Farmerville News

Thomas T. Fields, Jr. resurrects the memory of his politically prominent grandfather, Harvey Fields, with a biographical account that retells the marvel of his noble life released through Xlibris.

The 2009 regular session of the state Legislature closed last Thursday, but not without some last minute fireworks.

Former Farmerville High School standout Jakelton Joiner has signed a national letter-of-intent to play football at Mississippi College.

For the second time in this legislative session, Gov. Bobby Jindal will ask lawmakers to tap the state's mega-projects fund, basically a bank account the state can use to offer incentives for major economic development deals.

Louisiana's Joint Legislative Budget Committee will consider whether to approve Gov.

Last week, Gov. Bobby Jindal announced V Vehicle Company would begin assembling cars in Monroe next year.

Recently, the Union Parish Sheriff's Office Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs arrested two suspects as part of a new operation.

Honoring each World War II veteran by allowing them to see their memorial:This is the mission of Louisiana Honor Air.

A lesser-known legal clause governing state use of "mega-project" funds prevents the state from giving grants worth more than 30 percent of a project cost.

Several small town mayors from northeastern Louisiana were as excited as Ouachita Parish leaders that the region will get its first automobile manufacturing plant and 1,400 new jobs within 18 months.

Lawmakers at the Capitol today will have an eye toward Ouachita Parish, in the north part of the state, where an announcement is anticipated this week for a major economic development project that according to some reports is a 1,400-job assembly plant for fuel-efficient cars.

It might be trendy to have clothes from a foreign country, but not food. As people have become more aware of what they are eating, they are also more aware of where their food is coming from.

Sidney and Laura Zeringue of Franklinton, La. are pleased to announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Amy Elizabeth Zeringue, to Richard Hicks Finklea Jr., son of Richard and Roxanne Finklea of West Monroe, La.

A car crash in Union Parish took the life of a 10-month-old girl early Saturday morning.

Next Monday's meeting of the Farmerville Town Council promises to be a lively one.

Farmerville High School's LaDarien Brown signed a letter-of-intent last Thursday to play football at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia.

Alliene and Johnny McDonald of Farmerville, La. and Sandy and Maurice Harris of Grayson, La.

Camille Gathright, 18, of Strong, is recovering this week in a Louisiana hospital after being severely injured in an ATV accident that killed 20-year-old Adam R. Mason of Spearsville, La.

According to his own testimony, Harry Connick "stopped reading law books" when he became New Orleans DA in 1974.

Adam Mason, a 20-year-old man from Spearsville, was killed in an early morning ATV crash in Union Parish Monday morning.