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Although some seniors may assume that sadness or depression is just a part of growing older, feeling “the blues” consistently for several weeks, months, or longer not a normal part of aging — it’s a real, treatable medical condition. According to America’s Health Rankings from the United Health Foundation, nearly 15 percent of people ages 65 and older have been …

Stacey Gatson hasn’t been to work since a bullet came through the wall of her Betty Street home early Sunday morning and lodged in the mattress on which she and her husband, James, slept. Outside the house it was chaos, according to witnesses, as victims lay wounded and the shooters fled. The wounded, whose names were not released, suffered non-life …

The ongoing dispute for ownership of Buffalo Landing Road escalated this week when attorney Johnny Dollar said he intends to sue five members of the Union Parish Police Jury for depravation of property rights over their refusal to abandon the road.

Annual Boat Launch Permits for Lake D’Arbonne are now available.  Permits are effective immediately and run through June 30, 2024. Regular permits are $50 and Senior Citizen (65+) and Veteran Permits are $25. Permits can be purchase at K & M Coffee, Corks, & Camo, Cooter’s Live Bait & Tackle, and Honey Hole Tackle Shop. Property owners eligible for free …

June 1, 2023

Glynn Harris My first glimpse of a bald eagle in Louisiana took place when I was just a kid and the one I saw was sitting on a nest made of a huge pile of sticks and branches high up in a big pine tree not far from my home in Goldonna. Someone had alerted my dad to the eagle …

Funeral services celebrating the life of Mr. Derek Futch, 49, of Monroe, LA, will be held at 2:00 P.M., Thursday, July 21, 2022, in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home, West Monroe, LA, with Rev. Neil Everett officiating. Interment will follow in the Spearsville Community Cemetery in Union Parish. Derek was born on May 31, 1973 and passed away on …

Funeral Services for Rosemary H. Thurston, 85, of West Monroe, LA, will be held at 2:00 P.M., June 1, 2023, in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home in West Monroe with Danny Johnson officiating. Visitation will be from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M., Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Interment will follow at Liberty Cemetery in Linville, LA. Rosemary Thurston Rosemary was …

Thomas Fields “If you give a man a fish when he is hungry, he will return when he gets hungry again but if you teach him to fish he will feed himself.”  This is my interpretation of a saying that many say is derived from the Bible. In fact this is not a fact, though the principle can be derived …

Sallie Hollis Often, as I’m walking around the house, I see something that must be taken care of, must be fixed, must be straightened immediately.  By that, I mean the placement of the salt and pepper shakers that are always present beside our cooktop. If they’re askew, then they must be put back into their proper spot forthwith. There can …