Sports are usually built on binaries. One team wins, and the other team loses. A play works, or it doesn’t. Working in gray, rather than black and white terms, rarely applies in the field of play.
Ruston’s Gloria Gullatt recently celebrated her 90th birthday, complete with a festive yard display so that friends and family could join in the occasion. Well wishes came in from far and wide to help mark her “Gloria-sly” significant milestone.
A former employee of a Ruston long-term care facility has been charged with multiple counts of theft, exploitation of the infirmed, and forgery stemming from her allegedly stealing money from residents and staff.
For many sports fans, the kickoff to football season means the time to tailgate has returned as well. Tailgating evolved from informal fan gatherings by the tailgate of a supply wagon preceding the earliest college football games. Today, it involves setting up temporary camp in the parking lot of everything from neighborhood schools to city stadiums before a big game.
The Lincoln Parish School District has not received any applications from homeschooled students to participate in its schools’ athletics programs or extracurricular activities since a state law went into effect Aug. 1 requiring schools to allow such students to try out.
