By: Tuffy Fields I have been very fortunate in my life. Iwas trained as a heavy equipment operator inthe Naval Construction Forces; the Seabees.Then I worked overseas for sixteen years.During these times I saw road constructionat it’s best. Last week I observedthe Union Parish Police Juryutilizing some pretty unique pieces ofequipment that put down a maintenanceroad that was second to …

By: Sallie Rose Hollis By the time you’re reading this, summeris over.Except it isn’t.Labor Day has come and gone, traditionallybringing down the curtain onsummer even though the season itselfwon’t officially end until Sept. 22.And if September in North Louisianafollows its usual script, Mother Naturemay not acknowledge the changefor quite a while after that.We humans do like our markers.We decide when …

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 the …

Michoud directorto speak Sept. 15 inFarmervilleHansel Gill, directorof the NASA MichoudAssembly Facility in NewOrleans, will speak onthe subject, “The Futureof Space Exploration,” onTuesday, September 15,at 5:30 p.m. in the UnionMuseum of History andArt. He will be joined byNASA aerospace engineerDr. LaQuieta Hueyof NASA’s Marshall SpaceFlight Center in Huntsville,Alabama. They willshare America’s visionfor space exploration andhighlight the many successesof NASA’s Artemisprogram. …

Louisiana State Police STAFF REPORT Bernice Man Killed in OuachitaParish Pedestrian CrashOuachita Parish – On Saturday, September6, 2026, shortly before 4:00a.m., Troopers with Louisiana State PoliceTroop F began investigating a fatalcrash involving a pedestrian on LouisianaHighway 34 near Smith Street. Thecrash claimed the life of 38-year-oldDustin Gray of Bernice.The initial investigation revealedthat a 2002 Chevrolet Silverado wastraveling south on Louisiana …

STAFF REPORT State Police arrest three northeast Louisianalaw-enforcement officers on DWI allegationsLouisiana State Police arrested three northeastLouisiana law-enforcement officers on first-offenseDWI allegations during a 16-day span, according toarrest and booking records and local reporting reviewedby the Gazette.The arrests involved Union Parish Sheriff’s OfficeDeputy Ronald S. Leonard, longtime Lincoln ParishSheriff’s Office official Chad Alan Alexander andMonroe Police Officer Dominic Lyn Simpson. …

By: Glynn Harris The book calls them “lubber” grasshoppers. Around here, we know them by another name, “graveyard” grasshoppers.  These oversized grasshoppers are not our friends as, according to the book, “they are voracious plant eaters that can quickly strip and destroy gardens, vegetable crops and ornamental landscaping.”  You’ll know one when you see it; they’re oversized, much larger than …

By: Tuffy Fields We have recently witnessed the change of the names of international bodies of water. This is not new. When I moved to Arabia I looked out on what was known as the Persian Gulf. The name comes from the ancient civilization of Persia which in modern times is Iran. The Saudis changed the name of the gulf …

By: Jim Brown Why don’t more people show up to vote on Election Day? In elections all over America, fewer voters are turning out at the polls than ever before. The New York Times ran an op-ed piece decrying this national trend, and suggesting that voting be mandatory, just like jury duty. So how big is the problem, and how …

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 …