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Scott Jordan trial date won't be known until November

The trial date for murder suspect Scott Jordan apparently won’t be known until November. During a pre-trial motion hearing this . . .

3 school board members re-elected automatically with no opposition

There will be some new faces when the Washington Parish School Board is sworn in for a new term early . . .

9 file for 5th District Congressional race

5th District Congresswoman Julia Letlow is not running for re-election, seeking instead to become Louisiana’s next U.S. Senator. Washington Parish . . .

Area coaches offer opinions on the state of Louisiana high school football

Notes and Quotes Our neighbors to the north, the Tylertown Chiefs, will have a new head football coach this season . . .

Investigation into Bogalusa plane crash could be lengthy

A small plane crashed at mid-morning last Thursday near the Bogalusa airport, killing both of the people on board. Deputies . . .

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Trump’s tips are now for sale
Wed,08/12/26-6:04PM , 713 Reads 21,007 Statewide
Donald Trump has so blatantly monetized the presidency that his social media company sees no reason to mince words about what it is now selling: early access to the president’s market-shifting pronouncements.
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Mac Gordon: It’s time for a little college football trash talk
Fri,08/14/26-5:46PM , 362 Reads 9,316 Statewide
The college football season is just ahead, which means that talking about the season will continue unabated until next January.
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Opinion: Fitch joins 2027 GOP field
Fri,08/14/26-5:34PM , 216 Reads 5,264 Statewide
The 2027 Republican primary for Mississippi governor added another candidate last week when Attorney General Lynn Fitch entered the race. She is the third person in the game. Andy Gipson, the state Secretary of Agriculture, has been touring the state for the past year. Former House Speaker Philip Gunn also is running.
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Can the world justify a trillion AI investment?
By WYATT EMMERICH
Wed,08/12/26-2:50PM , 659 Reads 11,028 Statewide
On the way back from a funeral in Shreveport, I decided to take I-20 exit 45 at Delhi and drive north about half a mile.
There I witnessed what may be the largest one-location construction project in history—Meta’s Hyperion data center.
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