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2 months 2 weeks ago
One of the Southeast's top economic development executives will take the reins of the Tate County Economic Development Foundation.
The Tate County Board of Supervisors and the Tate County Economic Development Foundation have announced the hiring of Joe Max Higgins to fill the vacancy in the community’s community’s economic and industrial development organization.
The announcement was made Monday night following a meeting of the EDF Board and community stakeholders.
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2 months 2 weeks ago
Photo by Steve Kuperstock, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
The banner is across from the courthouse in downtown Franklinton.
Although an arrest was made last month in the 2017 murder of Donna Arceneaux, a downtown Franklinton banner related to the murder isn't coming down soon.
The banner was put in place several years ago by Tucker Simmons, a Franklinton native whose podcast was credited by law enforcement with helping to draw attention and keep attention on the murder during the long time frame between when Ms Arceneaux was killed and when an arrest occurred. The murder happened in her Highway 16 home immediately south of Franklinton.
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2 months 2 weeks ago
One of the Southeast's top economic development executives will take the reins of the Tate County Economic Development Foundation.
The Tate County Board of Supervisors and the Tate County Economic Development Foundation have announced the hiring of Joe Max Higgins to fill the vacancy in the community’s community’s economic and industrial development organization.
The announcement was made Monday night following a meeting of the EDF Board and community stakeholders.
By Floyd Ingram on
2 months 3 weeks ago
Photo by Steve Kuperstock, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
Winn-Dixie of Franklinton on Washington Street.
With its impending closure coming soon, Winn-Dixie of Franklinton is reducing its hours effective as of Tuesday of this week.
The store will close for good on January 25, and will re-open on February 2 as a Rouses Market.
Winn-Dixie is closing all of its Louisiana stores and will concentrate on a core market of Florida and far southern Georgia from now on.
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2 months 3 weeks ago
Photo by Steve Kuperstock, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
Road closure at the corner of Washington and Hancock in Downtown Franklinton.
Town of Franklinton officials are hopeful that a a lengthy downtown detour will soon be history.
Hancock Street is closed off just south of Washington Street. A leaking gas pipe was dug up and then Franklinton town workers discovered that the 1950-era pipe cannot be replaced with a comparable product. But town officials are hopeful that a replacement pipe will soon be in place and the street will be re-opened.
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2 months 3 weeks ago
Carley Donald Provost Sr.
, Carley Donald Provost Jr,
A body found late last Thursday night is believed to be that of a missing 78-year-old man.
Carley Donald Provost Sr., age 78, has not been seen for months. Officials have not yet definitely confirmed that the body discovered late Thursday night is him, but they seem relatively sure that it is. The body was discovered in a trash can at a home on North Jones Road, which is located southwest of Bogalusa toward Plainview in rural Washington Parish.
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2 months 3 weeks ago
Carley Donald Provost Sr.
, Carley Donald Provost Jr.
A body found near Bogalusa late Thursday night is believed to be that of a missing 78-year-old man.
Carley Donald Provost Sr., age 78, has not been seen for months. Officials have not yet definitely confirmed that the body discovered late Thursday night is him, but they seem relatively sure that it is.
Some of Provost’s family members have been concerned for months about him. A welfare check conducted by law enforcement last year went nowhere when he could not be located, yet there was no hard evidence showing that anything had happened to him.
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2 months 3 weeks ago
Sara Graham, a Construction Management major from Franklinton, was named to the University of Louisiana Monroe's Fall 2025 Dean's List.
Eligibility for the Dean's List requires full-time enrollment (minimum of 12 semester hours completed) and the list is calculated based on the following G.P.A. hours and term G.P.A.: an undergraduate student is required to earn at least a 3.5 grade point average.
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2 months 3 weeks ago
Cecily Bateman
•Part 1
"I have sampled this life." ----Mark Twain
By Cecily Bateman on
2 months 3 weeks ago
Callie Foreman
Sitting in church, they announced the upcoming Sunday would be Promotion Sunday. First Baptist Church of Covington is a very large campus. The kindergarteners would be moving into a different building. The junior high students would be moving upstairs, and the high school students would be moving downstairs. To some, these announcements may have gone unnoticed, but I remembered this as a child as if it were yesterday. This is perhaps because my mother was often the head of the Sunday school department. Nevertheless, Promotion Sunday was a great step in our spiritual walk.
