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Qualifying ends for October elections

Mon, 08/14/2023 - 3:43pm

Qualifying for the Oct. 14 elections ended Aug. 10 with several local candidates running unopposed.

Incumbent Sheriff Gary Gilley was elected unopposed as were Assessor Lee Brown and Coroner Matt Prine.

In police jury races, Steven “Doug” Craig ran unopposed in District 1 as did Roy Wiggins Jr. in District 9.

At the state level Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry Republican Michael G. “Mike” Strain of Covington was the only official to run unopposed.

Police Report

Tue, 08/01/2023 - 1:04pm

Rayville Police Chief Markus Turner announced the Rayville Police Department made the following arrests for the week of July 24-31.

All persons are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

• Thaddeus Autumn, 39; simple battery.

• Hamilton Tyson, 38; disturbing the peace (general).

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Dee Gibbens

Dee Gibbens

Gibbens finds dream job writing romance novels

Tue, 07/25/2023 - 2:17pm

It took Dee Gibbens 60 years to start her dream job as a romance author.

Born Sarah Dianne Walters Gibbens in New Orleans in 1947, adopted at three months of age, and raised in Richland Parish, she’s done a little of everything along the way.

An admitted daddy’s girl, she was the chosen daughter of the late Reuben Walters who owned Planters Feed and Seed and Lou Walters who was active in many civic clubs and the Rayville Garden Club. Her brother, Lonnie, was involved in publishing in the 1980s, publishing five newspapers and magazines. 

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