Sterlington – On Monday, March 31, 2025,shortly after 9:00 p.m., Troopers with LouisianaState Police Troop F began investigating a crashinvolving a pedestrian on Louisiana Highway 143near Jaried Road. The crash claimed the life of69-year-old Rhonda Harvey of Springhill.The preliminary investigation revealed that a2009 GMC Sierra was driving north in the rightnorthbound lane of Louisiana Highway 143. At thesame time, Harvey, …

By Johnny Dollareditor@fgazette.com In a decisive vote last Saturday, Louisiana voters rejectedGovernor Landry and the legislature’s request to strip additionalconstitutional rights from the citizens and transfer them to thebureaucracy.Four proposed amendments were requested.Amendment 1 would have enabled the legislature to establishspecialty courts separate from the current district and parish courts,as outlined in the existing constitution. Amendment 1 was defeated

(Louisiana’s deer season has been over for several weeks and I have been privileged to write stories on the impressive bucks taken for LA Sportsman’s magazine taken. Here’s my story of the most impressive buck I coveredthat is likely to be a new state record for the typical category.)When Tyler Jordan shot a huge buck on December 7, 2020, he …

When I first heard the term “nuclear family” I thought of some derogatory term that expressed a new modern family which was filled with social media, computer games and not social involvement within the family. What a shock and pleasant surprise when the true definition was discovered.The term has been used to a large extent over the past several years …

t’s been a number of years since the death penalty was carried out in Louisiana. A vicious rapist and killer, a fellow named Jesse Hoffman, was put to death at Angola State prison just two weeks ago. I can look back 21 years ago, as I witnessed the highs and lows of life and death here in the Bayou State.It …

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“Shining a Light on Autism” will be observed jointly by the Union Museum of History and Art and the Union Parish Library during the month of April, known as National Autism Awareness Month. A special exhibit of artworks by autistic individuals will open with a celebratory reception on Tuesday, April 1, from 5 to 6:30 p.m., in the Union Museum …