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SAFER Task Force discusses domestic violence

The Wellspring hosted a Stop Abusive Family Environments Rural Task Force Oct. 9 at Louisiana Delta Community College in Winnsboro. 

The SAFER Task Force oversees and coordinates the community response to domestic violence and related violence. Guest speaker Amanda Brunson, director of Women’s Policy at Office of Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, spoke about community connectedness. She discussed the correlation between community connectedness and the decrease of violence.

Police Report

The Rayville Police Department made the following arrests for the week of Oct. 21-27.

• John Kelly, 43; 8 Petitit Road, Rayville; no driver’s license.

• Amanda Valentine, 30; 11632 Big Sky Circle, Thonotosso, Fla.; criminal mischief and simple escape.

• Adrian Reyes, 29; 11632 Big Sky Circle, Thonotosso, Fla.; no driver’s license and criminal mischief.

• Roderick Williams, 41; 409 Linda St., Rayville; disturbing the peace (general).

Police Report

The Rayville Police Department made the following arrests for the week of Oct. 13-20.

• Marcus Jones,27, 104 Spruce St., Rayville; displaying a weapon, contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile, and failure to appear for careless operation with an accident, no driver’s license and operating an off road vehicle in a roadway.

• Antione Jones, 35, 27 M.J. Johnson Road, Rayville; battery of a dating partner, simple burglary, damage to property and resisting arrest.

Police Report

The Rayville Police Department made the following arrests for the week of Oct. 7-13.

• Banario Brown, 25; 106 Jones St., Rayville; damage to property greater than $100.

• Daniel Turner, 60; 572 Hwy. 132, Delhi; three counts of shoplifting.

• Alisa Lee, 36; 918 MLK Drive, Rayville; disturbing the peace by simple drunk and resisting arrest.

• Chazmon Reynolds, 19; 220 Margaret St., Rayville; simple criminal trespass.

Genesis study continues

Pastor Rick Aultman and Mangham Baptist Church invites the community to an expanded Sunday morning sermon emphasis on Genesis at 9:15 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Oct. 13. 

Professor Frank Sherwin will add an additional hour of discussion during a joint session of Sunday School including teens and adults. Sherwin will then open the floor to questions about the biology of Genesis. For example, Louisiana is full of mosquitos. Why did God create the blood sucking insects? Were these parasites in the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve?

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