The Retired Teachers Association of Union Parish recently held two meetings, one in October and one in November. The group would like to thank Mrs. Jean Jones from the Union Museum of History & Art for providing a meeting location in October and for her report on the progress of the museum. Union Parish is very fortunate to have this …

By Luke BrittEditorThere are very few good things that came out of the Covid pandemic, but Union Parish’s annual Christmas in the State Park, which begins Saturday night, is certainly one of them.Only its third year, the Union Parish Chamber of Commerce’s festival of lights at Lake D’Arbonne State Park has become one of the parish’s largest events, drawing more …

By Luke BrittEditorThe proposed Union Parish Police Jury budget for the 2024 fiscal year anticipates a surplus of nearly $300,000 at the end of next year, funded in large part by a significant increase in interest earnings.The budget also shows that the jury’s total expenditures in 2023 were only $1,377 over budget.The proposed budget estimates expenditures of $2.1 million in …

A funeral service for Mrs. Vera Letsy Everett, age 84 of Farmerville, LA was held at 2:00 PM, Thursday, December 7, 2023 at Farmerville Church of Christ. Tommy Bennett officiated and Billy Anderson lead the music. Burial followed at Antioch Cemetery in Spearsville, LA under the direction of Farrar Funeral Home. Mrs. Vera was a 1957 graduate of Spearsville High …

Funeral services celebrating the life of Mrs. Peggy Diane Stinson Templeton, 72, of West Monroe, LA were at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, December 12, 2023, at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Rocky Branch, LA with Rev. Jimmy Pitson officiating.  Interment followed in the Rocky Branch Cemetery, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, West Monroe. Mrs. Templeton was born on December …

A memorial service for Mrs. Mollie May Redden, age 64 of Farmerville, La, was held at 4:00 PM, Friday, December 1, 2023 at 1st Assembly of God in Farmerville, La. Mollie worked for City Drugstore and Brookshire’s Pharmacy for many years. She retired to pursue her greatest passion; spending time with and loving on her grandchildren. Mollie always had a …

Funeral arrangements for Mrs. Nelda Gay Williams, age 83 of Spearsville, LA, will be held at 2:00 PM, Friday, December 1, 2023, at Liberty Baptist Church in Spearsville, LA. Bro. Adam Holloway will be officiating. Burial will be at Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery under the direction of Farrar Funeral Home.  Today we gather to honor and celebrate the life of …

Conservatives have been railing against public schools, largely to no avail, for years now. When a new Republican-dominated Louisiana Legislature meets next year, however, school choice has the best chance ever in our state to pass both houses and there’s no reason to think Governor-elect Landry won’t sign it.Sen. John Kennedy is the latest official to say it’s time for …

New Orleans, LA – At general meetings held during the 2023 Fall Judges Conference, Third Judicial District Judge Bruce Hampton was among the officers elected by the membership.The officers chosen include:President: Judge Lala B. Sylvester, 10th Judicial District CourtFirst Vice President: Judge Lee V. Faulkner, Jr., 24th Judicial District CourtSecond Vice President: Chief Judge Robin D. Pittman, Orleans Criminal District …

By Luke BrittEditorPam Hallman’s art runs the gamut of genres. From the abstract to the whimsical, the Farmerville painter, illustrator and author is limited only by her own imagination, which is to say, she has no limits at all.Fear, she said, ends many young artists’ careers before they even start – fear of failure or of not being “good enough.”“I …