November 2023

Turnovers, sluggish offense doom CCS in playoff road loss

All of the traits that Cedar Creek used to vault into a playoff berth this season didn’t travel with the Cougars Friday to New Roads, where Catholic-Pointe Coupee ran away from CCS 42-0 in the Division IV Select playoffs.

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Canine creations find their homes

Twenty-five hand-decorated miniature bulldog statues went home with new owners Thursday night at the Ruston Cultural District’s latest iteration of the Puppy Project.

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Discuss with your doctor two options to treat rectocele

Dear Doctors: I have been told I have a stage 2 rectocele and that there are two ways to approach treating it. One is insertion of something into the rectum; the other is surgery. Can you please discuss these two options? Could doing physical therapy be helpful?

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Sanders Family Christmas opening soon

The Sanders Family Singers are back in a Christmas-themed sequel to “Smoke on the Mountain,” called “Sanders Family Christmas.” This hilarious holiday hootenanny is written by Connie Rae and conceived by Alan Bailey with musical arrangements by John Foley and Gary Fagin.

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Quilts of Valor equals healing for veterans

In 2003, Catherine Roberts had a dream. In it, she saw a young man hunched over on the side of his bed in the middle of the night. The permeating feeling was one of utter despair. Then she saw him in a quilt, his whole demeanor changed from one of despair to one of hope and healing.

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Christmas coming to downtown Ruston

Christmas is scheduled to arrive in downtown Ruston at precisely 6 p.m. Thursday.

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School board to hold three more on- campus meetings

After getting its feet wet at Dubach School in October, the Lincoln Parish School Board plans to hold three more of its monthly meetings on school campuses around the parish this school year, restoring a practice that had been missing since the COVID-19 pandemic.