Mary Barrios, Community Outreach Director for the Town of Farmerville, is a 2023 recipient of the prestigious Angel Award presented annually by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation to Louisianians who have demonstrated exceptional dedication and service tothe state’s children. Mary Barrios A press release announcing the award said, “The Angel Award specifically recognizes people who have …
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August, 2023
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27 August
Jurors clash during emergency meeting
Durrett accepts responsibility for approving unauthorized projects By Luke Britt/Editor An emergency meeting of the Union Parish Police Jury’s road committee Tuesday became heated when Police Juror Ben Bridges accused fellow juror Dewayne Ramsey and Public Works director Tommy Durrett of orchestrating two recent projects in Ramsey’s district that violated Policy Jury policy and state law. According to Bridges, a …
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27 August
Former LSP Trooper asks judge to dismiss charges
By Luke Britt/Editor The attorney for former Louisiana State Trooper Kory York, one of three defendants charged in the 2019 beating death of Ronald Greene, asked Third District Judge Thomas Rogers on Tuesday to dismiss the charges against his client because he believes an expert witness’s grand jury testimony was tainted by an internal LSP report the expert should not …
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24 August
Bobby L. Woods
Bobby L. Woods entered into this world on the blessed winter day of January 16, 1946, in Downsville, LA. The eldest son and 2nd child of Mildred Woods, Bobby was known to close friends and family as “BoBo”. The nickname was given to Bobby from his fascination with Carl “Bobo “Olson, a World Middleweight Boxing champion who Bobby spent countless hours reading about and watching his matches …
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23 August
Tommy White
Walter T. White, aka Tommy White, of Farmerville, La, passed away on July 31, 2023. He was a loving and devoted husband, father, papaw, and friend. He was an extremely hard worker and went above and beyond to provide for his family. Tommy worked offshore for different companies the last 50 years as a Chief Engineer. He was able to …
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21 August
CRAPPIE BITE IS ON IN HOT WEATHER
By: Glynn Harris “Hot enough for you?’ That’s something we are hearing a lot these days as our temperatures have been consistently in triple digits. I suppose you can just forget about fishing when temperatures are baking our brains, right? Hold on; in case you don’t know it, you can catch crappie, big slab crappie, when temperatures are as hot …
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21 August
Sue Ellen Ludwig Kennedy
A memorial service for Ms. Sue Ellen Ludwig Kennedy, age 71, of Farmerville, La, will be announced at a later date. Mrs. Kennedy was a 1969 graduate of Farmerville High School. She was a housewife before going to work with Kilpatrick and Central American Life Insurance Company as a secretary in their Farmerville, Union Parish, office for many years. Mrs. …
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21 August
Frances Detraz
Ms. Frances was a graduate from Mount Carmel High School and attended The University South Louisiana. She was a secretary for the Vermillion Police Jury for over 23 years and was a member of the Saint James Catholic Church. She loved her family and especially her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Ms. Frances died peacefully on her birthday. The family would …
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18 August
Origin Bank debacle is going to leave a mark
By Luke Britt/Editor Now that the dust has settled around the Landfill Assurance Trust Fund interest rate flap and the parish stands to reap healthy interest earnings for, at least, the next 18 months, it seems appropriate to assess how the community responded to that embarrassing financial misstep. While the citizens of Union Parish were in no way responsible for …
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18 August
Auto insurance rates should be going down, not up!
Headlines across Louisiana blared out in recent weeks that automobile insurance rates in the state will see a huge increase. State Farm, whose rate request was rubber stamped by the Department of Insurance, will increase its rates by an average of 17.3%. Progressive Insurance Company will increase just over 10% while Allstate will jump up 18%, GEICO by more than …
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