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U.S. President Donald Trumphas called for a ceasefire betweenIsrael and Iran amid escalatingconflict. The tensions beganwhen Israel conducted airstrikeson Iran’s nuclear facilities,aiming to hinder Iran’s nuclearcapabilities. In retaliation, Iranlaunched missiles at Israel, someof which were intercepted byIsrael’s defense systems—someof which were not intercepted.The situation further intensifiedwhen the U.S. carried outairstrikes on Tehran’s nuclearresearch facilities.U.S. airstrikes did not destroyIran’s nuclear capability …

MONROE, Louisiana (June 16, 2025) – A newly released economicimpact study commissioned by Grow NELA shows just howtransformative Meta’s $10 billion artificial intelligence data centerproject in Richland Parish will be for Northeast Louisiana. The report,prepared by Ginovus, an independent and globally recognizedeconomic development consultancy, outlines powerful, quantifiablegains to jobs, wages, and tax revenues, underscoring the scaleof growth now underway across …

Last Saturday, Claiborne Electric Cooperative held its annualmeeting and election for the District 2, Board of Directors seat. Votingwas across all members serviced by Claiborne, since all membersnow vote on each director, regardless of the district seat beingvoted on each year.In the largest voting turnout ever by the members of the cooperative,Willie T. Sensley, Jr., “Butch,” was re-elected by the …

Hosting Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans generated a state- wide economic impact of $1.25 billion, more than double the impact of the city’s last Super Bowl in 2013 and one of the larg- est in NFL history. That’s according to a new economic analysis released by Lou- isiana State University’s E.J. Ourso College of Business, which evaluated the event’s …

Paul Siefken’s “Vernon Poche & the Ghosts of New Orleans” and Ken Wells’s “Gumbo Life: A Journey Down the Roux Bayou” to be featured as state’s “Great Reads” September 6 in Washington, DC BATON ROUGE, La. – Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser and the Louisiana Center for the Book in the State Library of Louisiana are pleased to announce the two …

His ancestry, traced to a historic enclave of Af- ro-Caribbean culture, links Leo XIV to the rich and sometimes overlooked Black Catholic experi- ence in America. Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born car- dinal selected on Thursday as the new pope, is descended from Creole people of color from New Orleans. The pope’s maternal grandparents, both of whom are described as …

On May 11, 2025, at 11pm, the Farmerville Police Departmentwould make a Facebook post alerting the public about two stolenvehicles, and several more that had been burglarized, in the earlyhours of the morning.“Two stolen vehicles were retrieved soon after the suspectscrashed one, prompting them to leave the other behind when amotion light activated. The wrecker retrieved both vehicles, andthe police …

In June 2024, a shooting took place in the middle of Farmervilleon Miller St. and North Main St in front of the Sonic Drive in. Nearlyone year later, on May 1st, 2025, 18-year-old Jakiron Tywon Mc-Guire of Ruston LA would be arrested for an outstanding warrantin Oklahoma, and would soon later be found in connection to theshooting in Farmerville, Louisiana.According …

Born in 1936, Jorge MarioBergolio, who would cometo be known later in his lifeas Pope Francis, would leavea tremendous mark on theworld. Standing as the head ofthe Roman Catholic Church atVatican City, the 266th popewould make grand strides inprogress for the Roman CatholicChristian faith.on April 21st, 2025, justone morning after EasterSunday. Pope Francis will beremembered for his warmdemeanor and caring …

On April 16, Bruce Causey would be sentenced to 40 years ofhard labor on one count of Manslaughter. According to the detailsof the case, the dispute would begin when Causey, who had escapedcustody, would go to Foster Farms and enter a heated argumentwith Ketrick Calhoun; this argument would escalate into a stabbingthat would prove fatal for Ketrick Calhoun.The following segment …