July, 2024

• 12 July

  Exhibits to Gazette Loadout

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• 12 July

  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 –Lots of moss and pads. No report this week. Contact Honey Hole Tackle Shop 323-8707 for latest information. BUSSEY BRAKE – Big bass continue to come in on jigs and oversized plastic …

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• 12 July

  A friend and colleague gone too soon

  

  ”Hunters and anglers have lost a good friend in the recent death of the popular Kinny Haddox.” 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 the name William Kinnison Haddox in an obituary and it didn’t ring a bell until …

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• 12 July

  China rising

  

  Thomas FieldsThomas “Tuffy” Fields is an author and regular contributor to The Gazette. He can be reached by email at thelouisianaexplorer@yahoo.com. Many recognize China as a country of modern growth with high rise apartments, large manufacturing facilities, technological innovation and even a nation aspiring to place a flag on the moon. While this is true the road to this modern …

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• 12 July

  Halfway there: a midsummer reflection

  

  Sallie HollisSallie Rose Hollis is a native of Rocky Branch and retired Journalism Professer from Louisiana Tech University. Contact her at sallierose@mail.com. As we welcome July in earnest, we find ourselves standing at the year’s midpoint. Let’s do the math. Divide 366 by 2 (it’s a leap year, you know), and you get 183. Then, if we continue ciphering, we’ll …

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• 12 July

  Wastewater System Evaluation

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• 12 July

  This week in Sportsman’s Paradise:

  

  ”Three granddaughters with buckets full of blueberries.” Glynn Harris photo 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 am no longer eligible to attend the “young adults” Sunday School class at church. If we had a “senior” choir, I would likely …

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• 12 July

  Beryl misses North Central Louisiana

  Hurricane Beryl slammed into the Texas coast earlier this week, ripping through Houston and east Texas on its path to western Louisiana, Arkansas, and the Mississippi Valley. Beryl reached Category 5 strength on its path near Jamaica, the Yucatán, and along the Mexican Gulf Coast before weakening to a Category 1 before coming ashore in Texas. At one point, Beryl …

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• 12 July

  Mega Ramp – Priorities

  Last week we reported sewage contamination, including fecal coliform, from the Town of Farmerville flowing into Lake D’Arbonne because the Town has refused to bring the sewage treatment plant into compliance under Mayor John Crow’s administration, despite a clear warning from Riley Engineering in April 2021, three months after Mayor Crow took office. That firm estimated a six-million-dollar renovation cost …

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• 3 July

  Voting machine changes needed across the country

  

  By: Jim Brown After former President Donald Trump lost his reelection in 2024, there have been continuous allegations that election fraud has taken place all across the country. So here is the question. Can voting machine computers be hacked? Can the election process be manipulated? Is there widespread election fraud as many and others allege? I may be a pretty good source to …

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