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Tech improves ranking among nation’s best

U.S. News & World Report (USNWR) has ranked Louisiana Tech University as a Top Tier National University for the 14th consecutive year in its 2025 Best Colleges list released today. Louisiana Tech improved six spots on USNWR list of Top Public Schools ranking 161, second in the state.

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Louisiana Tech Freshmen Convocation

Louisiana Tech Freshmen Convocation

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5:2 Ministry hosts community event to continue growth of its mission

Julie Holmes couldn’t mask her delight following the recent Community Connect 2.0 event hosted by 5 Loaves: 2 Fish Ministry (5:2).

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Dixie Center to host inaugural ‘Fourth Friday Jazz’ show

Buddy Bolden. Louis Armstrong. Wynton Marsalis. Al Hirt. Kermit Ruffins.

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Update on Walnut Creek bridge repairs

The Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) has updated the project involving a bridge over Walnut Creek north of Simsboro.

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William E. ‘Bill’ Hunt

William E. “ Bill” Hunt, age 74, of Ruston, peacefully passed away in his home on September 21, 2024. Born on October 16, 1949, in Monroe, Bill grew up in West Monroe, where he was a proud graduate of West Monroe High School and the University of Louisiana at Monroe.

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Jerry Griffin

On Sept. 22, 2024, Jerry Grif f in died peacefully in his home in Grand Haven, Michigan, where he and wife Anne Burford Griffin had lived for the last 22 years.

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Understanding familial hypercholesterolemia and risks associated

Dear Doctors: Can you please do a column about familial hypercholesterolemia? It is my diagnosis, and I would like you to explain it. My LDL is over 500. It is my understanding that there are different kinds of LDL. Is that correct? Any information would be helpful.