January, 2025

• 29 January

  Blizzard on the coast; no show in Ruston

  

  Mother Nature can do some strange things. She can send us enough heat in August to make us think we’re in the Sahara Desert. She can send us a drought as serious as folks are experiencing now in California; she can drench us with floods that virtually cover lake-side homes and wash out bridges on country roads.It’s in winter, though, …

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• 29 January

  Target Iran

  

  Thomas FieldsThomas “Tuffy” Fields is an author and regular contributor to The Gazette. He can be reached by email at thelouisianaexplorer@yahoo.com. American is in transition; again. For the puritan that wishes for a world that encompasses what the founding fathers envisioned and the “Devine destiny” of the mid 1850s, they will be happy. For the liberal that wants large scale …

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• 29 January

  Earning big bucks in state government

  

  Jim BrownJim Brown is a former Louisiana state senator, Secretary of State, Commissioner of Insurance and a regular contributor to The Gazette. How do you put a dollar value on the worth of a public official? Attorneys working full time for the state are often paid more than $400,000 a year. So how do you justify such large increases? The governor …

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• 29 January

  2025 UNION PARISH POLICE JUROR COMMITTEES

  LANDFILLBen Bridges – ChairBrenda AbercrombieMike HolleyNathan Pilgreen FINANCERussell Wade – ChairBen BridgesCurtis MosesMike Holley ROADMike Holley – ChairCurtis MosesRussell WadeNathan Pilgreen AIRPORTJeremy Hobbs – ChairCurtis MosesBen BridgesBrenda Abercrombie INSURANCEBrenda Abercrombie – ChairJeremy HobbsCurtis MosesAJ Ford, Jr. COURTHOUSECurtis Moses – ChairBrenda AbercrombieAJ Ford, Jr.Jeremy Hobbs EQUIPMENTAJ Ford, Jr. – ChairNathan PilgreenRussell WadeMike Holley PERSONNELNathan Pilgreen – ChairRussell WadeBen BridgesAJ Ford, Jr.

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• 29 January

  Safety Planning for DV survivors

  Most people who care about DV are aware of the term “safety plan” and how it can help someone prepare to leave an abuse situation safely. But, an emotional safety plan might be a term that is not familiar; it is the idea of developing ways to move forward from a violent past.After leaving an abusive partner, starting fresh and …

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• 29 January

  Tariff Increases directly cause inflation

  

  As of the 2024 election, the word “tariff” has been a hot topic for politicians and citizens alike. President Donald Trump, on his campaign trail, would bombastically promote that he would push to increase tariffs on incoming goods from other countries. Trump insisted that the purpose of this was to promote American businesses. This nationalist ambition is unrealistic at best …

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• 22 January

  Katherine Elizabeth Marchant

  

  Funeral services for Katherine Elizabeth Marchant, age 82 of Farmerville, LA, will be held at 10:00 AM, Saturday, January 18, 2025 at Farrar Funeral Home with Danny Johnson officiating. Interment will follow at Liberty Hill Taylor Cemetery under the direction of Farrar Funeral Home. Katherine attended school in Virginia. She met her husband and married and they began traveling all …

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• 22 January

  Juanita Ames

  

  Funeral services for Mrs. Juanita Ames, age 92 of Farmerville, LA, will be held at 2:00 PM, Sunday, January 19, 2025 at First Baptist Church in Farmerville, LA with Rev. Kurt Auger and Rev. Hank Hamilton officiating. Interment will follow at Beulah Cemetery Spearsville, LA, under the direction of Farrar Funeral Home.  Born in Mer Rouge, Louisiana, Juanita was a …

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• 22 January

  Fishing Report

  

  BUSSEY BRAKE – Anglers are catching some really big crappie on jigs and shiners fished really slow in deep water. No report on bass. For latest information, contact the Honey Hole at 323-8707. OUACHITA RIVER – The river is still low. A few catfish are being caught. For latest information, contact the Honey Hole Tackle Shop at 323-8707. LAKE D’ARBONNE …

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• 22 January

  Black bear season concludes

  

  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. When it was announced early last year that a season on black bears had been set for this past December, the announcement was met with mixed results. Some thought it a shame for anyone …

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