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Pilot walks away from plane crash
| by Hope Young - posted Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 @ 3:30 pm | |
 Around 2:30 p.m. Friday Justin Rials was at home when he heard Shane Hutto's cropduster making crackling sounds overhead. Hutto was dusting some of Rials' 260 acres of cotton just west of Wisner and had been at it since that morning.
"I could hear it spitting and sputtering," Rials said as he stood on a muddy turn row beside a cotton field. "I knew something was wrong, but I couldn't tell what was going on."
Then there was silence. Hutto's motor had gone out.
Rials rode a four wheeler to his own field and didn't see anything. When he went to his neighbor's field he saw Hutto's plane upside down about 50 feet from the turn row.
Miraculously, Hutto was able to walk away from the crash. |
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News
Heavy rainfall thwarts harvest
More than twice the normal rainfall in the month of August has some area farmers beginning to worry about timely harvests. |
City okays repairs to collapsing mains
The Winnsboro City Council voted at its monthly meeting Aug. 18 to approve emergency funding to repair two sewer mains that are collapsing under Young and Steele streets. |
Early voting light
Only seven people cast absentee ballots in the first days of early voting this week. |
Man recalls child rescue
Chad Parker said he didn't panic when he ran and picked up an 18-month-old girl sitting in the centerline of Hwy. 4 near the technical college Thursday around 10 p.m. |
Jindal to visit Wisner
Gov. Bobby Jindal will be in Wisner today, Wednesday, August 27 beginning at 10:40 a.m. for a town hall meeting. |
Princess Foundation formed
The Princess Theatre has become a vibrant center of performing arts, providing a creative outlet for resident of Franklin Parish and the surrounding area. |
Monthly police report
Winnsboro Police Chief Lester Thomas has released the monthly report for the period of July 21 through Aug. 18. |
Farmers salute Sept. 4
The 10th annual "Salute to Franklin Parish Farmers" will be Thursday, Sept. 4 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Winnsboro First Baptist Church gym. |
Sweet potato field day focuses on trends, research
CHASE – Trends in the sweet potato industry are showing a shift toward more processed products, LSU AgCenter experts said at a field day at the AgCenter's Sweet Potato Research Station Aug. 14
About 70 sweet potato producers and industry representatives were on hand to learn how to produce a predictable, profitable crop. |
Columns
Candidates take low road early
Early voting is underway for the first of three elections on the newly revamped fall political calendar. It includes the return to closed party primaries for congressional races, status quo non-partisan primaries for local elections and confusion for some voters as to when they are supposed to go to the polls for what. |
Why the people must get involved
For years we've been bemoaning the fact that the American people have developed a terrible habit of not bothering to exercise their constitutional rights to vote. |
Red-hot oil patch reminds us of Tidelands
(Editor's Note: The following column was first published the week of Dec. 11, 2006. It is timely as sky high oil and gas prices fuel a flurry of activity in the energy sector in Louisiana and beyond. The column also is timely in light of Sen. John McCain's visit to Louisiana this week.) |
Editorials
Saddleback forum told us plenty
A "civic" forum, as it was dubbed, at Pastor Rick Warren's Saddleback Church in Orange County, California over the weekend should serve as an eye-opener for the American people who may remain undecided on whom vote for in this fall's presidential election. |
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Sports
Dragons rule Caldwell
By Cody Futrell
Sun Sports
Traveling to Caldwell Parish for a Friday night scrimmage, the Mangham Dragons were out to prove 2008 was their year. |
Lady Cougars add weekend wins
The Lady Cougars of Franklin Academy earned two wins this past weekend playing in a round robin tournament in Madison, Miss. |
Gators looking for big season
By Cody Futrell
Sun Sports
As the pads are popping all over the south in preparation for the coming season of fun on the gridiron, excitement is at a fever pitch in the community surrounding the Delhi Charter Gators. |
Committment to the Patriot cause
By Cody Futrell
Sun Sports
Rain has wreaked havoc on football practice fields over the last week. As wet fields begin to dry, Franklin Parish is putting in schemes for the jamboree at Bastrop on Friday night. |
Community
Adult education classes set
Adult education classes are set to begin Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008. Dates and times for adult education classes (G.E.D.) will be held at the sites listed below. |
Cupit named Pilot Club gov.-elect
The Louisiana District of Pilot International has named Karen Cupit of West Monroe as its governor-elect for the 2008-2009 year.
Cupit is the daughter of James and Linda Cupit of Crowville and is a member of the Pilot Club of the Twin Cities. |
James-Evans wedding
On Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008, Landy LeAnn James and Jarred Lee Evans were united in holy matrimony during a double-ring ceremony at two o'clock in the afternoon. The ceremony was held at the First United Pentecostal Church in Minden with the Rev. Jeff Ramsey, uncle of the bride, officiating. |
Womack-Sheppard engagement
Buddy Sheppard and Glenda Womack are pleased to announce their engagement and upcoming wedding on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008, at three o'clock in the afternoon. The ceremony will be held at Harvest Christian Church in Gilbert. |
Barfield-Martinez engagement
Mark and Teri Barfield of Fort Necessity announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Bethani Anne Barfield to Justin Donald Martinez. He is the son of Leo and Marie Hutto of Winnsboro. |
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