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One of the things I really enjoy as anoutdoors writer is interviewing Louisianadeer hunters who have been successfulin downing a trophy buck. I getto vicariously sit in the standwith them as if I’m looking overtheir shoulders as they describejust what they see, includingwhen the buck steps out.Afterward, I transcribe whatthey tell me and convert their descriptionof the hunt into a …

It’s hard to believe that the financial capital of theworld, the pinnacle of free trade, ground zero forthe birth of a nation has thrown off the principles thatmade it great and has embraced a form of governmentthat will ultimately destroy it. New York has voted ina socialist form of government that is anythingbut good for a vibrant vivacious hub ofAmericanism. …

Halloween and October may be over, butI’m still haunted – not by ghosts, but by theprice of candy these days. When a bag offun-size chocolates costs nearly as much asa full tank of gas, it’s enough to makeeven a sweet tooth think twice. (OK,I admit: That’s hyperbole, but not bymuch.)So that got me pondering whatI like to call “creative economies”– …

Antioch Baptist Church3501 Hwy 828Farmerville318-368-3591Early Worship – 8:30 a.m.Sunday School – 9:45 a.m.Morning Worship – 10:45 a.m.Bethel Temple PentecostalChurch2144 Hwy 33 N.MarionSunday School -11 a.m.Sunday Worship -12 p.m.318-608-6766Canaan Baptist Church502 Canaan Church Rd.SpearsvilleSunday School -10amSunday Worship -11am870-312-3440Bro. Brian WilliamsConway BaptistChurch Homecoming4323 HWY 549North of FarmervilleDean Baptist Church2309 Hwy 827MarionSunday School – 9:45 a.m.Sunday Worship – 11 a.m.Wed. 6:30pm318-292-4463A blessed day …

Louisiana prison guards cut aRastafari inmate’s dreadlocks.Supreme Court will decide if hecan sueThe Supreme Court on Mondaywrestled with whether a former Louisianainmate can sue prison officials whocut off his dreadlocks in violation of hisRastafari religious beliefs.The justices heard arguments in thecase of Damon Landor, who wants tosue for money damages under a federallaw designed to protect the religiousrights of inmates.

The driver, Malcolm Hampton, 30,of Louisiana, was arrested and bookedinto the Van Zandt County DetentionCenter for possession of marijuana.VAN ZANDT COUNTY, Texas —Thirty-eight pounds of marijuana wasseized during a traffic stop on Interstate20 on Friday.According to the Van Zandt CountySheriff’s Office, a deputy found themarijuana while searching a 2024 blackGMC pickup truck during the stop. Thedriver, Malcolm Hampton, 30, of …

Louisiana politician forecast the LSU BrianKelly buyout debacle and now has freshadviceLouisiana Public Service Commissioner FosterCampbell forecast the fate of fired LSU footballCoach Brian Kelly and the debacle of his contractbuyout before Kelly coached his first game for theschool.Campbell, who represents Shreveport and almost1 million northern Louisiana constituents, wrote anopinion piece after Kelly’s hiring in 2021 predictingLSU would rue the …