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 3 Mississippi men arrested following Farmerville store burglary; $20K seized during arrest  FARMERVILLE, La. (KTVE/KARD) — On January 8, 2026, the Famerville Police Department apprehended three male suspects following a store burglary.  According to authorities, the suspects were identified as Martin Hernandez, Matthew Lee, and Jerry Sullivan of Purvis, Miss. Hernandez was accused of burglarizing the Dollar General store and …

 Spies, drones and blowtorches: How the US captured Maduro  A small team, including one source within the Venezuelan government, had been observing where the 63-year-old slept, what he ate, what he wore and even, according to top military officials, “his pets”.  Then, in early December, a planned mission dubbed “Operation Absolute Resolve” was finalised. It was the result of months …

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. …

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 …

 Jon McKinnie, President of Union Parish Chamber of Commerce, has been elected 2026 Chairman of Louisiana Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (LACCE). McKinnie has served on this board for five years, as 2023-2025 Chairman of its Awards & Scholarship Committee and as Treasurer for the 2025 year. McKinnie’s term as its new Chairman will be effective January 1 2026.  …

Star witness killed in Hattiesburg wreckbound for Louisiana Quinton Tellis trialHATTIESBURG — Retired Brigadier GeneralPaul Rowlett was killed Saturday in a car crash in Hattiesburg on his way to Monroe, Louisiana, to tes-tify as an expert witness in the Quinton Tellis mur-der trial. The accident occurred at Hwy 98 and Ralston Road in Forrest County when another vehicle al-legedly ran …

 Penelope Hull doesn’t care that the road in front of her elementary school leads to what will be the largest data center in the world. She just misses the playground in front of Holly Ridge Elementary School.  It’s shut down this year because it faces the roads where, every day, thousands of dump trucks and 18-wheelers thunder toward “Hyperion,” Meta’s …

Voters reject Tangipahoa Sheriff’s taxproposal again; analyst says post-electionmessage may have backfiredHAMMOND — For the second time this year,Tangipahoa Parish voters rejected a sales tax thatSheriff Gerald Sticker said was critical to boostingstaffing and wages inside the sheriff’s office.Saturday’s proposal, a three-quarter-cent salestax that would have raised nearly $25 million a yearfor the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office, failed57% to 43%. …

Louisiana politician forecast the LSU BrianKelly buyout debacle and now has freshadviceLouisiana Public Service Commissioner FosterCampbell forecast the fate of fired LSU footballCoach Brian Kelly and the debacle of his contractbuyout before Kelly coached his first game for theschool.Campbell, who represents Shreveport and almost1 million northern Louisiana constituents, wrote anopinion piece after Kelly’s hiring in 2021 predictingLSU would rue the …

Louisiana Republicans move electiondates with hopes of redistricting for 2026midtermsState Rep. Candace Newell, D-New Orleans, saysRepublicans in the Louisiana Legislature are likelyto dilute Black voter strength if a pending U.S. SupremeCourt ruling allows them redraw the state’ssix congressional districts. (Photo by Greg LaRose/Louisiana Illuminator)Republicans in the Louisiana Legislature gave finalapproval Wednesday to pushing back 2026 primaryelection dates, capping a one-week …