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State Fire Marshal deputies are investigating the circumstances surrounding a house fire in Delhi where a woman died saving her disabled patient.

Just before 6 p.m. Nov. 23, the Delhi Fire Department responded to a call for a house fire with people trapped located in the 100 block of Macon Drive. Upon firefighters’ arrival, they discovered two occupants in a bedroom. Both were pulled from the home and CPR administered. 

One occupant, the paraplegic, 71-year-old female homeowner, was revived and flown to a burn unit in Mississippi. 

Four issues will be on the ballot Saturday in Richland Parish.

Voters will decide the fate of a school bond issue and a constitutional amendment and vote in runoffs for a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Republican State Central Committee. 

Voters in District 1 will decide the fate of a $12 million bond issue to support Delhi schools.

Monies generated from the bonds will support facility and building improvements at Delhi Elementary School, Delhi Middle School and Delhi High School.

I am writing this to inform all area residents of a half-mile marathon I will run Dec. 5 as a virtual extention of the 2020 St. Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend.

For the past five years, I have particpated in this event as a committed fund raiser for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Due to COVID-19 regulations, the races will not take place in Memphis this year. However, many fund raisers such as myself have agreed to raise funds and run their race virtually.