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Robert Daniel Hurtig II

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Bob Hurtig hailed from Cincinnati, Ohio. The Hurtig family emigrated from Germany to America. While some Hurtig family members settled in New York to seek their fame and fortune in show business (Hurtig and Seamon Vaudeville), others made their home Cincinnati.

Gene Herbert Johnson

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Gene Herbert Johnson, 64, passed away Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020, in Edmond, OK. Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020, in the Riverview Cemetery, Seymour, TX, with Benny Archer officiating under the direction of Archer Funeral Home, Seymour, Texas.

Wanda Marcella Wessels

Mrs. Wanda Marcella Wessels, age 81 of Ruston, died Feb. 17, 2020. A private family service will be held Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Online condolences

Luneau to tackle insurance rates

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This year’s regular session of the Louisiana Legislature is less than three weeks away, and one of the high-profile topics lawmakers hope to address is the state’s sky-high cost of auto insurance.

Four parish high school teams ready to start postseason play

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Four Lincoln Parish girls basketball teams have earned berths in the Louisiana High School Athletics Association playoffs, with Cedar Creek earning the area’s top seed at No. 4 in Division IV.

Union Parish head football coach will retain job

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Union Parish head football coach Joe Spatafora will keep his job.

Drag show filming has begun in Ruston

Filming is underway in Ruston for an episode of a new HBO television series titled “We’re Here.”

Barmore resigning from school board

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Lincoln Parish School Board District 4 member Mike Barmore is resigning from his seat, effective March 1.

The tissue issue

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Back in the days when American dads were building fallout shelters in their basements and backyards, I always wondered where we would put our garbage during a thermonuclear war.