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Jason Dorman Miller, 53

Jason Dorman Miller, age 53, and a resident of Mount Hermon passed away Friday September 18, 2026 at North Oaks . . .

Bowling Green homecoming queen is crowned

Sinclaire McCune was crowned Bowling Green Homecoming Queen Friday evening. From left to right are Freshman Maid Brylee Brumfield, Sophomore . . .

Letter writer disagrees with lifting of solar moratorium

Editor, The Era-Leader: The Sept. 14th parish council meeting resulted in an end to the moratorium on utility scale solar . . .

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 . . .

Apparent hoax causes lockdowns at FHS and Mount Hermon School

Brief lockdowns occurred this morning (Friday) at Franklinton High School and Mount Hermon School. Officials stressed that the lockdowns were . . .

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School Board votes 7-1 to approve Mount Hermon proposal
Thu,09/24/26-5:13PM , 401 Reads
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State Rep. John Wyble

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John Wyble will seek to replace State Sen. Beth Mizell in next year's election
Thu,09/24/26-4:46PM , 160 Reads
State Representative John Wyble (R-Franklinton) has announced his candidacy for Louisiana State Senate District 12, a seat currently held by term-limited Senator Beth Mizell (R-Franklinton).
District 12 covers all of Washington Parish along with portions of St. Tammany Parish and Tangipahoa Parish.
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Fair Midway tickets will go on sale September 28
Thu,09/24/26-4:41PM , 132 Reads
The Mighty Thomas Carnival will provide the midway for the 2026 Washington Parish Free Fair in October.
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Opinion: Surprisingly bad decisions
Thu,09/24/26-6:46PM , 129 Reads 3,525 Statewide
There are a lot of places around the world that demand the attention of the United States.
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Franklinton, 70438, LA

Current Temp

87°F

Sunny

Chance of Rain: 0%
Max Temp: 89°F
Min Temp: 68°F
Feels Like: 89°F
Dew Point: 64°F
Humidity: 87%
Sunrise: 6:50 AM
Sunset: 6:53 PM

Wind Speed: 5 mph
Wind Direction: NE
Wind Gust: 7 mph
Sky Cover: 28%
Visibility: 9 mi
Dew Point: 64°F
Moon Rise: 6:16 PM
Moon Set: 5:43 AM

Sunny. High near 89, with temperatures falling to around 85 in the afternoon. Northeast wind around 5 mph.

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