Luke Britt

Louisiana rattled by morning earthquake

According to USGS, a 2.9magnitude quake struck froma depth of 5 km at 6:47 amtoday near the town of PleasantHill, Louisiana. There were noreports of damage nor injuries;neither would be expected by anearthquake of this magnitude.According to USGS,earthquakes with a magnitude of2.0 or less are rarely felt or heardby people, but once they exceed2.0 more and more people can feelthem. …

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The Birth of Jesus: A story of hope, humility, and fulfilled promise

Over the past few weeks we have taken alook at different aspects of life in Judea justprior to the birth of Jesus. Though we have asterilized view of the time of his birth it wasanything but. A ninety mile walk fora young pregnant female was an arduousexperience. The trip displaysthe discomfort that would take placefor Christians but the birth of …

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Some call them wood ducks, I call them squeakers

Growing up where I did in the redclay, pine tree expanses of Ward 2,Natchitoches Parish, we lived off theland for the most part. A big gardenwith corn, peas, potatoes, tomatoesand such was supplementedby the wild game we were able toglean from the woods.If you lived in areas nearlakes, there was plenty of fish tobe had along with roasted mallardsand pintails. …

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CHURCH NEWS

Antioch Baptist Church3501 Hwy 828Farmerville318-368-3591Early Worship – 8:30 a.m.Sunday School – 9:45 a.m.Morning Worship – 10:45 a.m.Bethel Temple PentecostalChurch2144 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 549North of FarmervilleDean Baptist Church2309 Hwy 827MarionSunday School – 9:45 a.m.Sunday Worship – 11 a.m.Wed. 6:30pm318-292-4463Sunday the Adult …

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Judge removed for “pattern of dishonesty”

Louisiana Supreme Court removesEBR judge for ‘pattern ofdishonesty’NEW ORLEANS — The LouisianaSupreme Court on Thursday removedan East Baton Rouge Parish judge fromthe bench, finding that she lied to voterswhile running for office in 2020 andto police as they investigated a car burglaryearlier that year.The justices voted 4-3 to remove TiffanyFoxworth-Roberts from the 19thJudicial District bench and bar herfrom seeking office …

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Union’s Favorite Son: McCallum

ASSOCIATE JUSTICE JAY B. McCALLUMJustice Jay Bowen McCallum, who now lives inFarmerville, is a lifelong resident of Union Parish.Born and raised in the Pisgah Baptist Church community,near Bernice, Louisiana, Jay is the first in hisfamily to receive a college education, having graduatedfrom Northeast Louisiana University in 1982 andLSU’s Paul M. Hebert Law Center in 1985. He alsoholds a Master of …

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Student finds time to down big buck 

(Once again, I am permitted to write stories for LA Sportsman magazine about big bucks taken around the state this season. Here is my story of a big buck taken by a young lady, Anna McNeely who lives in Natchitoches.)  Anna McNeely lives in Natchitoches with her family but goes to school in Minden at Northwest Technical Community College studying …

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Judea at the time of birth 

Over the past several weeks we took a look at what was going on during the build up to the birth of Jesus. The majority of the information is historical in nature yet Biblical references have been used to help reinforce the life in Judea just prior to the birth of Jesus.  In Judea two weeks before Jesus’ birth, life …

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