February, 2025

• 5 February

  News Briefs

  GSU art professor to speak in Union Museum Feb. 8Grambling State University art professor Rodrecas Davis will discuss the life and art of Clementine Hunter on Saturday, February 8, at 11 a.m. in the Union Museum of History and Art. A display of 50 original Hunter artworks will be on display in the museum at that time. The talk is …

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• 5 February

  St. Jude Radiothon returns Feb. 13 – 14

  The region’s 44th St. Jude Radiothon will be broadcast Feb. 13-14 from 7 a.m.-6 p.m. on Ruston station Z107.5. During the event, donations can be made by calling 1-800-787-5288 or by donating online via the station’s website (Z1075fm.com), Facebook (Z107.5) or Instagram (Z1075fm) pages. In-person donations will be collected in related side events at the Ruston Walmart Supercenter and Super …

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• 5 February

  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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• 5 February

  The Future of Health and Human Services

  

  On November 14th, 2024, then President Elect Donald Trump appointed Robert F. Kennedy Jr., former campaign rival, to be his next secretary of The Department of Health and Human Services. Now, in February 2025, RFK Jr has been seated in front of the senate members to convince them he is fit to be the next secretary of the HHS. Who …

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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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