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 STAFF REPORT   CLARIFICATION: WHO MAY DISMISS A DWI CHARGE?  Last week’s Gazette article concerning DWI arrests and dismissals has prompted several telephone calls, including questions about who has the authority to dismiss a DWI prosecution.  Under Louisiana law, the district attorney’s office controls the prosecution of criminal charges, including DWI charges. In the Third Judicial District, the current district attorney …

 Election News  STAFF REPORT   Election Day is now only seven weeks away, and Union Parish voters will have a lengthy ballot to consider on Tuesday, November 3.  Every voter in the parish will decide races for the United States Senate, Fourth Congressional District, Louisiana Public Service Commission District 5 and Division B of the Third Judicial District Court. Depending upon …

This week’s Gazette article concerning DWI arrests and dismissals has prompted several telephone calls, including questions about who has the authority to dismiss a DWI prosecution. Under Louisiana law, the district attorney’s office controls the prosecution of criminal charges, including DWI charges. In the Third Judicial District, the current district attorney is John Belton, and his chief felony prosecutor is …

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By: Glynn Harris Have you ever thought about whatyou do for a living and how you got fromthe beginning to now? As age is puttingme closer to the culmination of my career,I have been thinking aboutthe route my career has taken.Immediately after I graduatedfrom college in 1959, I acceptedmy first job to fill an opening asa business teacher at ShongalooHigh …

By: Tuffy Fields I have been very fortunate in my life. Iwas trained as a heavy equipment operator inthe Naval Construction Forces; the Seabees.Then I worked overseas for sixteen years.During these times I saw road constructionat it’s best. Last week I observedthe Union Parish Police Juryutilizing some pretty unique pieces ofequipment that put down a maintenanceroad that was second to …

By: Sallie Rose Hollis By the time you’re reading this, summeris over.Except it isn’t.Labor Day has come and gone, traditionallybringing down the curtain onsummer even though the season itselfwon’t officially end until Sept. 22.And if September in North Louisianafollows its usual script, Mother Naturemay not acknowledge the changefor quite a while after that.We humans do like our markers.We decide when …

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. 6:30pm318-292-4463Sunday was the …

Michoud directorto speak Sept. 15 inFarmervilleHansel Gill, directorof the NASA MichoudAssembly Facility in NewOrleans, will speak onthe subject, “The Futureof Space Exploration,” onTuesday, September 15,at 5:30 p.m. in the UnionMuseum of History andArt. He will be joined byNASA aerospace engineerDr. LaQuieta Hueyof NASA’s Marshall SpaceFlight Center in Huntsville,Alabama. They willshare America’s visionfor space exploration andhighlight the many successesof NASA’s Artemisprogram. …