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Mental illnesses affect all age groups

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Shown below are an abundance of mental health facts that you may learn and share with your family, friends, classmates, colleagues, churches, and communities. Remember: These statistics about children, teens, and adults represent real people. Learn how to help and support them.

Reader stuck in the middle of friends

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DEAR HARRIETTE: I have two amazing friends. They both are cool, funny and understanding. However, one of them does not like the other.

Driving Miss Crazy

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Dear readers, After a thousand-plus weekly columns, I am going to hang up my columnist spurs and do what I was born to do: Wash dishes in a fast-food restaurant. Every column I ever wrote was made immeasurably better by my editors, so I want to leave you with one of their best efforts. My thanks for all your kind words.

Despite the unknown, Ruston will survive

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At this writing, on a sunny Tuesday morning, nobody knows whether the hype — and, for some people, fury — over an HBO drag show series filming an episode in Ruston will be tolerable or terrible.

Boys hoops playoff brackets set

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Two of the four Lincoln Parish boys basketball teams that have reached the Louisiana High School Athletic Association playoffs will start off the postseason with byes, according to brackets released late Monday.

Romero to give Tech commencement speech

Mark E. Romero, Chairman of the University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors and Executive Vice President of Brown & Brown Gulf States, will serve as the keynote speaker for Louisiana Tech University’s Winter Commencement Ceremonies at 10 a.m. March 7 in the Thomas Assembly Center.

‘You Be the Chemist’ challenge held

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Lincoln Parish Schools held its annual You Be the Chemist challenge Friday at the STEM Center, in which groups of fifth through eighth grade students team up to prove their chemistry prowess.

James Franklin (Jeff) Allen

James Franklin (Jeff) Allen, 87, of Ruston passed away Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020.

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Lady Cougars advance in Division IV

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The Division IV girls’ basketball state playoffs tipped off for No. 4-seeded Cedar Creek Monday as the Lady Cougars clashed with 13th-seeded Hanson Memorial in regional round play.