Union Parish Sheriff’s Office – STAFF REPORT   Sheriff Gates awards scholarship to college-bound teen  Sheriff Dusty Gates announced that Makayla Hunter of Union Parish has been named the recipient of an academic scholarship from the Louisiana Sheriffs’ Scholarship Program for the 2025-2026 school year. She resides in Farmerville and plans to attend University of Louisiana at Lafayette with Forensic Science as …

Farmerville Gazette Staff – editor@fgazette.com   Fleming and Letlow Advance to June 27 Runoff as Cassidy Suffers Heavy Defeat  Union Parish Republican voters joined the rest of Louisiana on Saturday in sending incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy to a decisive defeat in the Republican primary for United States Senate, with U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow and Louisiana State Treasurer John Fleming advancing to …

By: Glynn Harris I can’t help but admire folks who have that certain drive to do the very best at what they do and they just keep on keeping on. One such fellow who has captured my attention is John L. Brown, Jr.  Brown was born and raised in Gilbert in northeast Louisiana and he first came to my attention …