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Highway 16 near the entrance to a gravel pit south of Franklinton. This photo was taken almost a week after a heavy rainfall and thus the photo does not show the problem at its worst.

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Gravel trucks drag mud onto Highway 16, but a solution is elusive
Thu,03/13/25-2:38PM , 637 Reads
Recent rainstorms in Washington Parish may have been good for grass and other vegetation that is beginning to come back from winter.
But the rain hasn’t been good at all for some motorists who drive on the Enon Highway (LA16) south of Franklinton. That’s because the rainfall created a muddy mess on the highway near several gravel pits.
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Lt. Carlos Gallardo Valle, a 2011 FHS grad, with the Navy's MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter.

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2011 FHS grad now pilots the Navy's most advanced helicopter
Thu,03/13/25-2:30PM , 1,022 Reads
SAN DIEGO – Lt. j.g. Carlos Gallardo Valle, a native of Franklinton, serves the U.S. Navy assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 41.
Gallardo Valle graduated from Franklinton High School in 2011.
He said the skills and values needed to succeed in the Navy are similar to those found in Franklinton.
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Crash in southeastern Washington Parish kills Covington man
Thu,03/13/25-2:22PM , 542 Reads
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Opinion: How to manage a government
Tue,03/11/25-6:46PM , 509 Reads 7,766 Statewide
Seven weeks into his second term, President Trump’s war on the federal bureaucracy is at full speed. Set loose like a hunting dog, Trump’s right hand Elon Musk is dismissing government employees without thinking through which jobs should be eliminated.
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