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Landry updatesposition on foodstamp benefits endingLouisiana GovernorJeff Landry today issuedand “update” to hiswarning about staterecipients losing theirSNAP, or foodstamp,benefits.He now says he isworking to make suresome residents continueto get funding for fooddespite the federalgovernment shutdown.
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October, 2025
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29 October
Monroe citizens recall Mayor Ellis
Citizens launch official recalleffort for Monroe Mayor FridayEllisThe Committee to Recall MayorFriday Ellis today announced theofficial recall effort for Mayor FridayEllis.The citizen-led committee filed thenecessary paperwork and is planningpublic petition campaigns to place arecall on the ballot in accordance withLouisiana law.
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29 October
Sugarcane depends on migrants
Louisiana sugarcane farmers say theydepend heavily on migrant workers fromMexicoIn the late summer heat, the hours move likemolasses.Still, across the cane fields of South Louisiana,migrant workers from Mexico brave the sun andpunishing humidity to plant sugarcane. They comefrom the mountains of Guanajuato and San LuísPotosí, or the tropical coast of Veracruz, working thefields, often up to 70 hours a week.Their …
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22 October
Hogs and math test no problem for Shackleford
Now that deer season is here, I amonce again enjoying the privilege ofinterviewing successful hunters andwriting stories for LA Sportsman magazineabout big bucks taken in thestate. Here’s one I did last weekthat had a couple of interestingtwists.Waylon Shackleford, 19 yearold who lives in Alexandria,a pre-engineering student atLSU-Alexandria, encountered acouple of strange and interestingthings that occurred beforehe could lay claim to …
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22 October
After ten years it is still so true
This article ran ten years ago. So much haschanged and so much remains the same.“Three weeks ago Israel’s Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu was in a political battle tomaintain his seat as the leader of the sovereignJewish country of Israel. It is no secretthat Netanyahu and President BarakObama are not the best of friends andunfortunately this is affecting the relationshipsbetween the two …
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22 October
New Orleans gets a second chance
For those who do not live in the deepest of thedeep southern states, you may not realize thatNew Orleans, the Queen city of the South, hasbeen under siege. No, not from hurricanes. Thesiege has been from within. New Orleansis known as the City that care forgot. Butit’s hard to let the good times roll in theBig Easy when the dice …
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22 October
CHURCH NEWS
Antioch BaptistChurch3501 Hwy 828Farmerville318-368-3591Early Worship – 8:30a.m.Sunday School – 9:45a.m.Morning Worship –10:45 a.m.Bethel TemplePentecostal Church2144 Hwy 33 N.MarionSunday School -11 a.m.Sunday Worship -12p.m.318-608-6766Canaan BaptistChurch502 Canaan Church Rd.SpearsvilleSunday School -10amSunday Worship -11am870-312-3440Bro. Brian WilliamsConway BaptistChurch Homecoming4323 HWY 549North of FarmervilleDean Baptist Church2309 Hwy 827MarionSunday School – 9:45a.m.Sunday Worship – 11a.m.Wed. 6:30pm318-292-4463A blessed day at DeanBaptist Church. Therewas 5 new additions toDean …
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