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Merry Christmas Everyone! I sure do hope that your day is filled with the Joy and Peace that the remembrance of Jesus’ Birth brings.
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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
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.
By Nell Smith 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.
By Nell Smith on
3 months 1 week ago
Vivian Janice Morgan Robertson, 83, a resident of the Canaan Community passed away Friday morning December 19, 2025. She was a member of both Bethel Baptist Church and also later a member of Canaan Baptist Church near Stoney Point. Janice was born and lived in Franklinton her whole life. She attended Franklinton High School and was in the class of 1960. She worked at several businesses over the years in Franklinton including for the former Judge Francis “Budge” Watts III, WST Electric, and for the State of Louisiana OCS Department. One of her biggest passions was food.
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Shirley Goodman, 89, a resident of the Franklinton Community passed away Friday morning December 19, 2025.
She very much enjoyed reading, knitting and crocheting. Shirley loved spending time with her grandkids. She often watched the news and her favorite show “90 Day Fiancée.”
Survived by:
Children: Jeanne Percle, Denise McNabb, Cherry and Robert Melton, George Trosclair, Jr., Angele Hepting, Michele Trosclair, Darren and Roxanne Trosclair
Step-children: Beth Goodman, Shelley Grubb, Jessica Goodman
Brother: Brian Cherry
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Dorothy Rae Baham, age 75, a longtime resident of Loranger passed away Friday December 19, 2025 at her home. She was born on May 16, 1950 and was raised near Franklinton. She worked as a secretary in the Tangipahoa Clerk of Court office for many years and also served in different attorney’s offices through the years. Dorothy enjoyed spending time in the outdoors, often tending to her flower beds. She always loved fishing and drinking her Coca-Cola or coffee while swinging on the porch. Earlier in life, Dorothy enjoyed going with family to the dirt track races around the area.
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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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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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3 months 1 week ago
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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3 months 1 week ago
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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3 months 1 week ago
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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3 months 1 week ago
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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3 months 1 week ago
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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3 months 1 week ago
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
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
A thoughtful column on the Mississippi Today website laid out a couple of education ideas that have nothing to do with the pending school choice proposal that would allow families, with state assistance, to enroll their children in whatever school they wish.
Bradley Roberson, superintendent of the Oxford School District, wrote that a state lawmaker challenged him: “If not school choice, then what?” He has a couple of good ideas worth considering. Anything like them would transform education in Mississippi.
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3 months 1 week ago
Donna Arceneaux
, Scott Jordan
, 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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3 months 1 week ago
Donna Arceneaux
, Scott Jordan
, 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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