February 2023

Local Girl Scouts pay Valentine’s visit to Alpine Center

NBA, AT&T to donate $200,000 to Grambling State, Southern University

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Girls Prep Basketball Playoffs

Lady Cats travel to No. 8 Chalmette brimming with confidence

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C. Reagan Sutton

C. Reagan Sutton was born on February 25, 1935, and passed on to eternity on February 13, 2023. He was born in Hodge, to Lucille Cathey Sutton and C. Russell Sutton.

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Four more years

With COVID lessened, Durrett looks ahead to school growth

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St. Jude Radiothon begins today

Volunteers with the 42nd broadcast of the area’s annual Z107.5 Radiothon are scheduled to be busy throughout the city today and Thursday, using on-air music, patient and family interviews, collection buckets, phones, and personal appeals to aid in their quest to help the young patients at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

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Reagan Sutton remembered as ‘good man for Lincoln Parish’

Former Lincoln Parish Secretary-Treasurer Reagan Sutton is being remembered today as a man who kept his word, kept his cool, and got things done.

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Happy Birthday to Coach Rob

Michael Watkins, the grandson of the late Eddie G. Robinson, spoke at

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Voter registration deadline for alcohol referendum nears

Ruston residents who want to vote in the March 25 local option alcohol referendum and are not now registered have until Feb. 22 to sign up in person, by mail, or at the Office of Motor Vehicles.

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GSU claws out 68-64 SWAC victory over Prairie View A&M

GRAMBLING — Carte’Are Gordon racked up 18 points, helping lead the Grambling State men’s basketball team defeat Prairie View A&M 68-64 at the Fredrick C. Howdy Assembly Center Monday night.