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Gov. John Bel Edwards announces that FEMA has approved an additional seven Louisiana parishes for Individual Assistance following Hurricane Laura, bringing the total number of parishes where residents are eligible for aid to 16. The newly approved parishes are Rapides, Natchitoches, Sabine, Winn, Grant, Jackson and Lincoln.

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“It was the worst storm I’ve ever live through,” Sheriff Cranford Jordan said. “Most of the roads in Winn Parish were impassable, but we are blessed to live in a logging community where they could help clear the roads. We couldn’t have done this alone.”

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State Fire Marshal H. “Butch” Browning a n d Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain have issued a cease and desist order for all private burning, pursuant to authority under R.S. 40:1602, for the following parishes: Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Caldwell, Cameron, Catahoula, Concordia, Grant, Jackson, Jeff Davis, LaSalle, Lincoln, Natchitoches, Ouachita, Rapides, Red River, Sabine, Union, Vernon and Winn.

Private burning shall only be allowed by permission of the local fire department or local government. This order is effective as of 8 a.m., August 31, 2020 and shall remain in effect until rescinded.

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Applications are now being accepted from Jackson, Winn, Bienville and Lincoln parish nonprofit organizations and public agencies for JSB Pledge 10 grants. The grants assist with innovative projects that promote education, youth development, financial literacy, or community enrichment in this four-parish service area. Awards range from $2,500 to $10,000.

Recent Pledge 10 grant awards impacted community health and wellness, youth development, and elementary school projects. “Pledge 10 grants are a valuable part of our corporate giving. The process helps identify partners in our service area that have worthwhile projects and allows us to help them accomplish their goals,” explains Jonesboro State Bank president Thurston Allen.

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Domestic violence can be physical or psychological, and it can affect anyone of any age, gender, race, or sexual orientation. It may include behaviors meant to scare, physically harm, or control a partner. And while every relationship is different, domestic violence typically involves an unequal power dynamic in which one partner tries to assert control over the other in a variety of ways.

Insults, threats, emotional abuse, and sexual coercion all constitute domestic violence. Some perpetrators may use children, pets, or other family members as emotional leverage to get their victim to do what they want. Victims of domestic violence experience diminished selfworth, anxiety, depression, and a general sense of helplessness that can take time and often professional help to overcome.

Mayor George Moss and other residents of the City of Winnfield met on Thursday, Aug. 20 to discuss actions to raise the 2020 census in Winn Parish, which has been marked as “Critically low” and puts Winnfield in danger of losing its city status and revert to a village, bringing a loss of funding among other things detrimental to Winn Parish.

The census will impact Winn Parish in many ways, like disaster planning, small business development, Medicare and highway construction.

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The Winnfield Police Department are investigating the homicide of Antheus Johnson, 28, of Winnfield on Aug. 20.

Johnson was several times while he was in his vehicle on Lena Street, but managed to drive 4 blocks before he lost consciousness and lost control of his car on East Lafayette Street.

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Louisiana Speaker of the House Clay Schexnayder made a visit to the monthly Louisiana Loggers Association (LLA) meeting in Winnfield along with other special guests Louisiana House of Representatives Rep. Chris Turner, Rep. Jack McFarland, Rep Danny, Rep. Wayne McMahon, McCormick, Rep Michael Echols, Rep Foy Gadberry, Rep, Rep Gabe Firment, Rep Dodi Horton, Rep Rodney Schamerhorn, and Senators Jay Morris and Louie Bernard.

The visit came after last months House Bill 57, also known as the Civil Justice Act, was passed giving relief for the logging industry and other commercial business as it addresses the liability crisis many businesses were running into.

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The Rapides Foundation’s seventh annual Symposium will be held Tuesday, Sept. 1, from 3- 4:30 p.m. and will be presented in a virtual format for the first time. The Symposium will focus on how community health status can be improved by addressing behavioral and social determinants of health. Featured speaker Regina Benjamin, M.D., who served as U.S. Surgeon General from 2009-2013, will present “Combating Health Disparities: Narrowing the Gap.”

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District Judge of the Eighth Judicial District Court Jacque Derr and the Winn Parish Police Jury met in court on Aug. 17 for the lawsuit filed against the Winn Parish Police jury by the judge in July “to fund the said court in accordance with their duty and obligation to do so,” as the petition Derr filed in July stated.

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