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Winnfield Fire Department Captain Cassidy Martin raises a special flag on the morning of September 11, 2014. The flag contained the names of all the first-responders who lost their lives on that fateful morning in 2001. In addition, the Winnfield Lion’s Club placed American flags in front of several businesses and throughout Main Street, and the flagpoles at city square flew throughout the day as a somber reminder

The Winn Parish School Board held a special budget hearing just before the Sept. 2 regular meeting on Tuesday. Tami Austin, Business Manager, presented the board with the finalized 2014-2015 consolidated budget, which required any feedback from

the board and the public before being added to the regular meeting agenda.  

 

 Members of the Winnfield Fire Department were all smiles as the newest member of their brigade turned off of Highway 167 and headed for their office on South Abel Street. The “new used” 1997 model fire engine will be used in place of an older vehicle that had been in use since 1976. Financed completely through the WFD and without taxpayer money, the new engine sports a 70-ft. ladder and a $162,000 price tag.  

 

The 2014 Louisiana Second Amendment Weekend Sales Tax Holiday takes place Friday, September 5, through Sunday, September 7. Act 453 of the 2009 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature enacted the “Annual Louisiana Second

Amendment Weekend Holiday Act” that provides an exemption from state and local sales and use taxes on individuals’ purchases of firearms, ammunition and hunting supplies on the first Friday through Sunday of each September