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 …

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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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 …

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 …

By: Glynn Harris Lincoln Parish Park was born from the dream of a special man, the late Fredrick Hoogland. One day, in the late 1970s, he was inspired by something he saw. I interviewed him 20 years or so ago and wrote an article on his discovery.  “When I stepped up on a bluff that spring day and saw what …

By; Tuffy Fields Last week we witnessed a very unique athletic event that provided assurance that perseverance and not giving up can eventually lead to victory. The event I am referring to was not a complete human endeavor but a partnership between a human equine event. A horse was allowed to enter the Kentucky Derby race; one of the top …

By: Sallie Rose Hollis One of my classmates at our 56-year Farmerville High School reunion asked me, “Are you going to write about this in your column?”  “You know I’ll have to,” I said. “But I don’t know what I’m going to say yet.”  Truth is: I still don’t know. All the scenes, the sounds, the conversations are swirling in …