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September, 2026

  • 29 September

    Louisiana’s Kennedy in the presidential race? 

    By: Jim Brown The next election for president is two years away, but there are candidates in both parties who are positioning themselves for a possible run. A new candidate on the list, and a guy from Louisiana, is current U.S. Senator John Kennedy , who is 74. When asked about his interest in the nation’s top office, Kennedy did …

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  • 29 September

    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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  • 29 September

     Service Group invites people to ‘Make a Difference’ 

    Sallie Rose Hollis  Area residents who want to make a difference are invited to a recruitment meeting to be held by a service group that itself is making an award-winning difference in the lives of others.  Ruston’s Zeta Rho chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha International will host its annual recruitment and welcome meeting at 6 p.m. Oct. 6 in the …

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  • 29 September

     Mammograms on Saturdays in Oct. 

     Willis Knighton Breast Center  STAFF REPORT   Willis Knighton Breast Centers are extending their hours in two locations to include Saturday appointments for mammogram screenings during October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  Saturday appointments are available between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Oct. 3 and 17 at Willis Knighton Breast Center Portico, 7845 Youree Drive, and Oct. 10 and 24 at Bossier …

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  • 29 September

     Trauma-Sensitive Strategy Conference 

     Louisiana Supreme Court  STAFF REPORT   New Orleans, La. ─ The Louisiana Supreme Court’s Families in Need of Services Assistance Program (FINS-AP) will begin a multi-day conference on Tuesday (September 29) aimed at equipping participants with practical, trauma-informed strategies for supporting children and families. The “Building a Trauma-Sensitive State” conference, which runs through October 2, examines how to look beyond a …

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  • 22 September

    A Change in the Weather Much Needed 

    By: Glynn Harris I don’t know about you but I’ve about had a belly full of this incessantly hot and dry weather.  I checked my weather notes and noticed that we have had been about 20 straight days of no rain and temperatures near or above 100 degrees.  We have had some predictions that I have come to doubt, that …

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  • 22 September

    Wayne Ice 

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  • 22 September

    Freedom of the Press is a Right not a Privalige 

    By: Jim Brown America is a blessed nation. When we look at Devine intervention that changed the course of some historical event in the history of our relatively young country to a point that America was victorious and went on to spread the word of freedom and liberty. We have to realize that a greater power has looked over us. …

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