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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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District Attorney John Belton announces retirement

At the most recent Union Par- ish Chamber Luncheon, John Belton announced that he will be retiring after 33 years of service. John Belton was elected District Attorney for Lincoln and Union Parishes in 2014 and has made an anouncement that he will no longer be running for reelection into the position. John Belton has served as a Vice President …

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LSC Justice Guidry, Lifetime Achievement Award

LOUISIANA SUPREME COURT JUSTICE JOHN MICHAEL GUIDRY HONORED WITH 2025 DAVID A. HAMILTON LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AT LSBA PRO BONO AWARDS CEREMONY New Orleans, LA – Louisiana Supreme Court Justice John Michael Guidry was honored with the 2025 David A. Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Award at the Louisiana State Bar Association’s 40th annual Pro Bono Publico & Children’s Law Awards Ceremony. …

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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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Outdoor Magazines Turning Digital

It started for me long ago. My daddy always had a copy or two of the Big Three in outdoor maga- zines – Field and Stream, Sports Afield or Outdoor Life lying around and one of my early childhood pleasures was picking one up, flipping through the pages and reading articles written by guys that became my heroes. My favorite …

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This is the Saudi I remember

In July of 1978 I loaded up my wife and six-month old daughter and moved to Saudi Arabia for sixteen won- derful years of work and adventure. While the work was challenging and exciting it was the local Saudi Arab that was a true delight to be associated with. The company was not an old aging mega-gi- ant as compared …

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The Power Within

Living without limits. Living your life to the fullest. Living with happiness. Living your dreams. Living free from fear and worry. You have the power to live your life any way you want. You will never be as young as you are today. So squeeze the most out of every day. Whatever has happened to you in the past is …

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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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Union General “It’s a Girl Thing” Scholarship

Ruston High School senior Makenna Pollard has been named the 2025 recipient of the It’s a Girl Thing: Making Proud Choices Scholarship presented by Union General Hospital. The an- nouncement celebrates Makenna’s outstanding achievements in academics, leadership, and per- sonal growth through her six-year journey in the program. Makenna joined It’s a Girl Thing in junior high and has grown …

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