February, 2026

• 11 February

  Peacemaking and Peacekeeping in today’s world 

  PEACEMAKING AND PEACEKEEPING IN TODAY’S WORLD – A BIBLICAL RESPONSE  The world is in a big dilemma and we continue to ask what can be done to bring peace to a polarized world. In America we have liberals vs conservatives while in Nigeria it is Islam vs Christianity and in the Mid-East it is Iran vs the West. The dislike …

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• 11 February

  How thoughtful compliments travel far 

  Well, I missed National Compliment Day. It was Jan. 24.  And it’s too early for World Compliment Day. That one is March 1.  Or wait … IS it too early?  Methinks not. Methinks this week is almost the midpoint between those dates, and it’s the perfect time to hand out kudos that will brighten someone’s world.  I often recall a …

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• 11 February

  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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• 11 February

   Cassidy Draws Primary Challengers 

   BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana’s 2026 U.S. Senate race is accelerating into a marquee Republican primary, with incumbent Sen. Bill Cassidy facing a growing field of challengers ahead of the state’s newly restored partisan primary elections.  Among the Republicans seeking the seat is Louisiana State Treasurer John Fleming, a physician, military veteran, and former U.S. congressman who has positioned his …

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• 11 February

   Meta Data Center increases scale 

   Meta’s Hyperion AI data center will sprawl to four times the size of Manhattan’s Central Park  Meta has quietly purchased roughly 1,400 acres—an area almost twice the size of Manhattan’s Central Park—adjacent to its already-mammoth 2,250- acre Hyperion AI data center site in Richland Parish, La., Fortune has learned. The combined land parcels for the campus will bring the project …

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• 11 February

   From car chase to firearm bust 

   PURSUIT ENDS WITH K9 ASSISTED ARREST AND DISCOVERY OF FIREARM  On February 5, 2026, at approximately 930 PM, deputies with the Union Parish Sheriff’s Office attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a vehicle within the city limits of Farmerville. The driver failed to stop and fled, leading deputies on a pursuit through Union Parish and into the Marion area.  …

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• 4 February

  Thoughts about this snow-mageddon 

  It all started for us this past Thursday after listening to weather reports about the upcoming weather event. Our plan initially was to head to our daughter’s in Minden Friday morning before the storm hit; they have generators and there should be no problems there.  My small generator, that had sat without being run for several months was dead as …

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• 4 February

  Count your blessings — stop complaining 

  As I write this article our region is digging out of a tremendous Arctic blast that hit with the ferocity of a steam train burying many in ice, cold and downed trees while leaving major transportation arteries clogged and shut down. It is cold, for many it has been miserable, we have witnessed death but at the same time we …

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• 4 February

  Why aren’t we the greatest generation? 

  Twenty-six years ago, Tom Brokaw wrote a book about what he called “the greatest generation.” Now, there is a new best seller out calling America today “the dumbest generation.” And since Louisiana is at the bottom of the barrel on most comparative national lists, you can imagine how folks in the Bayou State are viewed. But with all the tools …

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• 4 February

  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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