May, 2024

• 17 May

  News Briefs

  Stampede Days Rodeo on May 17, 18Friday, May 17 – Saturday, May 18Featuring LIVE music from the Kyle Thompson Band! Gates open at 5pm.Calf ScrambleLadies Steer Chasin’Mutton Bustin’If you love rustlin’, tustlin’, rootin’, and tootin’, then the Stampede Days Rodeo is the weekend activity for you!Do you like Barbecue? Does thinking about smoking hot food make you hungry? On May …

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• 17 May

  Five years later, fighting for Ronald Greene

  

  On May 10th, 2019, Ronald Greene was killed in a terrible encounter with the Louisiana State troopers. Five years later, on Friday, May 10th, 2024, the public gathered in solidarity for the injustices that occurred that fateful night just five years ago. But what exactly happened that late Spring night in 2019? And how have the public responded to it? …

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• 9 May

  I’m too young to be eighty four

  

  Jim BrownJim Brown is a former Louisiana state senator, Secretary of State, Commissioner of Insurance and a regular contributor to The Gazette. Here is a message I received from one of my grandkids this week. “Hey JB, it’s your birthday, and you just turned 84, I know you will live for many, many more.“ I sure hope I do. I …

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• 9 May

  Never thought

  

  Thomas FieldsThomas “Tuffy” Fields is an author and regular contributor to The Gazette. He can be reached by email at thelouisianaexplorer@yahoo.com. Last week I sat glued to a television that displayed images of an America that I never thought would be displayed to a shocked world. This was not the first time the world witnessed an orchestrated attack on Jews. …

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• 9 May

  Fishing Report

  

  BLACK BAYOU –Bream are bedded and biting crickets and worms around the trees. Crappie are around the trees and are fair on shiners and jigs. Bass are fair on spinners, Chatter baits and crank baits Contact Honey Hole Tackle Shop 323-8707 for latest information.BUSSEY BRAKE – Bass have about done spawning and have moved off the banks. Best lures are …

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• 9 May

  Fredric Lee Hoogland, a real visionary

  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. On April 22, Lincoln Parish lost a man who was a visionary in the truest sense. Fredric Lee Hoogland was the founder of one of the most popular attractions, not only for Lincoln Parish …

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• 9 May

  DWCS names varsity head football coach

  FARMERVILLE, Louisiana- D’Arbonne Woods Charter School is excited to announce David DeMoss as the Varsity Head Football Coach. DeMoss has spent the last 5 years at DWCS where he has taught high school history, science and physical education while serving as our Timberwolf Varsity Football Defensive Coordinator and Varsity Head Softball Coach. DWCS Executive Director, Doug Postel, said he is …

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• 9 May

  Special Olympics comes back to Farmerville

  

  The Union Parish Library hosted the third annual Special Olympics on Friday, May 3rd, at the Town of Farmerville Boys and Girls Club Gymnasium. Renee Simpson, chairman, and member of the outreach team put together the successful event had this to say: “This year we had 33 athletes from three schools with their 16 teachers to compete in this year’s …

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• 7 May

  Spring squirrel season begins Saturday

  The Louisiana spring squirrel hunting season begins Saturday in most parts of Louisiana and lasts until May 26, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) said. Squirrel hunting is the perfect gateway for hunting and a great introduction for youth into the sport.A basic hunting license is all that is needed to hunt squirrels and those 17 and under …

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• 7 May

  Protecting your camp during the off-season

  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. “It was finally the weekend. Spring turkey season had arrived and all Neal Windley of Norfolk, Va., wanted to do was get to his farm, change into his camouflage and get into the woods. …

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