Bernice News

“When the inside of the church filled up, people stuck their heads in the windows to listen. It was a real good experience for me.”

It doesn't matter how long servants of God live, but how they live while in His service. via The Baptist Message

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“I'm particularly proud that we can assist in whatever little part we can play in this project.”

Spc. Micheal Champion of Bernice, La., carefully places a 3,000-pound, 4-by-4-foot "super sac" filled with soil along the levee north of the Morganza Spillway. via The United States Army

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By JOHN WORTHEN News-Times Staff The Junction City Police Department arrested a 17-year-old Junction City, La., man on Wednesday for attempted murder. via Http

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Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division agents have cited two men for game fish violations in Union Parish. via News-Star

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Bernice resident Federico Zuniga came by  the Bernice police department at approximately 9:25 PM Saturday night to report the theft of his 1997 Chevy Camero. Early Sunday morning a vehicle, matching the description of the stolen Camero, was spotted in the woods just off US Hwy. 167 in Middlefork Bottom (just south of Bernice).

It appeared that the car, traveling at a high rate of speed,  left the road  at the foot of  a bridge, skimmed across the water and came to a halt onto dry land. Members of the Bernice Volunteer Fire Department brought in a boat so they could reach the vehicle. They  were assisted by the Bernice Police Department, UPSO and Troop F. Officers and volunteers combed the area for occupants of the car. They discovered several pools of blood and tracked the injured party or parties through the woods and back to Hwy. 167. At this point they determined that the injured victims must have been picked up by someone. Read more

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“While thousands of Louisianans died serving the Confederate cause in the campaigns in Virginia, Marylands, and Pennsylvania, equally significant events occurred within Louisiana”

The Union Parish Library at 202 West Jackson Street in Farmerville will be co-sponsoring with the Bernice Historical Society, a six-week series of readings and discussions about the Civil War as it was ... via News-Star

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Firefighters, law enforcement officers and those who cover medical emergencies are viewed as heroes by those they serve.

VFW Post 5442 Commander James "Jake" McKeithen had the honor of selecting three local citizens to represent Farmerville Post 5442 for the VFW's annual Gold Medal Public Servants Safety Awards. Those recognized by Post 5442 included Farmerville Firefighter Mike Allen, Chief Deputy Don M. McClanahan, and RNC,EMT-P- Deborah Self.

To qualify, each participant must be recognized by colleagues or those they serve. They must show consistent excellence in their performance of their duties. They must also show consistent dedication of their official responsibilities over a period of years and continuous growth in responsibilities and skills within their profession. Read more

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“When Barry Royals from Waggoner Engineering and Ben McGee from U.S. Geological Survey were here, they said we could not set a level that was possible to legally enforce and where would enforcement come from?”

The Lake Commission members had a very busy meeting discussing the pros and cons of the Draw down of Lake D'Arbonne for drinking water purposes.

Jack Rivers, the Lake Commission members on the Union/Lincoln Regional Water Source Initiative, was getting copies of reports from Waggoner Engineering about the quality of the Lake to be used as potable water. One finding was that 10 feet below the surface of the Lake oxygen levels are depleted. They also found iron and magnesium levels which will need treatment and low levels of fecal matter which does not requires treatment. They found that Lake water is good to be used for potable water! Read more

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New mission projects, ongoing mission projects and upcoming mission trips are in the works in large and small churches across the state. via The Baptist Message

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“We had a number of local governments statewide that took advantage of lower interest rates to refinance debt”

BATON ROUGE - The State Bond Commission last week approved $72 million in funding for projects in north and central Louisiana, according to State Treasurer John Kennedy. via News-Star

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