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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 …

 Gabe Kenley gabe@fgazette.com   Held on the second weekend of May every year, The Mayhaw Festival is a staple of Marion culture. Featuring much of the namesake treat, Mayhaw Jam is the premiere mascot of Marion. Marion and Mayhaw go together like Peanut Butter and Jelly.  At this year’s Mayhaw Festival Awards Ceremony, the Mayor of Marion, Danny A. Smith, awarded this …

 D.A. John Belton, Third JDA Office  STAFF REPORT   On May 1, 2026, Third Judicial District Attorney John Belton swore in Cary Brown as an Assistant District Attorney for Lincoln and Union Parishes.  Brown brings 22 years of trial and prosecution experience to the position. District Attorney Belton stated, “I am proud to announce that Cary will be coming on board …

By: J Michael Small – Attorney for Trey Holly I’m pleased with the disposition reached in court on Friday. Most importantly Trey did not plead guilty to anything. Rather he entered a Nolo Contendere plea, sometimes referred to as a best interest plea, to end the legal proceedings in this matter. Pursuant to our plea agreement the Judge sentenced Trey …

Last week we reported sewage contamination, including fecal coliform, from the Town of Farmerville flowing into Lake D’Arbonne because the Town has refused to bring the sewage treatment plant into compliance under Mayor John Crow’s administration, despite a clear warning from Riley Engineering in April 2021, three months after Mayor Crow took office. That firm estimated a six-million-dollar renovation cost …

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill announced Monday, April 29, that her office has filed a lawsuit against the United States Department of Education to challenge recent revisions to Title IX.Murrill spoke about the new Title IX rules with Gov. Jeff Landry and State Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley. They want to stop new rules being added to Title IX that …

Detention Center audit costing parish thousands in lost TWP revenue By Luke BrittEditorThe Union Parish Police Jury on Tuesday hired a reserve sheriff’s deputy and former U.S. Marine to head the parish’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, replacing the former director who resigned in January.Matthew A. Ford of Farmerville, one of five applicants for the position, was recommended …

How Union Parish Voted President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump won Louisiana’s primary on Saturday, collecting more delegates after they already clinched their party nominations.In Union Parish, where roughly 14 percent of eligible voters — about 1,700 —turned out, Trump received 1,187 votes to Biden’s 407.Biden also appeared in Missouri’s Democratic primary, with results not expected to be …

By Luke BrittEditorThe Lake D’Arbonne Watershed Commission intends to stock the lake with 40,000 Tiger Bass later this year, an investment that commissioners said should result in a steady increase over the years in the average size of largemouth bass pulled from the lake.Tiger bass are a hybrid cross between a strain of aggressive Northern largemouth and a “pure strain” …

Dana Estes’s meticulous collage took Best of Show at the 12th Annual Union Arts Council’s Competitive Art Exhibition Saturday.Estes was one of dozens of local artists who submitted work in one or more of seven categories, including amateur and professional photo, professional and amateur painting , professional drawing, professional two-dimensional fine art and amateur three-dimensional fine art. A separate category …