Funeral services for John Christopher Jones, age 21 of Farmerville, LA, were held at 2:00 PM, Thursday, October 26, 2023 at Darbonne Church of Christ. Michael Fox will be officiating. Burial followed at Post Cemetery in Farmerville, LA under the direction of Farrar Funeral Home.  John was a 2020 graduate of Union Parish High School and was a member of …

Farrar Funeral Home Farmerville, La. Funeral services for Mrs. Rita Faye Case Halley, age 85 of Farmerville, LA, was held at 10:00 AM, Saturday, November 4, 2023 at Antioch Baptist Church with Bro. Rubin Weaver and Bro. David Byrnes officiating. Burial followed at Antioch Cemetery under the direction of Farrar Funeral Home. Mrs. Rita was preceded in death by her …

Patricia Ann “MiMi” Daw, 84 of El Dorado, AR passed away Thursday, October 12, 2023, at the South Arkansas Regional Hospital in El Dorado, AR Patricia was born May 27, 1939 to the union of John DiFronzo and Ruth Melvin DiFronzo. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband of 44 years, Thomas Daw and a grandson, Cole …

Glynn HarrisGlynn Harris is a long-time outdoor writer from North Louisiana and has won more than 50 writing and broadcasting awards during his 47 year career. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Commission is expected to vote at their November meeting on whether our state will schedule a hunting season for black bears in 2024-25.             There are those, …

Glynn HarrisGlynn Harris is a long-time outdoor writer from North Louisiana and has won more than 50 writing and broadcasting awards during his 47 year career. I saw my first black bear in Louisiana several years ago when I was on a deer hunt in Madison Parish. My host had dropped me off at my deer stand for an afternoon …

Glynn HarrisGlynn Harris is a long-time outdoor writer from North Louisiana and has won more than 50 writing and broadcasting awards during his 47 year career. The second happiest moment for me as a hunter occurred when I went to the photo shop and picked up pictures of my buck of a lifetime. My happiest moment, obviously, was when I …

Glynn HarrisGlynn Harris is a long-time outdoor writer from North Louisiana and has won more than 50 writing and broadcasting awards during his 47 year career. Look in the tackle boxes of any 10 bass fishermen you know, not only here in Louisiana but around the country as well and chances are excellent you’ll find a Rat-L-Trap or two in …

FOR THE WEEK: Feb. 1, 2024 Glynn HarrisGlynn Harris is a long-time outdoor writer from North Louisiana and has won more than 50 writing and broadcasting awards during his 47 year career. BLACK BAYOU – No report. Water is low. Contact Honey Hole Tackle Shop 323-8707 for latest information. BUSSEY BRAKE – The big bass continue to be caught flipping …

Glynn HarrisGlynn Harris is a long-time outdoor writer from North Louisiana and has won more than 50 writing and broadcasting awards during his 47 year career. The weather this summer has been a doozy, hasn’t it? This is not the first time we’ve experienced days and weeks without rain with daily temperatures in triple digits adding to the misery. This …

By Jackie HuntContributing Writer Editor’s Note: This is the eighth installment of the When Marion Played Sports series. Click the link to see all the articles in the series. The seniors and juniors of Eastside were not happy with the move to the local white schools for the second semester of the 1969-70 school year.  The seniors had been looking forward to …