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Hello to all of you! God is so good! It was nice to get some rain that was desperately needed . . .

The AI wars (or race to the bottom) is hurting Normal Americans everyday. All Nations globally need to ban the Chat GPT and other LLM AI generative AI apps.

China's government is sounding the alarms on the AI apps as being a "Threat to the Existence of the Chinese . . .

Scammer tries to scam Franklinton Police Department

This release came from the Franklinton Police Department on Tuesday of this week : "We had an interesting conversation today . . .

Care network celebrates one year of community collaboration

The Washington Parish Care Network recently celebrated its first anniversary, marking one year of bringing local organizations, healthcare providers and . . .

Opinion: Football’s second shock absorber

For New Orleans Saints fans watching the Sept. 13 game against the Detroit Lions, the best thing was the team’s . . .

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High School Scores
Sat,09/19/26-4:38PM , 983 Reads
Friday's high school football scores

Franklinton 20 Pine 7

Bowling Green 38 Amite School Ctr 20

Bogalusa 12 Varnado 6

Christ Covenant 35 Ben's Ford 14

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Fair flag ceremony is Friday at courthouse
Thu,09/24/26-2:03PM , 75 Reads
Don't forget: The annual Fair flag raising ceremony takes place at 10 a.m. Friday (September 25) at 10 a.m. in front of the courthouse in Franklinton. Everyone is invited to attend.

The ceremony traditionally marks the beginning of Fair month in Washington Parish, with the 2026 Fair now less than 3 weeks away!

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Pine Community News
By LERAND HUNT
Thu,09/24/26-2:18PM , 29 Reads
Hello again everyone. I hope this finds you all doing well. Well, we didn't get the cooler temps that we had hoped for, but that's ok. Maybe in the next week or two.
My wife and I were able to go to the Franklinton Demons /Pine Raiders game this past Friday night. The match-up was held at the Pine High School football field.
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AgCenter seeks applicants for internship program
Thu,09/24/26-3:04PM , 8 Reads
The LSU AgCenter Cooperative Extension Service is accepting applications for its 2027 Extension Internship Program. The program is entering its third year, and plans are to place 30 interns across the state next summer to work with Extension agents and faculty.
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