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April 2020

Peach Festival postponed until October

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A scaled-back version of the Louisiana Peach Festival will be held in October this year, as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

Front-line fighters

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“What’s your temperature today?” “Do you understand self-monitoring?” “Have you talked with your doctor?”

Becky Murphy admits to hearing these questions in her head long after she leaves work at Green Clinic these days.

Frequency of coronavirus growth slows

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The daily number of new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus appears to have peaked in Lincoln Parish around April 10, according to charts being updated daily by Ruston’s Hunt, Guillot & Associates.

Tech looks to lengthen line of NFL DBs

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Packers cornerback Tramon Williams. Cowboys safety Xavier Woods. Bears safety Kentrell Brice.

Art from home

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DUBACH — With Louisiana school closures now extended through the end of the academic year, Lincoln Parish schools continue to provide online and hard copy distance learning resources for students to continue their education. But for subjects like art, that may have to look a little different than it does for core classes.

Charges include second-degree battery

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Name: Antonio Markuez Brown

BP oil spill anniversary offers retrospection, hope

Let’s face it, oil is part of Louisiana’s life blood.

Coronavirus numbers: Don’t believe them

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Pick a number that’s at least double digits and considerably more than 30. And that’s the number of coronavirus cases in Lincoln Parish.

John Carmack Shealy, Sr.

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John Carmack Shealy, Sr of Ruston, passed away Sunday, April 19, 2020. He was born Nov. 10, 1928, to John Andrew Shealy and Ida Carmack Shealy in Bradenton, Florida.