Louisiana Democratic‘dirt row farmer’ targetsSpeaker Mike Johnson in2026 electionDemocrat Conrad Cable, avegetable farmer from UnionParish, wants to take on America’smost powerful member ofCongress in the 2026 election inRepublican House Speaker MikeJohnson’s 4th District.“This isn’t about left versusright or Democrat verses Republican;it’s about the bottomversus the top,” Cable, 33, saidin an interview with USA TodayNetwork. “I want to representworking people who …

The board of directors of theUnion Museum of History andArt has finalized purchase of thebuilding in which it has residedsince 2020. Building ownersPaul and Kelly Coburn and Sandyand Dr. Tom Dansby transferredtitle of the facility at 211N. Main Street, Farmerville, tothe non-profit museum organizationon Thursday, August 28.The majority of the $200,000required for the purchase wasprovided by local donors. Theremainder was …

I am in regular communication with huntersfrom areas other than Louisiana and the South.These folks are constantly talking about finding“morels”, a mushroom that is apparently a delicacy.Reading their posts on hunting forums aboutfinding morels makes me think that locatinga batch of these mushrooms is nearlyas exciting as bagging a big gobbler.From what I can determine, morels arerare in our part …