Luke Britt

Sugarcane depends on migrants

Louisiana sugarcane farmers say theydepend heavily on migrant workers fromMexicoIn the late summer heat, the hours move likemolasses.Still, across the cane fields of South Louisiana,migrant workers from Mexico brave the sun andpunishing humidity to plant sugarcane. They comefrom the mountains of Guanajuato and San LuísPotosí, or the tropical coast of Veracruz, working thefields, often up to 70 hours a week.Their …

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Hogs and math test no problem for Shackleford

Now that deer season is here, I amonce again enjoying the privilege ofinterviewing successful hunters andwriting stories for LA Sportsman magazineabout big bucks taken in thestate. Here’s one I did last weekthat had a couple of interestingtwists.Waylon Shackleford, 19 yearold who lives in Alexandria,a pre-engineering student atLSU-Alexandria, encountered acouple of strange and interestingthings that occurred beforehe could lay claim to …

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After ten years it is still so true

This article ran ten years ago. So much haschanged and so much remains the same.“Three weeks ago Israel’s Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu was in a political battle tomaintain his seat as the leader of the sovereignJewish country of Israel. It is no secretthat Netanyahu and President BarakObama are not the best of friends andunfortunately this is affecting the relationshipsbetween the two …

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New Orleans gets a second chance

For those who do not live in the deepest of thedeep southern states, you may not realize thatNew Orleans, the Queen city of the South, hasbeen under siege. No, not from hurricanes. Thesiege has been from within. New Orleansis known as the City that care forgot. Butit’s hard to let the good times roll in theBig Easy when the dice …

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CHURCH NEWS

Antioch BaptistChurch3501 Hwy 828Farmerville318-368-3591Early Worship – 8:30a.m.Sunday School – 9:45a.m.Morning Worship –10:45 a.m.Bethel TemplePentecostal Church2144 Hwy 33 N.MarionSunday School -11 a.m.Sunday Worship -12p.m.318-608-6766Canaan BaptistChurch502 Canaan Church Rd.SpearsvilleSunday School -10amSunday Worship -11am870-312-3440Bro. Brian WilliamsConway BaptistChurch Homecoming4323 HWY 549North of FarmervilleDean Baptist Church2309 Hwy 827MarionSunday School – 9:45a.m.Sunday Worship – 11a.m.Wed. 6:30pm318-292-4463A blessed day at DeanBaptist Church. Therewas 5 new additions toDean …

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Hunter struck by lightning, dies later

(Monroe, Louisiana) –A teenager in Louisianawas killed while huntingon SaturdayKALB reports that the17-year-old hunter wasin a deer stand as stormsmoved into the region,and it is believed that hewas struck by lightning.The hunter was notfound until that night,after not returning home,but storms moved induring the afternoonhours, and that is whenofficials believe he wasstruck by lightning whileout hunting.

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‘No Kings’ Day protests across LA

People protest what they view as“anti-democratic” actions of PresidentDonald Trump and other Republicansin Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Saturday,Oct. 18, 2025. (WRKF/Alex Cox)About 1,000 people gathered to protestPresident Donald Trump and hisadministration during Saturday’s “NoKings” Day rally in Baton Rouge.

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