The morning of October 3, 2020, dawned cool,clear and calm, a perfect day to begin squirrel season.I rode my 4-wheeler to my favorite woods,parked it and walked over to a log to sit and waitfor daylight.This is something I have done since Iwas a kid, being in the woods at first lighton opening day of squirrel season. My dadengrained in …

There is a big push now by insurance companies sellyou insurance in case you shoot somebody. Not that faraffect it if you look at all the shootings taking place in thenews. So have you purchased your gun insurance yet?In case you shoot someone, there are insurance policiesavailable to cover any liabilities you mightface, pay for your bail if you are …

In the span of one recent long weekend, I found myselfat two different funerals and a visitation. Three differentlives. Three different connections to my own story.It was sobering. It was tender. It was a reminder ofjust how many strands weave the fabric of ourlives.The first service was for a high school classmate.We graduated in 1970, though I confessit doesn’t seem …

Antioch Baptist Church3501 Hwy 828, Farmerville318-368-3591Early Worship – 8:30 a.m.Sunday School – 9:45 a.m.Morning Worship – 10:45 a.m.Bethel Temple Pentecostal Church2144 Hwy 33 N, MarionSunday School -11 a.m.Sunday Worship -12 p.m.318-608-6766Canaan Baptist Church502 Canaan Church Rd., SpearsvilleSunday School -10amSunday Worship -11am870-312-3440Bro. Brian WilliamsConway BaptistChurch Homecoming4323 HWY 549, North of FarmervilleDean Baptist Church2309 Hwy 827, MarionSunday School – 9:45 a.m.Sunday Worship …

LOUISIANA (KPEL) —As ofTuesday, both Planned Parenthoodcenters have closed theirdoors after providing health careservices for four decades.In August, Planned ParenthoodGulf Coast announced thatit would be wrapping up all operationsin Louisiana, and nowthe long-anticipated closure isofficially in effect.

Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) said that shemarched into the office to talk to Speaker MikeJohnson (R-LA) on Tuesday and tried to reasonwith him about averting a government shutdown,but it became clear to her that he didn’t care.“I implored the Speaker that he should havebrought his members here so that if there were achance to solve this without shutting the governmentdown, …

At approximately 12:30PM today, the Darbonne Woods CharterSchool School Resource Officer (SRO) notified UPSO dispatch of areport he received of possible gunshots heard near the DWCS campus.Out of an abundance of caution, the SRO placed the campusinto a soft-lockdown. Additional UPSO deputies quickly respondedto the area. Deputies checked the campus and nearby areas forany criminal activity, utilizing patrol vehicles and …

Archery season for deer begins in less thana month. It seems fitting that we shine the spotlightonce again on Sterling Harrell, a man whopioneered bow hunting in our part of the country.Pine Bluff, AR native Ben Pearson, wasa pioneer and innovator when it came topromoting the sport of archery way backwhen. Pearson started the first companyin the U.S. to mass-produce …