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2 months 3 weeks ago
Photo by Tracey Ladner, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
The Enon bridge over the Bogue Chitto River was completely coated with ice and snow in January of 2025.
Parish school students received a one-week vacation from classes in late January 2025 due to snow and ice.
Snow fell in the third week of January, leaving approximately 3-to-4 inches on the ground depending on where in the parish you were. Areas to the south of Washington Parish received much more snow, with Mandeville and Madisonville reporting between 5 and 7 inches, and some neighborhoods of New Orleans reporting as much as 10.5 inches.
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2 months 3 weeks ago
Happy Birthday to Savion Delaune, Raegan Smith, Bobbie Adams, Michael Paul Painter, Doix Alford, Lacy Fortenberry, Josh Kieffer, Kelsey Schilling, Peggy Patterson, Lisa Miller, Linda Guy, Suzette Carter, Jasmine Buckley, Kay Burch, Casey Gonzalez, Susan McNeese, Nicole Riley, Rachel Guyn, Ciera Hughes, Erica Holmes, Melinda Schilling, Nicole Bunch Rebecca Brumfield, Shenika Fox, Caleshia Clark, Connie Clark, Nicole Butler, Casey Hoffman, Devyn Alford, Damien Ponton, Chris Bolotte, Ernest Davis, Rex Wascom, Larry Guy, Chris Kerbow, Jay Schexnider, Phillip Roberts, David Schilling, Ston
By Holly Gill Sanders on
2 months 3 weeks ago
As we move through January, we’ve been experiencing a variety of temperatures. The summertime warmth caused us to toss our jackets and sweaters to the side, while the cold temps made us pick them up again. We might control some of the things that occur in our lives but, the weather is not one of them. We instead adapt to the ways of Mother Nature. I’ve learned to take one day at a time and enjoy the seasons within seasons.
By Gwen Pigott on
2 months 3 weeks ago
Hello again everyone. Well, we already have one week behind us in this new year. Time just keeps a moving. Schools are back in session starting today.
I'm sure teachers and students are excited to get back into the classroom. They will start working on the final half of the school season. Ya'll please be careful and watch for school zones. Please put the cell phone away. Ya'll help me if I'm wrong, but I thought I heard on the news, beginning Jan. 2nd of this year, if you are caught holding your cell phone while driving, you will be ticketed. We'll see.
By Lerand Hunt on
2 months 3 weeks ago
I hope that each of you had a wonderful New Years week, Happy New Year! We start back to school on Monday of this week, and kids come back on Wednesday. I would love to say that this has been a relaxing couple of weeks, but I spent a good amount of time at the doctor and hospital and ER with various family members. I would NOT trade helping them out for anything though. That is what families and friends like family do. They take care of each other and are one big unit.
By Karen Thigpen on
2 months 3 weeks ago
Happy, Happy New Year to you! Now that the holidays are over and a brand-new year is here maybe we can settle down. During the holidays everyone has been busy getting ready for Christmas, the shopping, cooking, decorating plus much more. It is always a special time for getting together with family and friends.
By Nell Smith on
2 months 3 weeks ago
The Magnolia Belles celebrated their December meeting at the home of Karen Spears. Hosting along with Karen were Konnie Crain, Anita Reviere, and Jolene Spears.
Christmas pajamas were the required attire and members enjoyed a game of "Dirty Santa" as gifts were opened. Everyone enjoyed a meal of white chicken chili, broccoli/cauliflower salad, and brownies.
In photo above from left to right are Karen Spears, Konnie Crain, Anita Reviere, and Jolene Spears.
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2 months 3 weeks ago
Rev. Jimmy Oalmann
Luke 8:1-3
"And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him. And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils, And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance," Luke 8:1-3.
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2 months 3 weeks ago
Jim Brown
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