wetted the imagination and …

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When hope endures, the picture changes 

By: Sallie Rose Hollis The video of this year’s Kentucky Derby is still queued up in my computer’s tab bar every time I open Chrome. I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve watched it. I’m hooked on the feeling I get with each viewing.  In case you aren’t a fan of the Triple Crown activities (and if you’ve …

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CHURCH NEWS 

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 …

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 UPSO awards another scholarship 

Union Parish Sheriff’s Office – STAFF REPORT   Sheriff Gates awards scholarship to college-bound teen  Sheriff Dusty Gates announced that Makayla Hunter of Union Parish has been named the recipient of an academic scholarship from the Louisiana Sheriffs’ Scholarship Program for the 2025-2026 school year. She resides in Farmerville and plans to attend University of Louisiana at Lafayette with Forensic Science as …

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 Fleming and Letlow Advance to Runoff — Cassidy Defeated 

Farmerville Gazette Staff – editor@fgazette.com   Fleming and Letlow Advance to June 27 Runoff as Cassidy Suffers Heavy Defeat  Union Parish Republican voters joined the rest of Louisiana on Saturday in sending incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy to a decisive defeat in the Republican primary for United States Senate, with U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow and Louisiana State Treasurer John Fleming advancing to …

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