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The Winnfield Senior High School Track and Field team have been busy with competitions at the regional and state level, and took home one gold medal at the state competition.

On May 6, Winnfield Senior High School State Qualifiers Jamar Spears, McKelvey Rhone, Keithan Hamilton, William Glover and Desmond Duncan took to Baton Rouge to compete with District 2A schools from across Louisiana.

WSHS finished eighth in the state as a group and Desmond Duncan won the gold in the 400m with a time of 50.81 and third in the 800m with a time of 2:02 and William Glover won third in the 100m dash with a time of 10.86 and fourth in the 200m with a time of 22.13.

Spears, Glover, Hamilton and Rhone placed sixth in the 4x100.

The trial of Lance Gardner over the accused murder of Winnfield family pet, Kara a golden retriever, receives a shake-up as Winnfield DA Chris Nevils and District Court Judge Anastasia Wiley recused themselves from the case and handed it off to the Attorney General’s office in April.

Assistant Attorney General Winston White, part of the Criminal Division, has been given the reigns of the case.

“I recused myself due to some LLC work I had done for Gardener,” Nevils said. “I’d have liked to see it through, but I have a lot of faith in the assistant attorney general. A lot of times they give it to some guy fresh out of college, but they put their best people on this one.”

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The Dodson FFA Livestock evaluation team were named state champions on April 30.

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The Strengthening Families Program is scheduled to begin classes on May 11, 2021, at the Tommy Hamms Memorial Youth Activity Building located at 703 Moss St., in Winnfield. There will be an open house at the same location on May 8th from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. and volunteers will be taking applications for enrollment at the open house.

This program provides parents and kids with research-proven skills to promote healthy brains, strong happy families, and addiction-free youth in an easy and fun setting.

“Make that commitment to your children and give them the skills to keep them from abusing alcohol and drugs,” Shonna Moss said. “It will improve your family now and help to improve their futures for the rest of their lives.”

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The Winn Parish Sheriff ’s Office have bought new Tahoe’s to update the sheriff ’s fleet and three traffic units to serve the community.

“Most will agree that 2020 brought us many problems,” Sheriff Cranford Jordan said. “During the COVID-19 virus time, the ladies in my office did a wonderful job in applying for a COVID grant for our office.”

Also, the Sheriff ’s Office unveiled their new D.A.R.E. truck, be sure to keep a look out in the parish for it.

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Winnfield FFA forestry team named state champions The Winnfield FFA team was named state champions along with placing 1st in the state contest, our team ranked 1st in Area II and received numerous individual awards, including: Peyton Little: Overall High Individual, Lauren Poole: Overall 3rd Place Individual, Annie Heard: Overall 4th Place Individual, John Spikes: Overall 8th Place Individual and Joy So: Overall 9th Place Individual. From Left Lauren Poole, Annie Heard, Joy So, Peyton Little and John Spikes.

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Due to the uncertainties surrounding the Covid-19 situation the Chuck Weeks 5 K Pro Life Run/Walk has been CANCELLED and there will be a T-SHIRT SALE instead. The Pro Life race has been held since 2015 in memory of Chuck Weeks, a young man from Calvin, Louisiana. Chuck was a man who exemplified drive, dedication and love for his community. In every aspect of life, Chuck strived to be the best, and to make the world a better place. His commitment to excellence and motivation of others were evident throughout his life. This year Chuck’s family and friends will continue to honor Chuck’s drive and dedication to his community by having a t-shirt sale. The monies raised from the sale of t-shirts will be used to enhance the lives of children everywhere.

On this month’s ballot was the run-off elections of Bese-District 4 and District 7 Police Juror.

Bese – District 4, a multi-parish race —

Michael Melerine (Rep), 23,541 votes, 62 percent of the vote, won against Cassie Williams (Dem), 14,546 votes, 38 percent of the votes.

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Another arrest was made by the Winn Parish Sheriff ’s Office by an investigation that started on March 29 into alleged sexual abuse of minors that had been going on for several years.

On April 20, 2021, the Sheriff ’s Office made the arrest of Lyn Weldon on 2 counts of principle to molestation of a juvenile and cruelty to juveniles. Weldon’s bond was set at $275,000.

The arrest comes shortly after the investigation led to the arrest of James Sayne for three counts of first degree rape, two counts of molestation of a juvenile, three counts of indecent behavior of a juvenile, false imprisonment and domestic abuse battery.

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The Louisiana Political Museum is proud to announce the 2021 Louisiana Political Hall of Fame Inductees. Induction activities begin in Shreveport, Louisiana on Saturday, June 26, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. The induction banquet will be held at the Shreveport Convention Center. Tickets for the induction banquet can be purchased from the museum for $200.00 each by calling (318) 628-5928 prior to June 11, 2021. All tickets must be reserved and paid in advance.

Robert Adley: After graduating from Airline High School, he joined the United States Marine Corps and volunteered for Vietnam. After serving in California, Virginia, Okinawa, and Vietnam, he received an Honorable Discharge in 1967.

Upon returning home, he attended college at LSU Shreveport and held various jobs, including working as a NASO stockbroker where he became active in the oil and gas industry, raising funds to drill and explore.