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Union Parish Sheriff’s OfficeSTAFF REPORT FENTANYL DISTRIBUTIONINVESTIGATION YIELDSARREST OF MARION MANThe Union Parish Sheriff’s Officehas arrested a Marion man followinga lengthy narcotics investigationconducted by agents with the Sheriff’sOffice Narcotics Division.On February 5, 2026, deputieslocated and arrested John RomanWomble, 36, of Marion, in connectionwith multiple outstanding arrestwarrants. The warrants stem fromseparate investigations in 2025involving the distribution of illegalcontrolled dangerous substances withinUnion …
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18 February
Mardi Gras Parade in Farmerville
In their usual Farmerville flair, our locals haveshown up and shown out for Louisiana’s signatureholiday: Mardi Gras! Farmerville may not be thebiggest town, but its community loves to show offthe green, purple, and gold.
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11 February
Daily Devotional book now available
During the course of a lifetime, there are some people who make a mark on your life that time can’t erase. One such person who touched my life in a special way was the late Dr. Nelda Hughes Spinks who passed away in 2023. Dr. Spinks was a storied educator, teaching not only in high schools but at LA Tech …
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11 February
Peacemaking and Peacekeeping in today’s world
PEACEMAKING AND PEACEKEEPING IN TODAY’S WORLD – A BIBLICAL RESPONSE The world is in a big dilemma and we continue to ask what can be done to bring peace to a polarized world. In America we have liberals vs conservatives while in Nigeria it is Islam vs Christianity and in the Mid-East it is Iran vs the West. The dislike …
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11 February
How thoughtful compliments travel far
Well, I missed National Compliment Day. It was Jan. 24. And it’s too early for World Compliment Day. That one is March 1. Or wait … IS it too early? Methinks not. Methinks this week is almost the midpoint between those dates, and it’s the perfect time to hand out kudos that will brighten someone’s world. I often recall a …
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11 February
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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11 February
Cassidy Draws Primary Challengers
BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana’s 2026 U.S. Senate race is accelerating into a marquee Republican primary, with incumbent Sen. Bill Cassidy facing a growing field of challengers ahead of the state’s newly restored partisan primary elections. Among the Republicans seeking the seat is Louisiana State Treasurer John Fleming, a physician, military veteran, and former U.S. congressman who has positioned his …
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11 February
Meta Data Center increases scale
Meta’s Hyperion AI data center will sprawl to four times the size of Manhattan’s Central Park Meta has quietly purchased roughly 1,400 acres—an area almost twice the size of Manhattan’s Central Park—adjacent to its already-mammoth 2,250- acre Hyperion AI data center site in Richland Parish, La., Fortune has learned. The combined land parcels for the campus will bring the project …
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11 February
From car chase to firearm bust
PURSUIT ENDS WITH K9 ASSISTED ARREST AND DISCOVERY OF FIREARM On February 5, 2026, at approximately 930 PM, deputies with the Union Parish Sheriff’s Office attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a vehicle within the city limits of Farmerville. The driver failed to stop and fled, leading deputies on a pursuit through Union Parish and into the Marion area. …
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4 February
Thoughts about this snow-mageddon
It all started for us this past Thursday after listening to weather reports about the upcoming weather event. Our plan initially was to head to our daughter’s in Minden Friday morning before the storm hit; they have generators and there should be no problems there. My small generator, that had sat without being run for several months was dead as …
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