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Not sure if football stadiums have defibrillators but Friday night there were a lot of hearts that stopped once or twice in the exciting Winnfield Tigers 22-20 victory of the Tiger variety from Jonesboro Hodge.

The Winnfield Tigers kept their edge in victory in a rivalry that goes back almost a century.

Winnfield got scores on a 71 yard pass interception return from Trey Stark, a junior defensive back, a pair of eight yard TD runs from seniors Travon Nichols and Dyllan Lawson and a pair of two point conversions Daniel Luke Page, a freshman.

The teams were knotted up 14-14 at halftime but like most of their battles, it would come down to the wire.

The Winn Parish Sheriff ’s office has aided various South Law enforcement agencies with equipment and manpower since Hurricane Ida struck the state a week ago.

Winn Parish Sheriff Cranford Jordan reports Winn Correctional Center Major Chad Chelette delivered a emergency generator on Wednesday of last week to Sheriff Jason Ard of Livingston Parish.

Then on Thursday, Winn Parish responded for another call for assistance.

They sent five vehicles and seven Winn Parish Deputies to Lockport in LaFourche Parish. Lockport was one of the communities in the direct path of Ida. Sheriff Jordan said the seven deputies will be assisting with security. They also carried additional fuel and water. They were followed to

State by Lockport Jack Representative of McFarland was He Winnfield. bringing six pallets of water.

Winn Parish is full of good people. Winn Parish Police Juror Josh McAllister stated, “I am amazed at the generosity of our people and would not want to live anywhere else in the world! Toni McManus McAllister and I are heading down, early Thursday morning to Livingston Parish and will deliver all of the donations that everyone brought this week. As well as those contributed by Effect Fitness, LLC. We will also bring some fuel and saws and help in whatever capacity we can. I can not begin to name everyone who contributed, but it was a ton and we know those people will be so thankful for it. Thanks again to everyone who contributed.

“Keeping our residents safe is our top priority,” Autumn Leaves Nursing & Rehabilitation Center administrator Matt Walton told Winnfield Rotarians at their Aug. 18 meeting as part of his report on how this local nursing home has responded to the Covid pandemic since it first appeared early in 2020.

Autumn Leaves’ preparations and response to the virus have seen results far better than reports from some other homes, he said. “The most positive cases we’ve ever had at one time has been eight. We’ve been blessed.”

The Social Coffee House Holds Grand Opening Monday, August 23 Pictured above are: Bob Holeman, Shonna Moss, Ellen Russell, June Melton, Sydney Ferguson, Melody Bonnette, Frederick Bonnette, Melissa Taylor, Kristan Green, Kim Bruce, Winona Harrell and Logan Elliott.

A $2,000 reward will be given out to anyone that can help lead to the whereabouts of the missing Timothy “Timmy” Lee Northcut.

Northcut male with brown gray hair. He weighs about 170 pounds and is 5’10 in height.

He was last seen at 2:30 a.m. Friday July 2, 2021 at Lil Brown Bag wearing a gray shirt, blue jeans and a baseball cap.

If anyone has any information about Northcut please call the Winn Parish Police Department at (318) 628-4611.

Dr. Deona Austin, Counselor at Winnfield Senior High School received a scholarship to attend the 2021 Louisiana Counseling Convention.

Alpha Delta Kappa International annually allocates each region funds to distribute to current members who apply to attend non A K-sponsored conferences, conventions, seminars, workshops and non-credit classes.

Alpha Delta Kappa was founded in 1947 by Agnes Shipman Robertson, Marie Neal, Marion Southall and Hattie Poppino, visionary women who saw a need to recognize and support the professional efforts of outstanding women educators. Since 1947, over 125,000 women educators around the world have discovered the many opportunities provided by membership in Alpha Delta Kappa — opportunities for recognition of commitment to educational excellence, for personal and professional growth and for collectively channeling their energies toward the good of schools, communities, the teaching profession and the world

On August 23, 2021, Wallace was arrested by Ouachita Parish Sheriff ’s Deputies. Wallace was later transported to the Winn Parish Detention Center and booked awaiting bond to be set.

On August 23, 2021, Winn Parish Sheriff ’s Office dispatch was advised by Natchitoches Parish Sheriff ’s Office that they had a deputy in pursuit of a stolen vehicle and the pursuit had entered into Winn Parish. The driver of the stolen vehicle had been positively identified by the pursuing deputy prior to the pursuit.

The driver of the stolen vehicle, who WPSO held warrants on, was identified as, Owen C Scallion, W/M/DOB: October 11, 2000, Hwy 156, Goldonna LA 71031.

WPSO deputies responded to the northwest area of Winn Parish and as the deputies were closing in on the area of the pursuit, Scallion drove into a wooded area where the stolen vehicle became disabled and Scallion abandoned the vehicle and ran into the woods. The vehicle, which was stolen from a dealership in Natchitoches, LA, was recovered by Natchitoches Parish deputies and had extensive damage.

St. Patrick Church in Montgomery is gearing up for our 5 ^th annual rummage sale. The sale will be held on Friday and Saturday, September 10 and 11 from 8 am – 4 pm in the church all.

Ladies, we have already received a lot of gently worn, beautiful, larger size clothing and shoes. So, be sure to put the sale date on your calendars!

As always, the proceeds go to our building fund and we have some new projects coming up.