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By: Glynn Harris If you plan to burn your woods, you need to get after it. The best time to set fire to your woods is late winter, from mid November to mid March.  Hey wait a minute; you’ve spent years getting the trees on your property up and growing so why in the world, after all your good efforts, …

By: Tuffy Fields America is in the middle of a war with Iran that is slowly spiraling out of control. In the middle of this excursion into history, we are hearing that a new goal of America is to force the downfall of the Cuban regime in Havana. Will this be military or economical? This is not clear and is …

By: Sallie Rose Hollis You might not have noticed it yet – or maybe you have, and it’s been bothering you.  Somewhere along the way, restaurants got loud.  Not just the natural clatter of dishes and conversation. That’s part of the charm. I’m talking about music turned up to a level that makes you lean forward, repeat yourself and maybe …

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 …

 Alayna Atiyeh  KNOE 8 News   Better Business Bureau warns of new lottery scams going around  MONROE, La. (KNOE) – Jo Ann Deal with the Better Business Bureau of Monroe joined Good Morning ArkLaMiss to talk about fake lottery scams.  Deal says lottery scams can take many forms, and lottery officials in the Mega Millions group are warning of scammers who …

 Jalon Grant  myarklamiss   UNION PARISH, La. (KTVE/KARD) — In January 2026, the Union Parish authorities started an investigation into Meghann Marie Brown, 42, of Marion, alleging acting as an attorney and accepted money for legal services.  According to authorities, Brown accepted payments totaling over $1,000 while claiming she would resolve outstanding legal matters through additional legal proceedings on the victim’s …

 Family and friends gathered Saturday, March 21, 2026, at the Cove in Farmerville to celebrate the 50th wedding anniversary of Judy and Kenny Auger.  The event was held at the lakeside venue owned by Rhett and Allyson Trahan and brought together a large crowd of loved ones and friends to honor the respected, well-known Union Parish couple. 

By: Glynn Harris This is the time of year when guys and gals of my ilk crawl out of warm beds early mornings to head for the woods. Granted, no hunting season is open now and we’re not out there to circumvent the law; we’re going out to “listen”, as you’ll overhear us talking about what we did on early …

By: Tuffy Fields We are at war, let no one think differently. There are those that like to use semantics to circumvent what reality is and declare that we are not really involved in a war. We heard this fifty years ago when we were engaged in a “police action” in a small jungle country in Southeast Asia. The same …

By; Jim Brown Louisiana has been called the Culinary Mecca of America. Folks in this part of the country can take just about anything edible and make it not just good, but quite exceptional. And when we say anything, we mean everything. There is virtually no limit to what a Cajun will put in a gumbo. Well, because of federal …