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May 2022

Murder trial begins Tuesday

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Jury selection is expected to begin Tuesday in the second-degree murder trial of Willie D. Jackson, of Ruston.

Summer reading kickoff event

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Local book illustrator Michael Garriga (right) reads the book, “When You See a Child Who’s Different” to local children as part of Kim Dupree State Farm’s summer reading kickoff. Clockwise from left are Cade Pilgreen, Carley Pilgreen with her mother Molly, Granger Brown, Kim Dupree and Melissa Brown. Look in Tuesday’s Ruston Daily Leader for more on the book and its author and illustrator. Leader photo by Cameron Maynard

New challenge for animal control

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One of the key facilities in Lincoln Parish’s animal control plan will no longer accept animals from the parish.

Moving From Blunder to Victory in Life

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When I was growing up, the games that my friends and I played were pretty simple. Kickball, tag, hide and seek, and the like. When the age of electronic games came upon us, it was hours of Pac Man, Zelda, and Mario & Luigi. Fast forward to our present day, and I have been reintroduced to one of the greatest games of all: chess.

Moss qualifies for NCAA East track preliminaries

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana — Grambling State’s Prince Moss has had a busy seven days.

Christopher Alex Champion

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With heavy sadness we share the passing of Christopher Champion, a beloved son, uncle and friend.

Royce C. Lowe

Royce C. Lowe, 86, of Star City, passed away Friday, May 13, 2022. He was born December 16, 1935, in Quitman, Louisiana, to the late Otis and Vennie Mangham Lowe.

Hogzilla hanging out on a Dry Prong road

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OK, time to own up to something.

Husband refuses to go to therapy with spouse

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DEAR HARRIETTE: I asked my husband to go to therapy with me, and you would have thought I had told him the Earth is flat. He looked at me incredulously and shook his head. He used to go to therapy before we met — for years!

Hanging out with the bass daddy, Ray Scott

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Editor’s Note: This is a column written by Glynn Harris 12 years ago. Sadly, Ray Scott passed away last week at the age of 88. This pioneering giant of the bass fishing industry will be sorely missed.