June, 2025

• 25 June

  CHURCH NEWS

  Antioch Baptist Church3501 Hwy 828Farmerville318-368-3591Early Worship – 8:30 a.m.Sunday School – 9:45 a.m.Morning Worship – 10:45 a.m.Bethel Temple PentecostalChurch2144 Hwy 33 N.MarionSunday School -11 a.m.Sunday Worship -12 p.m.318-608-6766Canaan Baptist Church502 Canaan Church Rd.SpearsvilleSunday School -10amSunday Worship -11am870-312-3440Bro. Brian WilliamsConway BaptistChurch Homecoming4323 HWY 549North of FarmervilleDean Baptist Church2309 Hwy 827MarionSunday School – 9:45 a.m.Sunday Worship – 11 a.m.Wed. 6:30pm318-292-4463Evergreen Baptist Church1380 …

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• 25 June

  Trump urges Israel and Iran to ceasefire

  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 …

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• 18 June

  CHURCH NEWS

  Antioch Baptist Church3501 Hwy 828Farmerville318-368-3591Early Worship – 8:30 a.m.Sunday School – 9:45 a.m.Morning Worship – 10:45 a.m.Bethel Temple Pentecostal Church2144 Hwy 33 N.MarionSunday School -11 a.m.Sunday Worship -12 p.m.318-608-6766Canaan Baptist Church502 Canaan Church Rd.SpearsvilleSunday School -10amSunday Worship -11am870-312-3440Bro. Brian WilliamsConway BaptistChurch Homecoming4323 HWY 549North of FarmervilleDean Baptist Church2309 Hwy 827MarionSunday School – 9:45 a.m.Sunday Worship – 11 a.m.Wed. 6:30pm318-292-4463Sunday was …

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• 18 June

  Meta AI Data Center projects billions for LA

  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 …

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• 11 June

  CHURCH NEWS

  Antioch Baptist Church3501 Hwy 828, Farmerville318-368-3591Sunday School – 9:30 a.m.Sunday Worship – 10:30 a.m.Weds. – 6:30 p.m.Bethel Temple Pentecostal Church2144 Hwy 33 N., MarionSunday School -11 a.m.Sunday Worship -12 p.m.318-608-6766Canaan Baptist Church502 Canaan Church Rd., SpearsvilleSunday School -10amSunday Worship -11am870-312-3440Bro. Brian WilliamsConway BaptistChurch Homecoming4323 HWY 549North of FarmervilleDean Baptist Church2309 Hwy 827, MarionSunday School – 9:45 a.m.Sunday Worship – 11 …

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• 11 June

  Sensley Reelected

  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 …

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• 4 June

  CHURCH NEWS

  Antioch Baptist Church 3501 Hwy 828 Farmerville 318-368-3591 Early Worship – 8:30 a.m. Sunday School – 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship – 10:45 a.m. Bethel Temple Pentecostal Church 2144 Hwy 33 N. Marion Sunday School -11 a.m. Sunday Worship -12 p.m. 318-608-6766 Canaan Baptist Church 502 Canaan Church Rd. Spearsville Sunday School -10am Sunday Worship -11am 870-312-3440 Bro. Brian Williams Conway …

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• 4 June

  2025 Super Bowl breaks economic records

  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 …

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May, 2025

• 28 May

  CHURCH NEWS

  Antioch Baptist Church 3501 Hwy 828 Farmerville 318-368-3591 Early Worship – 8:30 a.m. Sunday School – 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship – 10:45 a.m. Bethel Temple Pentecostal Church 2144 Hwy 33 N., Marion Sunday School -11 a.m. Sunday Worship -12 p.m. 318-608-6766 Canaan Baptist Church 502 Canaan Church Rd. Spearsville Sunday School -10am Sunday Worship -11am 870-312-3440 Bro. Brian Williams Conway …

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• 28 May

  Louisiana at 2025 National Book Festival

  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 …

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• 22 May

  CHURCH NEWS

  Antioch Baptist Church 3501 Hwy 828 Farmerville 318-368-3591 Early Worship – 8:30 a.m. Sunday School – 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship – 10:45 a.m. Bethel Temple Pentecostal Church 2144 Hwy 33 N. Marion Sunday School -11 a.m. Sunday Worship -12 p.m. 318-608-6766 Canaan Baptist Church 502 Canaan Church Rd. Spearsville Sunday School -10am Sunday Worship -11am 870-312-3440 Bro. Brian Williams Conway …

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• 22 May

  New Pope has Creole roots in New Orleans

  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 …

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