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Some drug paraphernalia that was confscated over the weekend by MPD offcers. The K9 dog alerted on the vehicle after it was stopped for speeding. Items include one syringe, two meth pipes, a torch, four baggies of suspected meth resi-due, and wrapped batteries.

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Staff members of the Legacy Building Sabine Council on Aging were trained in CPR June 1-5 by Claire Henry and Pam Thoma-son of  the Health Occupations Dept. of the NWLTC. Claire Henry, R.N., SCOA Director Tammy Mangun, Buster Jordan, Tiffany Jones, Andrea Brumfeld and Jackie Snider.

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Sabine Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested one person on May 20 for allegedly possessing suspected marijuana and a sto-len handgun found in his vehicle during a traffic stop.Daniel W. Efferson III, 23, of Natchitoches, was arrested af-ter he was stopped on Highway 6 near Highway 476 for traffic violations and deputies recov-ered the stolen handgun and two and a half cigarettes suspected to contain marijuana. Efferson was booked into the Sabine Par-ish Detention Center for illegal possession of stolen firearm, pos-session of Schedule I (second of-fense), driving left of center, and improper lane usage. He later bonded.

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The Florien Blackcats stand behind their first ever state title following the completion of the 2015 LHSAA playoffs.

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The Toledo Bend Lake As-sociation awarded 81 lunker bass replicas to anglers at the Toledo Bend Sealy Outdoors Big Bass Splash at Cypress Bend Park on May 17. This is the third year in a row that the Toledo Bend Lunker Bass Program has yielded a re-cord number of lunkers (58 in 2013 and 61 in 2014). The 10-lb. or larger bass were caught on Toledo Bend Lake from May 19, 2014 to May 15, 2015. Mrs. Dinah Medine, Coordinator of the TBLA Lunker Bass Program, presented the replicas to an im-pressive group of anglers on the final day of the Big Bass Splash Tournament.

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Emancipation Day, also called Freedom Day or June-teenth, celebrates the official reading of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas on June 19, 1865. Juneteenth weekend, June 19-20, will provide a special time to re-flect on the history and rich cultural contributions of Afri-can-Americans.The Many Cultural Dis-trict announces several ac-tivities to honor the enormous influence African-Americans have had on both the Ameri-can culture as a whole and the creation of a distinct Black heritage.

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