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Early voting has began and will last until Oct. 27 at Winn Parish court house located at 119 W. Main St. #105 in Winnfield. The Registrar of Voters office will be open 8 AM – 7 PM for each day of early voting.

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The names of 110 Winn Parish residents who are owed money from the State of Louisiana are published in today’s newspaper. Please turn to page 10A to see if you, a family member, or a friend is on the unclaimed property list.

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A 42 year-old Winnfield man was shot by a member of the Louisiana State Police Swat Team after a five-hour standoff Wednesday morning with law enforcement after he barricaded himself in a house with his girlfriend and two small children.

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In next week’s edition of the Winn Parish Enterprise, you’ll find a list of Winn Parish residents who are owed money by the state of Louisiana.

The state currently has millions of dollars it wants to return to its rightful owners, but first it has to locate those to whom money is owed, according to State Treasurer John M. Schroder Sr. The list in the Enterprise will show approximately 110 Winn Parish residents who have unclaimed property of various types on record in the state Treasurer’s office.

Businesses from all over the country are required by law to report unclaimed property to the Treasury each year. Sometimes, the address the company has on record is no longer correct.

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The case of Judge Jacque Derr vs. Winn Parish Police Jury was settled last week, but it’s still not quite over, as District Attorney Christopher Nevils, legal counsel to the police jury, moved for a new trial after Derr sent a letter to the police jury asking for $113,465.81 be paid to the court, in addition to the $30,201.57 settlement that was reached on Sept. 24.

Derr request the money after discovering that a portion of the 2 percent bond fees that should have been deposited to the Eight Judicial District Court’s fund was deposited into the police jury’s general fund.

“The District Attorney, Office of Public Defender, and Sheriff have all received their portion,” The letter from Derr said. “The Eight Judicial District Court has not.”

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The 25 ^th annual Hog Dog Trials are set to begin at the Winn Parish Fairgrounds on today, Oct. 14 and last until Oct. 18 after COVID-19 delayed it from its original March date.

Winn Parish will soon be filled with competitors from across the world to watch and compete in our down home tradition and competition of hog baying.

Uncle Earl’s Hog Dog Trials began in 1995, due to its namesake and native of Winnfield Earl Long being an avid stockman and boar hunter, and saw 1,200 people enjoy the festivities, but now has more than 12,000 visitors.

The price to attend will be $10 a day for a wrist band, or $25 for the week.

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Winn Parish Sheriff Cranford Jordan returned home Oct. 8, Thursday afternoon. He had tested positive for COVID-19 two weeks ago, and became serious, which forced him to be put on a ventilator at Rapides Regional Medical Center.

Sheriff Jordan was taken off the ventilator on Sept. 29 and continued to improve, but lost 60 pounds during the ordeal.

“I’m blessed to be here,” Sheriff Jordan said. “God took care of me. I’m not supposed to be here. I’m diabetic, I have high blood pressure, but God took care of me.

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A major impact of Hurricane Laura’s devastation is the disruption of critical internet and phone connectivity. To countless Louisiana consumers, one provider can and should be doing more to assist in the recovery efforts; and Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry is working to assist those customers.

Suddenlink has yet to restore service to a large percentage of its consumers; yet, those customers have still been billed. So AG Landry has begun examining whether Suddenlink has engaged in prohibited activities in dealing with Louisiana citizens.

“While we recognize the enormous damage caused to infrastructure, we also believe that customers should not be paying for services they are not receiving,” said AG Landry. “It will take more than a credit on their statements to make them whole.”

The Winnfield FFA Livestock and Poultry teams competed in the State FFA Career Development Events. The competitions were held virtually due to COVID-19 on September 18, 2020 and September 25, 2020.

The Livestock Judging Career Development Event provides aspiring, young agricultural education students with the opportunity to make accurate observations on livestock, determine the desirable traits in animals, make logical decisions based on their observations, and discuss and defend those decisions. Participants place classes of breeding and market beef, sheep, and swine. They then give oral reasons to the judges as to why they placed each class as they did. Blue (senior) Team members include Emma Vines, Jacob Womack, and Madison Green. This team achieved 3rd in Area 2.

The Poultry Evaluation CDE is a competitive event that tests students’ abilities to select top quality poultry and poultry products needed for successful production and marketing.

The lawsuit of Judge Jacque Derr, of the Eighth Judicial District Court, against the Winn Parish Police Jury reached its verdict on Sept. 24, as Judge John Crigler ordered that the police jury must pay the Eighth Judicial District Court a sum of $30,201.57 in three equal installments for the remainder of 2020.

The Winn Parish Police Jury must amend their budget to cover these expenses.

Judge Crigler also ordered that the Police Jury pay the attorney fees and expenses on behalf of Judge Derr, which is a sum of $10,000.

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