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August 30, 2023

After ten months of a scheduled two-month project, the Breithaupt Cutoff Road bridge over Rhinehart Creek was finally completed and the road was opened to all traffic, as announced last Thursday by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. The road was closed on October 17, 2022, t...

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Impaired Driving Continues to Affect Louisiana

August 30, 2023

Impaired driving remains a serious public safety issue in Louisiana, especially around holidays. That’s why the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission funds the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over enforcement mobilization from August 18 through the September 4 Labor Day weekend. During Drive Sober or Get Pu...

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It’s Not About Us:

Anyone who meets Pastor Johnnie Phillips and his wife Jane quickly understands how fervent they are about ministering to others and sharing the Gospel. They are focused, genuine and sincere in their efforts to touch the world around them with love, kindness and compassion, and they’ve spent most of their fifty-three years of marriage laboring in the gospel.

August 30, 2023

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Senior Adults Suffer Greatest Increase in Last Year’s Suicides

August 30, 2023

Senior adults suffered the largest increase in suicides as nearly 50,000 Americans killed themselves in 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prev...

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Jena Native Named LCU Golf Coach

August 30, 2023

(EDITOR’S NOTE: John Nobles is the son of Harlan and Jo Nobles of Jena and a graduate of Jena High School.) The Louisiana Christian University men’s g...

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Local Author Debuts Christian Fiction

August 30, 2023

What do gumbo, an old French chapel and a feisty granny have in common? They are at the heart of local author Morgan Tarpley Smith’s debut Christian f...

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LDH Updates Statewide Heat-Related Deaths

August 30, 2023

Tragically, the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) has updated the total number of heat-related deaths to 25 for the months of June, July and August...

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Caution Motorists: State-Wide Burn Ban In Effect

August 30, 2023

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development is reminding motorists that the statewide burn ban remains in effect as extreme high temper...

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Unleash The Republicans, Part Two!

August 30, 2023

The Republicans look like they are on a roll. I mean, gosh, anybody, and I mean anybody, should be able to beat the Bidens. Will one of these guys or ...

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DOTD Issuing Hay Hauling Permits

August 30, 2023

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development announced today that it will begin issuing special permits to vehicles transporting hay dur...