Hear the word “shamrock” and a plethora of ideas come to mind — all things Irish, Lucky Charms cereal, St. Patrick’s Day, a clover-like sprig, even the almost-famous McDonald’s Shamrock Shake.
DEAR HARRIETTE: I did one of those popular diets for the month of January, and I am so mad. I did it because I need to lose weight; sitting around at home during COVID-19 and eating whenever I want to has not helped me at all.
Graveside services for Alice Herrmann have been rescheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday, March 6, 2021, in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Ruston under the direction of Owens Memorial Chapel Funeral Home of Ruston. Mrs. Herrmann died January 29, 2021, in Ruston.
Ruston fire officials say the investigation into a Monday evening blaze that destroyed a home on East Kentucky Avenue may be slow going partially because of the weather.
Ruston residents are being asked to conserve as much energy as possible to ease the strain Entergy and its customers as a second round of brutal winter weather heads into the area.
There’s been considerable trash talking in Lincoln Parish lately. Not the insulting kind that gets you in trouble, but the kind that looks to put litter in its place.
One of my favorite allegories is the one about the frog in the pot of water, who got used to the slowing rising temperature of a warming pot and ended up boiled to death.