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 …

 Johnny Dollar editor@fgazette.com   Union Parish candidates have three days to file for the November 3 election  Candidate qualifying for Louisiana’s fall elections will begin Wednesday, August 5, and continue through Friday, August 7.  In Union Parish, the qualifying period includes candidates seeking election to the Third Judicial District Court, which serves Union and Lincoln parishes, as well as all 9 seats …

Staff Report  This one-day free training will provide law enforcement, judges, attorneys, prosecutors, social workers, counselors, victim advocates, domestic violence advocates, and other professions with an opportunity to network and receive updated information on domestic and dating violence related laws, dynamics of domestic violence, predominate aggressor, insight on what to do when a law enforcement officer is the abuser, focus …

 STAFF REPORT   Ruston attorney cites service in law enforcement, state litigation, and courtrooms throughout north Louisiana  RUSTON, La. – Attorney Phillip Ellis of Ruston today announced his candidacy for the open position of judge for the Third Judicial District Court, Division B, which serves Lincoln and Union parishes. Ellis said his decision to run for the judgeship was driven by …

By; Glynn Harris The basic way that sporting organizations raise funds for their programs is the scheduling of annual fund raising banquets to benefit the organization.  This coming Thursday, July 30, the Lincoln Parish Chapter of Whitetails Unlimited will host its annual get-together at the Ruston Civic Center and if what has happened each year with this banquet is any …

By: Tuffy Fields This past weekend I experienced an event I first witnessed 63 years ago, The Farmerville Watermelon Festival. It has grown from a festival that began with two semi-trucks loaded with watermelons drive through town accompanied by political speeches to a festival spanning over a weeklong period with a two-mile parade, over a hundred vendors selling everything from …

By: Sallie Rose Hollis Parents’ Day was Sunday.  It’s been around since 1994, when Congress unanimously passed “The Parents’ Day Resolution,” establishing the fourth Sunday of July as a perennial day of commemoration. Through all those years, I’ve mostly been ignorant of it.  Even without my help, though, on that day each year, Americans have recognized outstanding parents, celebrated the …