Even in my kindest recollection, Nancy Messick was a strange girl. She could have played linebacker for the Chicago Bears, which pretty well nixed her success in beauty pageants and sorority teas.
Louisiana Tech University President Jim Henderson is integrating two of the institution’s primary external functions — University Advancement and its Innovation Enterprise — under a new senior vice president for innovation and advancement and CEO of the Louisiana Tech University Foundation.
Tiny stones inside fish ears can be keys to solving archaeological mysteries, according to Gary Stringer, who will share his extensive knowledge of the subject on July 25, at 5:30 p.m. in the Union Museum of History and Art in Farmerville.
The Ruston CATS 16- under baseball team wrapped up its summer schedule this past weekend and ended the campaign with a three- game winning streak to finish at 11-5.
The top 50 in the FedEx Cup last year were guaranteed entry into all the PGA Tour signature events with $20 million purses and elevated points. That was the easier route. But that doesn’t make it easy. Just ask Jordan Spieth. He’s at the John Deere Classic this week for the first time in a decade because he has fallen to No. 59 in the FedEx Cup. Rickie Fowler was in the top 50 last year. Now he’s at No. 93. There are only five tournament weeks left on the schedule for the top 70 to make the postseason.
Dear Doctors: My blood tests show that I am prediabetic. I am puzzled because I am not overweight, I get plenty of exercise and I eat quite a bit of fiber every day. I don’t eat many sweets, but I do drink wine with meals. I am 77 years old. Is there some other preventive measure I can take?
