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 PURSUIT ENDS WITH K9 ASSISTED ARREST AND DISCOVERY OF FIREARM  On February 5, 2026, at approximately 930 PM, deputies with the Union Parish Sheriff’s Office attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a vehicle within the city limits of Farmerville. The driver failed to stop and fled, leading deputies on a pursuit through Union Parish and into the Marion area.  …

 Ice Storm Tests Region, but Claiborne Electric Keeps Outages Limited  A severe ice storm swept across multiple states during the last week of January 2026, tightening its grip on north Louisiana as temperatures hovered around the freezing mark. Freezing rain coated trees, power lines, bridges, and roadways with a hard glaze of ice, turning routine travel into a hazardous gamble …

 Reeves Memorial Medical Center Opens State-of-the-Art Hospital in Bernice on February 1  Bernice, LA— Reeves Memorial Medical Center (RMMC) will open its new hospital on Sunday, February 1, 2026, at 7:00 a.m., expanding access to healthcare for patients in Bernice, Union Parish, and communities across the region.  Located at 100 Medical Park 

 Local agribusiness leader funds completion of Union Parish High FFA greenhouse  FARMERVILLE, La. — Gazette Staff Report  Union Parish School District Superintendent Dr. Cathy Stockton said she did not anticipate such a swift response when she reached out to the community for assistance in finishing the greenhouse project for the Future Farmers of America program at Union Parish High School.  …

 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 …