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The compiled efforts of six law enforcement agencies were successful in apprehending the suspect of a police chase stretching from Winnfield to Coushatta, Monday night. At 9:44 p.m., Winn Parish Sheriff Deputy Underwood spotted a vehicle being driven in a reckless manner on US 167 near Donut Palace.

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Day two of the Winn Parish Fair is here. Monday was entry day and registration. Tuesday is full of cooking contests, poultry, sheep and goat judging and exhibits. And you don’t want to miss the fair’s famed Political Stumping with Chairman Matt Miller. But the fair board isn’t ready to slow down yet. Wednesday’s events include the cut flowers contest, baked goods contest, the judging of all remaining exhibits (crops, clothing, canned goods and handicrafts), judging of wood and metal projects, a pet show, the Winn Cattleman Cook-off, and the beef show. And if that wasn’t enough, Midway Rides and Happy World Carnival are offering “Buddy Day”, for which one $30 armband allows you to bring a friend along to ride free!

Thursday Sept. 24, USDA Rural Development officials and Sheriff Cranford Jordan met to sign a letter of condition to approve funds to build a new $10.2 million jail. USDA Rural Development Natchitoches Area Director Reinette Foster and Community Programs Specialists Tony Matlock and Winnfred Jones visited Sheriff Jordan to sign the letter, which must be understood and argued before final approval of funds to build the new jail. More than $100,000 has been spent on the project already.

The Winnfield Rodeo has a treat in store for the crowd. Leann Young and Bailor Brown of Cajun Extreme Trick Riders will be performing. Leann has been trick riding professionally for 15 years and rode for the Dolly Parton Dixie Stampede. She now is the teacher of Bailor Brown, teaching Bailor for the past 11 months the art of rodeo trick riding. These two have been performing as a team over the state of Louisiana and will continue moving on to perform in other surrounding states as well.

The Food Bank of Central Louisiana and the Winn Parish Healthy Initiatives Coalition are teaming up in hopes of keeping a wonderful and truly needed program alive in Winnfield, but we need help from the community.

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Ready or not, the fair is coming! Monday marks the beginning of the Winn Parish Fair which will run through Oct. 3.

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The proposed Port Deluce Reservoir was introduced to the public on Tuesday at a special public announcement. This drinking water project will provide 500 acres and 12.5 miles of shoreline as a drinking water reserve for the City of Winnfield.

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Winn Correctional Center, the state-owned prison on Gum Springs Road near Atlanta, has been managed privately by Corrections Corporation of America since it opened in 1990 but that management role will soon be taken over by LaSalle Corrections.

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Winnfield Police Officers arrested a local man on an outstanding warrant for Possession of a Firearm by persons convicted of certain felonies. The arrest warrant had been issued from a previous incident with officers, resulting in the seizing of a .22 caliber handgun.

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