February, 2024

• 1 February

  FISHING REPORT

  

  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 – The water is rising and a few crappie are showing up around the trees on shiners and jigs. No report on bass. Contact Honey Hole Tackle Shop 323-8707 for latest information.BUSSEY …

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• 1 February

  Property owners can help bring back the Bobwhites

  

  Growing up in the country, there were sights and sounds I became accustomed to never thinking these would ever fade from the landscape. There were birds we took for granted, birds that have seemed to fade away over the years. Glynn HarrisGlynn Harris is a long-time outdoor writer from North Louisiana and has won more than 50 writing and broadcasting …

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• 1 February

  Insurance regulation lacking in Louisiana

  When I first took over as insurance commissioner in 1991, things were really in a mess. Regulation by the Louisiana insurance department was nonexistent. I shut down 40 insurance companies that were broke and never should have been licensed in the first place. I couldn’t imagine things being any worse. Well, I was wrong. Jim BrownJim Brown is a former …

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• 1 February

  Constitution guides us today just as in 1776

  Thomas FieldsThomas “Tuffy” Fields is an author and regular contributor to The Gazette. He can be reached by email at thelouisianaexplorer@yahoo.com. The world is in a perilous place. Not since the end of Desert Storm has the world been in such a state of war; a state that threatens to expand and grow to a world wide conflict. Already we …

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• 1 February

  Environmental win-win possible with carbon capture

  State and industry officials are bullish on the prospect of Louisiana becoming a national leader in the practice of carbon capture and sequestration, basically capturing carbon dioxide that would otherwise contribute to atmospheric warming and injecting it deep into the ground.With huge economic development projects lining up — and with a full understanding of the state’s extreme vulnerability to rising …

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• 1 February

  St. Jude Radiothon scheduled Feb. 8-9

  

  The 43rd broadcast of North Louisiana’s St. Jude Radiothon is set for Feb. 8-9 from 7 a.m.-6 p.m. on Ruston station Z107.5. At that time donations can be made by calling 1-800-787-5288 or by donating online via the station’s Facebook (Z107.5) or Instagram (Z1075fm) pages. In-person donations will be taken in related side events at the Ruston Walmart Supercenter and …

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• 1 February

  UP library to host singer-songwriter mentor series

  

  The Union Parish Library is hosting a unique opportunity for teens who are budding singer-songwriters called SPARK: Songwriter Studio Series sponsored by Origin Bank for students in Union Parish. Stephanie Herrmann, Director, comments, “We wanted to offer something we never have hosted here in Union Parish. A lot of our students have guitars, write songs, but they’ve just never had …

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• 1 February

  Laissez les bons temps rouler

  

  Farmerville Mayor John Crow gives a thumbs up to the 2024 Krewe of D’Arbonne Mardi Gras King and Queen, Kenny and Marci Kavanaugh, during the 17th Annual Farmerville Mardi Gras Parade Saturday. The parade and the Mardi Gras Ball held Friday were coordinated by the Farmerville Jaycees with support from Union General Hospital, April Isaac Fuller, Connie Bevans Bearden, Audrey …

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• 1 February

  Landry scuttles D’Arbonne college campus, for now

  

  Staff and News Service Report The red line shows where the proposed Farmerville campus of Delta Community College will be built, if funding is restored. The new Delta Community College campus on Lake D’Arbonne, announced barely three months ago, has been scuttled by Gov. Jeff Landry’s new administration, according to the Louisiana Legislative Auditor. The $18 million campus that could …

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January, 2024

• 29 January

  Joan Lee Phillips Adkins

  

  In Memory Joan Lee Phillips Adkins Ward’s Chapel Church of Christ will host a fellowship dinner for Joan Lee Phillips Adkins Saturday, January 27 at 12:00 p.m. and a short memorial service at 1:00 p.m. Mrs. Adkins was born September 21, 1947 in Sacramento, California and peacefully passed into the arms of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ Wednesday, January …

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