VFW Auxiliary member Annette Murphy attaches her Suicide Prevention Pin during the group’s September meeting. Member of the auxiliary are wearing the pins in support of Suicide Prevention Month. See story on page 11.
Businesses in the town of Dubach may soon be limited in how they can display and sell “sexually oriented merchandise.” The Dubach Town Council at its regular meeting Monday introduced an ordinance that, if passed, would prohibit businesses from displaying “sexually oriented merchandise” from storefront windows, among other restrictions.
The city of Ruston is gearing up for a referendum on expanded alcohol sales even though it won’t know until sometime in November whether a vote will take place.
DEAR HARRIETTE: I don’t get along with my mother-in-law. She is too judgmental. Whenever I see her, she immediately picks something about me to criticize. It could be my outfit, especially if it’s new and pretty, or my body — she notices every pound that I put on.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, preterm birth affected one of every 10 infants born in the United States in 2020. Those numbers reflect a small decline in the preterm birth rate
Choudrant Mayor Bill Sanderson has announced his bid for reelection in the Nov. 8 primary. Sanderson, a Republican, has been Choudrant’s mayor for 31 years.
Mary Elizabeth Shumate Ball of Ruston, went to her heavenly home on Thursday, September 15, 2022, at the age of 96. She was born September 12, 1926, in Meridian, Mississippi, to the late Lala Elaine McDonald Shumate and Tripp Eli Shumate.
Our little fighter, Rebecca Roane, has finally gained her Angel Wings. She quietly moved to Heaven on the 16th of September. Becky was born to Richard and Mary Jo McGrain Roane on 8-261971 in Geneva, New York. She went on to live and work in Texarkana Texas, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, Ruston and Heidelberg Germany, before settling for good in Bokeelia Florida. She bravely fought serious health issues from birth while always worrying more about others than herself. She knew and befriended everyone; her 16 years of Walmart customers would stop her on the street to talk with her and would wait in line to use her checkout.
