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December 2021

Welcome 2022 with great hope, promise

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It is worthwhile to take a moment to evaluate the long and winding road of the year just ended and reflect upon the journey of the New Year upon which we are about to embark.

Child Cruelty Case

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A family’s complaints of child abuse at a local home daycare led to an investigation and arrest of a Choudrant woman on a juvenile cruelty charge last week.

Tech program helps undergrads get a jump start on graduate school

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Undergraduate students enrolled in Louisiana Tech University’s College of Engineering and Science can use the concurrent enrollment program to cut the time and money it takes to complete a graduate degree.

Prep teams jump back into basketball action this week

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Local prep basketball teams will be wrapping up tournament play this week in preparation for district action which will begin the second week of January.

Deep freeze: Parish paralyzed by pair of winter storms in early 2021

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Back-to-back winter storms packing ice, snow and dangerously low temperatures, the likes of which Lincoln Parish hadn’t seen in decades, brought weather into the local headlines for the fourth consecutive year.

LDH issues precautions as numbers rise

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Just days ahead of the New Year’s holiday, Louisiana’s Department of Health is urging state residents to wear masks, work remotely, limit exposure, and get tested before and after traveling or gathering with individuals outside their everyday household as precautions against the surge of the COVID-19 Omicron variant.

Masonic Lodge Honesty & Integrity Award

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The Ruston Masonic Lodge presents its Honesty & Integrity awards to juniors from local high schools each year. This year’s honoree at Bethel School is Jonathan Strain.

Pop up music spreads holiday cheer

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To help folks get into the Christmas spirit, Minister David Griffin of Miracle Temple Church of God in Christ continues to host “pop up” holiday music throughout the community.

Our blessed day to honor Him is finally here

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Christmas is here but it is sometimes difficult to get a clear vision of what it’s really all about when filtered through clouds of war, political upheaval, famine and disease in every corner of th

Cedar Creek, blind center faced big allegations in 2021

News headlines in 2021 were marked by multiple accusations of sexual misconduct that involved several major institutions that call Ruston their home.