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Jim Brown
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Michael Stanley Lang
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Experts estimate that colonoscopy screenings save 30,000 deaths per year. That’s a lot. So this column serves as a reminder to check if you are due.
Two-thirds of older adults get regular colonoscopies. That’s a pretty encouraging statistic. But that leaves one-third at risk. That’s hundreds if not thousands of Mississippians who will needlessly die of colorectal cancer.
Like many Northsiders, I get my colonoscopy at GI Associates. Their facility on Lakeland is a well-oiled machine. I think of it as a colonoscopy factory.
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In the photo above Scott Jordan, at left, is seen leaving the Washington Parish Courthouse last Wednesday following a pre-trial hearing. Jordan is charged with second degree murder in the 2017 death of Donna Arceneaux. During last Wednesday’s hearing a May 26 date was set for the next hearing on Jordan’s motion to have his trial moved out of Washington Parish due to the amount of publicity the Arceneaux case has received.
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In photo above: Chamber of Commerce members and local elected officials joined others last week for the ribbon cutting at Hayden’s Cravin’ Corner, located on Pearl Street near Washington Street in Franklinton.
David and Shanea Hayden are the owners of the new business, which serves snowballs, ice cream, custom energy drinks, and snacks on one side, and on the other side is live or boiled crawfish and fixings.
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1 month 4 weeks ago
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Jim Brown
All we know
Left untold
Beaten by a broken dream
Nothing like what it used to be
We’ve been chasing our demons down an empty road
------Singer Alan Walker
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Once again this year, the “Carry The Cross” walk will be held on Good Friday in Franklinton.
Shown above is a scene from last year’s walk. Organized annually by First Baptist Church of Franklinton, a total of eight churches were involved in last year’s walk. But organizers have made it clear that everyone is welcome to participate in the walk, regardless of where they might go to church.
The walk begins at 9 a.m. in the Eastgate Shopping Center near the former Dirt Cheap store. From there, the walkers will proceed on a long route to the Fairgrounds.
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The Franklinton Board of Aldermen and Mayor Darwin Sharp met on Tuesday March 24.
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The Washington Parish Council met on Monday, March 23.
A public hearing was conducted at 5:30 pm allowing residents to speak of concerns regarding three ordinances to be voted on during the regular meeting. A number of those present were most concerned about an ordinance prohibiting open burning within the unincorporated areas of Washington Parish, providing for enforcement, authorizing code enforcement, and providing for penalties.
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1 month 4 weeks ago
Cecily Bateman
In hopes that what they say is true - it's never too late - I have penned a long overdue tribute to the late Gaylord Mouton Bickham, the only child of Mouton and Leatrice Brumfield Bickham who passed away in April of 2021 at the age of eighty-seven.
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Donnelle Dickson
Bowling Green School has announced that Donnelle “Coach D” Dickson is the new Head Boys Basketball Coach and JV Head Coach.
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The LSU AgCenter, in partnership with the Grow Louisiana Beginning Farmer Training Program and the Louisiana Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Professional Development Program, will host the 2026 Organic Farming Workshop April 17 to 18 on the LSU main campus in Baton Rouge.
This workshop features Daniel Parson of Oxford College Farm at Emory University, who will lead an in-depth exploration of sustainable practices for small- and medium-scale horticulture farmers.
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2 months ago
A tragic accident on the Pine Highway Sunday morning claimed the life of a young Franklinton man.
Louisiana State Troopers reported that Hayden S. Davis, age 20, was killed in the crash, which occurred at about 10 a.m.
The report from the state police indicates that Davis was driving a 2008 Infiniti G35 east on the Pine Highway (LA436).
As Davis drove eastbound, he approached a 2026 Kia K5, which was also traveling east. For reasons still under investigation, Davis tried to pass the Kia in a no-passing zone. His car collided with the Kia.
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Saturday was opening day for the Franklinton Youth Baseball organization, and local leaders were at the baseball fields to cheer for the young players. From left to right above are Sheriff Jason Smith, Franklinton Police Chief Justin Brown, Franklinton Mayor Darwin Sharp, Parish President Ryan Seal, and Franklinton Alderman T.J. Butler Jr. Mayor Sharp threw the first pitch of the 2026 season, and he was caught by Chief Brown. See additional opening day photos in this week's printed edition of The Era-Leader.
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(Note: Photos of all of the Pine students recognized at the School Board meeting are in the printed edition of The Era-Leader this week.)
By TONI TAGEANT
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The Franklinton Junior high softball team split a pair of games last week as they defeated Mt Hermon 5-2 and fell to Loranger 11-6. The Lady Falcons will finish out their season this Thursday against Pine at FHS. This will also be Eighth Grade night for the Lady Falcons as well.
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Cecily Bateman
When my daughter Betsy first moved to Boston in the summer of 2021 for her fellowship at Brigham and Women's, a native Bostonian advised me --- a real Southerner --- against coming to Bean Town in January or February. She cautioned, "Even March can be dicey." But the first two months of the year were to be avoided at all cost.
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2 months ago
Callie Foreman
Way back thousands of years ago it only seemed logical that mankind would create explanations for the unexplained. Mythological creatures, lunar eclipses, unusual weather changes, and rising tides must have preempted men and women to come up with their own logical or not so logical reasoning. And years passed which trickled down into what we refer to as superstitions.
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