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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. 6:30pm318-292-4463Sunday was a …
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November, 2025
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18 November
Voters reject tax proposal again
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%. …
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12 November
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. 6:30pm318-292-4463A blessed day …
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12 November
LSU buyout, Politician has fresh advice
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 …
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5 November
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. 6:30pm318-292-4463A very blessed …
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5 November
Republicans move election dates
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 …
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October, 2025
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29 October
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. 6:30pm318-292-4463Bro Aleck was …
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29 October
Sugarcane depends on migrants
Louisiana sugarcane farmers say theydepend heavily on migrant workers fromMexicoIn the late summer heat, the hours move likemolasses.Still, across the cane fields of South Louisiana,migrant workers from Mexico brave the sun andpunishing humidity to plant sugarcane. They comefrom the mountains of Guanajuato and San LuísPotosí, or the tropical coast of Veracruz, working thefields, often up to 70 hours a week.Their …
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22 October
CHURCH NEWS
Antioch BaptistChurch3501 Hwy 828Farmerville318-368-3591Early Worship – 8:30a.m.Sunday School – 9:45a.m.Morning Worship –10:45 a.m.Bethel TemplePentecostal Church2144 Hwy 33 N.MarionSunday School -11 a.m.Sunday Worship -12p.m.318-608-6766Canaan BaptistChurch502 Canaan Church Rd.SpearsvilleSunday School -10amSunday Worship -11am870-312-3440Bro. Brian WilliamsConway BaptistChurch Homecoming4323 HWY 549North of FarmervilleDean Baptist Church2309 Hwy 827MarionSunday School – 9:45a.m.Sunday Worship – 11a.m.Wed. 6:30pm318-292-4463A blessed day at DeanBaptist Church. Therewas 5 new additions toDean …
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22 October
Judiciary Commission Action
Judiciary Commission of LouisianaAnnounces Elected Officers and Appointees(See the full Press Release at https://judiciarycommissionla.org/)New Orelans, La. – The Judiciary Commission ofLouisiana has announced the election of officers andappointees to serve for the 2025-2026 term. ThirdJudicial District Court Judge Bruce Hampton hasbeen elected to serve as Chair, and Third CircuitCourt of Appeal Judge Sharon D. Wilson was electedas Vice-Chair. In addition …
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15 October
CHURCH NEWS
Antioch Baptist Church3501 Hwy 828, Farmerville318-368-3591Early Worship – 8:30 a.m.Sunday School – 9:45 a.m.Morning Worship – 10:45a.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 827, MarionSunday School – 9:45 a.m.Sunday Worship – 11 a.m.Wed. 6:30pm318-292-4463Dean …
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15 October
Black mold problem at UP Courthouse
On October 1st, the Union Parish Clerk of Courtannounced on their Facebook page that they wouldbe closed on October 2nd in order to relocateto the Hub, a commercial private office space inFarmerville. Sources at the courthouse revealed tothe Gazette the presence of black mold growing inthe Courthouse Document Storage.Black mold, also known as Stachybotrys, is a typeof fungus that grows …
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