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Fifty-three Winn Parish veterans and their families were honored guests last week at the annual Veterans Luncheon sponsored by the Winn Parish Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff Cranford Jordan. The luncheon, held on the Huey P. Long Campus of the Central Louisiana Technical College system, paid special tribute to local veterans as well as those veterans who are no longer with us. Sheriff Jordan and his deputies have held this special program for a number of years.

This year, there were over 100 people on hand for the program. Guest speaker for the program was Director of Missions for the North Central Baptist Association Brother Craig James.

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For the second time in 2 years, the WSHS Tiger cross country team finished in the top 10 at the LHSAA State Meet held on the campus of NSU in Natchitoches. Racing in mud, rain, cold and wind, the worst conditions ever seen at the state meet, the Tigers finished 8 th out of 30 schools represented in the 2A race. They were led by Senior Tyler Hight who finished 11 th overall in field of 160+ runners. Hight was followed in order by junior Cole DeBusk, senior Kaleb Hemphill, senior Edward Teal, junior Jailyn Carter and junior Brandon Florence.

This team had the top 2 finishes in program history after finishing 7 th at last year’s state meet. Congratulations to these young men for an outstanding year and particularly to the 3 seniors: Kaleb Hemphill, Tyler Hight, and Edward Teal.

After all is said and done, it is safe to say this midterm 2018 election had everyone on the edge of there seats. For the Congressional ballots, U. S. Representative, 1 st Congressional court goes to Steve Scalise, with a 71% vote, concluding in 192,526 total votes district wide out of 269,273 votes. For the 2 nd congressional District, Cedric Richmond in a Democratic seat, came in running with a total of 190,066 votes district wide out of 235,854 votesgiving him a 81% vote overall. To follow in 3 rd congressional District is Clay Higgins, taking a Representative seat with 56% votes, coming to a total of 136,871 votes out of 245,935 district wide votes. For the 4 th Congressional District “Mike” Johnson was voted in, holding a representative seat with 64% votes, coming in at a total of 139,307 votes out of 216,842 votes. Holding the 5 th congressional District is Ralph Abraham totaling out with 67% of the votes, resulting in 149,010 votes district wide out of 223,933 votes.

A Winnfield City Police Officer has been suspended without pay pending a Louisiana State Police investigation into an alleged police treatment complaint.

The woman, identified by media outlets as Tanisha White, reportedly suffered broken bones and severe damage to her eye. She reportedly has lost sight in her right eye because of the incident. She was transferred from the Winnfield Medical Center the night of the incident to Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport for treatment.

The incident reportedly took place Monday, November 5. Local officials have not released the name of the officer involved. City of Winnfield officials, including the police department, would not discuss details of the event since it was turned over to State Police to investigate. State Police policy is not to offer comment until their investigation is complete and there was no timetable for when it would be completed.

The State of Louisiana was certainly represented well at the National FFA Convention on October 22-26, when seven excited students from Calvin High School all loaded up for the long journey to Indianapolis, IN to compete against other teams representing their state for Parliamentary Law.

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There will be a Veteran’s Day Luncheon held on November 9th, 2018. This will be held at the Huey P. Long Campus in Winnfield. Lunch will be served from 11am-1pm.

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The Winn Chamber of Commerce and Tourism and local businesses have been working diligently to get ready for one of the biggest nights for the Holidays.

Christmas Open House will be November 8, 2018, from 5pm to 9pm. There will be many businesses open to have your seasonal shopping needs at your fingertips.

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Thursday, October 25, the new Winn Parish Jail was open for the community to come and take a look.

This project has been in the making for the past five years, two of those years being construction. Current Sheriff Cranford Jordan offered top of the line hospitality to those who came out to tour the facility. A great lunch was provided for everyone, along with a coffee cup, compliments of the Winn Parish Sheriff’s Office.

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Shortly after 8 p.m. on Oct. 15, Red River Parish Sheriff’s Communications received multiple calls for service involving weapons and shots fired. Multiple Coushatta Police Department and Red River Parish Sheriff’s units were dispatched to three different locations within the city limits of Coushatta.

At 8:08 p.m. Red River Parish Sheriff’s Communications received a call regarding an altercation at the Natchitoches Meat Pie facility located in the Industrial Park in Coushatta.

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Winn Parish voters have a number of key local decision on the Tuesday, November 6 ballot that include four seats on the Winn Parish School Board, a Dodson Chief of Police and three spots on the Dodson Board of Aldermen.

In addition all local voters will cast their ballot for a U.S. Congressman from the Fifth Congressional District, a Louisiana Secretary of State, six constitutional amendments and one proposition to allow fantasy sports gambling in the parish. (See related story on amendments).

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