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Early voting for school proposals open until April 20

Early voting for the April 27 school tax referendums in the Ruston and Choudrant school districts is underway at the Lincoln Parish Registrar of Voters Office, located on the ground floor of the Courthouse.

Breaking in the new course

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Parish park hosts 32nd Piney Hills Classic

North Central Master Gardeners prepping for Spring Plant Sale

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In this day and age, it is especially important that people enjoy nature and try to get a respite from political news. One of the healthiest ways to maintain mental health is to enjoy a garden.

Axe-wielding man charged with aggravated assault

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A man wielding an axe near where Ruston city workers were trying to repair downed power lines on Thursday now faces an aggravated assault charge.

Police jury proceeds with hiring of animal control officer

Parish taking over duties from sheriff’s office, to cover all unincorporated areas

Passing along something gobbly special

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Dennis “Skinny” Hallmark passed something along to me that was special. So special in fact that what I learned on that visit to Alabama with him in 1992 ignited a passion I had never felt before or since. He guided me on my first turkey hunt and when I drew a bead on a gobbler and he dropped, I was hooked just as solidly as if I had mainlined a narcotic.

If you care, leave an animal there

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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reminds Louisiana residents that it is against the law to possess injured or orphaned mammals without an LDWF Rehabilitation permit, even if you plan to release them.

Tech’s College of Business earns graduate school ranking

Louisiana Tech University’s College of Business has once again been named to U. S. News & World Report’s list of Best Graduate Schools of Business. The 2024-25 rankings released today place Tech at No. 97, tied for the highest ranked public business school in the state.

Assessing the risk of domestic violence

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Across the United States of America, 1,500 people are murdered each year in domestic violence. This is an alarming number and many professionals are actively working to help reduce or eliminate this statistic. One professor has designed a simple tool that she believes can help a person assess the danger of death or severe injury when caught in aggression by a significant or ex-significant other.

Piney Hills Classic at Lincoln Parish Park

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Women’s and men’s junior and pro division races began Friday and continued Saturday at the Piney Hills Classic at Lincoln Parish Park as cyclists from around the world competed to earn Union Cycliste Internationale circuit points.