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Jim Brown
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3 months 1 week ago
Happy Birthday Jesus! He is the reason for the season!
If you are needing a last minute Christmas gift, Brook’s General Store has gift cards available. That’s a great gift for anyone! Brook’s will close early on Christmas Eve (Wednesday) at 4 PM, and will be closed Christmas Day.
Happy Anniversary to Jonathan and Linda Knight!
Condolences to the family and friends of Donald “Don” Slaven, Betty Jane Hatcher Edwards, Tammie Hunt Douglas, and Richard Clarke Dennison.
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3 months 1 week ago
Merry Christmas Everyone! I sure do hope that your day is filled with the Joy and Peace that the remembrance of Jesus’ Birth brings.
By Gwen Pigott on
3 months 1 week ago
Hello there, hope all is well during these trying times of life. I hope that all will have a good and blessed Christmas/New Year to come. I'm asking for special prayers for my family, Magee family, Weary family, Williams family, Tate family, also for the Taylor family, Linda Galloway, and to all the families all over the land.
By Brenda Simon on
3 months 1 week ago
Merry, Merry Christmas to you! Today is Christmas Eve and tomorrow is the "Big" day, Christmas. There will be lots of celebrating with your family and friends. Jolly ole St. Nick will surely be busy tonight, Christmas Eve, making his rounds delivering toys/gifts to all the good little boys and girls.
I can remember how excited my boys were when they got up on Christmas morning and all the fun they had opening their gifts. Their eyes were lit up and big smiles on their faces. As they grew up, they knew the real reason was to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior.
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3 months 1 week ago
North team players from Franklinton High and Pine High are shown with Coach Saltaformaggio. Additional photos are in this week's edition of The Era-Leader.
The Northshore All-Star game Saturday was won by the North team, coached by Franklinton High’s head football coach, Nick Saltaformaggio.
Playing for the North team from Franklinton High were David Moore, Dalton Freeman, Holden Galloway, and the Demons’ quarterback, Jacob Crain. North team players from Pine High were Chris Williams, Lyriance Hart, and Delvonta Gardner.
The high schools composing the North team were Covington, St. Paul’s, Archbishop Hannan, Hammond, Ponchatoula, St. Thomas Aquinas, Independence, Amite, Kentwood, Pine, and Franklinton.
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Keep an eye open for this dog, missing in the Franklinton area. It belongs to the Phelps family, and a reward is being offered. Call 985-515-2122 if you spot it.
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With the old year behind us and a new one straight ahead, it’s a good time to think about making some changes in the garden. While you’re pondering your 2026 landscape upgrades, LSU AgCenter horticulturist Jason Stagg hopes you’ll give consideration to one of his favorite plants: the sasanqua, a species of camellia.
“I don’t believe that this shrub gets enough attention,” Stagg said. “It really deserves to be recognized and planted more.”
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Judge Allison Penzato
The Justices of the Louisiana Supreme Court have appointed First Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Allison H. Penzato as justice pro tempore of the Louisiana Supreme Court, First District, to fill the vacancy created by the departure of Justice William
J. Crain. Judge Penzato’s appointment is effective now through June 30, 2026, or until the vacancy is filled, whichever occurs sooner. Justice Crain left the Supreme Court upon being appointed as a U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
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3 months 1 week ago
Donna Arceneaux
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, New Orleans TV stations were present for the Sheriff's press conference regarding the arrest of Scott Jordan.
PHOTO BY TRACEY LADNER
, Sheriff Jason Smith discusses the Jordan arrest at Tuesday press conference.
PHOTO BY TRACEY LADNER
An arrest was made early Tuesday (Dec. 23) in the 2017 murder of Donna Arceneaux just south of Franklinton.
Scott Jordan, age 59, was booked into the Washington Parish Jail after being charged with second-degree murder in the case. He is being held on $2 million dollars bond. Jordan was arrested as he was leaving his Franklinton workplace.
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Donna Arceneaux
An arrest was made early Tuesday (Dec. 23) in the 2017 murder of Donna Arceneaux just south of Franklinton.
Scott Jordan was booked into the Washington Parish Jail after being charged with second-degree murder in the case.
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3 months 1 week ago
Happy New Year! 2026 beckons.
Hard to believe it’s that time again. The holiday season is drawing to a close. One more week and then it’s time to tighten the belt and get on with the new year.
At 67, my New Year’s celebrations are getting a little less rowdy and late. When I was young, I wouldn’t even dream about not staying up until midnight to watch the new year roll in. Now it’s a bit less exciting.
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3 months 2 weeks ago
The Franklinton Board of Aldermen and Mayor Darwin Sharp met for the final time of 2025 on December 9. The Board voted in October to hold only one meeting in each of November and December because of the holidays. The minutes from the November 10 meeting were approved and the Board moved through the agenda items at a brisk pace.
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3 months 2 weeks ago
The Washington Parish School Board held its final meeting of 2025 on Thursday, December 11.
During the committee meeting held prior to the regular meeting, Katie Miller presented district and school performance scores. Scores are for the 2024-25 school year. Highlights of the presentation included:
•Washington Parish's school system's score has risen 2.4 points since 2019 and the system earned a letter grade B;
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3 months 2 weeks ago
Judge Will Crain
Louisiana Supreme Court Justice William J. Crain has been confirmed to a lifetime appointment as a judge of the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Crain is a native of Washington Parish.
Justice Crain will fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Eldon E. Fallon.
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Police officers and others helping with Saturday evening’s Christmas Block Party paused long enough to pose for a group photo. The Police Department’s Block Party was well attended. In addition to fun and photos with Santa, attendees also performed s good deed by donating toys for kids and cold weather items for the elderly.
PHOTO BY TRACEY LADNER
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3 months 2 weeks ago
Cecily Bateman
By the time you read this, I sure hope it's over. The government shut-down, that is. But from my perch on the porch swing at the farm in early November, things don't look so bright. Perhaps my pessimism stems from what was to have been a wonderful weekend gone awry. Eager beavers - my better half and I - made a bee-line for the airport early on Thursday to get a jump on the TSA lines, which we had heard were becoming a bear.
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