Union Parish News

Five people have been arrested on various charges after Union Parish sheriff’s investigators started an undercover operation into illegal purchasing of copper at a Farmerville, La., scrap metal business. Sheriff Bob Buckley tells The News-Star his department received a number …

Authorities say the high prices being paid for scrap metal and copper are keeping Union Parish sheriff’s investigators busy. The New Star reports that four people were arrested Thursday and Friday and warrants issued for another suspect. Twenty-eight-year-old Titus Douglas, …