Stacey Gatson hasn’t been to work since a bullet came through the wall of her Betty Street home early Sunday morning and lodged in the mattress on which she and her husband, James, slept. Outside the house it was chaos, according to witnesses, as victims lay wounded and the shooters fled. The wounded, whose names were not released, suffered non-life …

The ongoing dispute for ownership of Buffalo Landing Road escalated this week when attorney Johnny Dollar said he intends to sue five members of the Union Parish Police Jury for depravation of property rights over their refusal to abandon the road.

Annual Boat Launch Permits for Lake D’Arbonne are now available.  Permits are effective immediately and run through June 30, 2024. Regular permits are $50 and Senior Citizen (65+) and Veteran Permits are $25. Permits can be purchase at K & M Coffee, Corks, & Camo, Cooter’s Live Bait & Tackle, and Honey Hole Tackle Shop. Property owners eligible for free …

June 1, 2023

Funeral services celebrating the life of Mr. Derek Futch, 49, of Monroe, LA, will be held at 2:00 P.M., Thursday, July 21, 2022, in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home, West Monroe, LA, with Rev. Neil Everett officiating. Interment will follow in the Spearsville Community Cemetery in Union Parish. Derek was born on May 31, 1973 and passed away on …

Funeral Services for Rosemary H. Thurston, 85, of West Monroe, LA, will be held at 2:00 P.M., June 1, 2023, in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home in West Monroe with Danny Johnson officiating. Visitation will be from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M., Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Interment will follow at Liberty Cemetery in Linville, LA. Rosemary Thurston Rosemary was …

Jennyfer Ramirez Union General Hospital has named Jennyfer Gomez Ramirez the 2023 It’s a Girl Thing Making Proud Choices scholarship.  Ramirez is a 2023 graduate of D’Arbonne Woods Charter School and the daughter of Marisol Ramirez from Farmerville.  Ramirez, who joined the It’s a Girl Thing program when she was in middle school, graduated with a 3.9 GPA. and will …

A controversial “constitutional carry” bill that will allow any Louisiana adult over the age of 21 to carry a concealed firearm without a license or training advanced out of committee Tuesday.  The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 4-1 to advance House Bill 131 by Rep. Danny McCormick, R-Oil City, to the full House. Committee Chairman Sen. Gary Smith, D-Norco, was the …

Claiborne Electric will host a drive-through Annual Meeting on June 10.  The Co-op will have two sites available for members to register– one at Claiborne Electric’s headquarters office (12525 Hwy. 9 in Homer), and one at D’Arbonne Woods Charter School (9560 Hwy. 33 in Farmerville). On June 10, members can drive through a multi-lane site in either location to register …

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