Spearsville News

Honoring each World War II veteran by allowing them to see their memorial:This is the mission of Louisiana Honor Air.

Camille Gathright, 18, of Strong, is recovering this week in a Louisiana hospital after being severely injured in an ATV accident that killed 20-year-old Adam R. Mason of Spearsville, La.

Adam Mason, a 20-year-old man from Spearsville, was killed in an early morning ATV crash in Union Parish Monday morning.

FARMERVILLE, La. - Louisiana State Police say a Spearsville man died when the all-terrain vehicle he was driving crashed into the back of a 2008 Honda four-wheeler. After hitting the four-wheeler, the victim's ATV left the roadway and struck a tree.

Foster Farms' new ownership of the former Pilgrim's Pride chicken complex will save many northeastern Louisiana independent growers who supply poultry to the plant, but other farmers find themselves left behind with an uncertain future.

Raven Antoinette Lee, a recent graduate from Spearsville High School, has been selected as the recipient of an academic scholarship from the Louisiana Sheriffs' Scholarship Program for the 2008-09 school year.

The Union Parish School Board highlighted students and their accomplishments at the monthly meeting Monday.

FARMERVILLE - It was a standing room only meeting for the Union Parish School Board Monday night.

A house fire last Thursday claimed the life of a Spearsville woman. The Farmerville Fire Department responded to the fire at 8320 Hwy.

FARMERVILLE - For Emmitt Reeves, a 17-year employee at Pilgrim's Pride's processing plant here, Friday's news that the company agreed to sell the plant to Foster Farms was a godsend.

A house fire claimed the life of a 57-year-old Union Parish woman this morning.

Union Parish has been approved to receive $1 million in one-time funding from the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.

The closing of the Pilgrim's Pride plant in Farmerville may affect the number of students enrolled in the Union Parish Schools and subsequently the amount of money the school has to fund its operations.

Frankie Futch will be the guest speaker when the Kiwanis Club meets at noon on Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church.