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At-home Pap smear on the horizon

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Dear Doctors: It’s time for my daughter to have a Pap smear, but she’s putting it off because it was so painful last time. I wonder if switching to a female doctor might help? It’s a very unpleasant test and I do sympathize, but it’s also important and I’m worried.

Refresh the late-summer garden with fall colors

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We’re almost to the finish line: The long, hot summer will be over soon, and fall will officially arrive later this month.

Property assessments: Appeal window reopened following notice mix-up

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Property owners in Lincoln Parish have a second chance to appeal their 2024 property assessments.

School board updated on student reading

As recently as 2022, about two of every three fourth graders in the U.S. were reading less than proficiently.

Four Ruston High students named to National Merit Semifinalist list

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Ruston High School announced Wednesday that four of its students have been named National Merit Semifinalists by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Left to right, Anhaar Wasi, Carter Tims, Lydia Watts and John Cedric Serio are among more than 16,000 semifinalists across the nation and have an opportunity to continue in the competition for about 6,870 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $26 million.

Patriot Day Program at AE Phillips

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Whitehorn to serve as speaker at GSU Constitution Day

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Caddo Parish Sheriff Henry Whitehorn will serve as keynote speaker at Grambling State University’s 2024 Constitution Day Observance to be held at 11 a.m. today inside T.H. Harris Auditorium.

School board gets reading update

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Louisiana Tech College of Education and Human Sciences associate professor Libby Manning, left, presents Lincoln Parish School Board members with information about a new K-2 phonics curriculum that a team of Tech educators is helping the school system implement, with the aim of boosting young students’ reading skills. The board held its monthly meeting Tuesday at Choudrant High School as it continues touring campuses across the parish.

Tech finishes 10th in home event; Maki-Petaja places T14th

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Niilo Maki-Petaja tied for 14th as an individual as Louisiana Tech wrapped up the Argent Financial Classic on Tuesday at Squire Creek Country Club.

Voter registration events coming

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The Lincoln Parish Registrar of Voters Office kicks off a week of outreach events Monday, allowing people to register to vote at various community locations.