Durrett accepts responsibility for approving unauthorized projects  By Luke Britt/Editor An emergency meeting of the Union Parish Police Jury’s road committee Tuesday became heated when Police Juror Ben Bridges accused fellow juror Dewayne Ramsey and Public Works director Tommy Durrett of orchestrating two recent projects in Ramsey’s district that violated Policy Jury policy and state law. According to Bridges, a …

By Luke Britt/Editor The attorney for former Louisiana State Trooper Kory York, one of three defendants charged in the 2019 beating death of Ronald Greene, asked Third District Judge Thomas Rogers on Tuesday to dismiss the charges against his client because he believes an expert witness’s grand jury testimony was tainted by an internal LSP report the expert should not …

Bobby L. Woods entered into this world on the blessed winter day of January 16, 1946, in Downsville, LA. The eldest son and 2nd child of Mildred Woods, Bobby was known to close friends and family as “BoBo”. The nickname was given to Bobby from his fascination with Carl “Bobo “Olson, a World Middleweight Boxing champion who Bobby spent countless hours reading about and watching his matches …