Baskin News

My daddy was reared in Franklin Parish. He was a Crowville boy. Wow, I did enjoy my trips to Crowville and Winnsboro.

Fair Park Baptist Church participates in Operation Christmas Child, which gives gifts to children around the world By Hope Young * hyoung@thenewsstar.com * November 14, 2009 In 1993, Fair Park Baptist Church in West Monroe sent 30 shoe boxes of gifts to Operation Christmas Child - a project which delivers gifts to children around the world.

Bryan and Paula Russell of Monroe, La. are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Kathryn Anne, to Ryan Francis Heavener, son of Robert and Patricia Heavener of Coplay, Penn.

Super Thursday Race to Boy Scouting on Sept. 10 will provide boys throughout northeast Louisiana the opportunity to join scouting.

It boggles my mind to think that an elected public representative would try to pass legislation that would attempt to reduce law enforcement officers' incentive to give tickets to law-breaking speeders by sending the money collected from their tickets to someone else.

The Franklin Parish village of Baskin finally has an elected police chief, even though it took three tries to accomplish it.