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A1C tests might not be accurate in older adults

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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?

Anxiety: Looking at signs treatments

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We all experience occasional anxiety as a normal part of life. However, these difficult times may cause more prolonged anxiety in some of us.

James Madison Waldon

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With humble acceptance of God’s will, we announce our loss and heaven’s gain of James Madison Waldon on Monday, June 24, 2024.

Fireworks regulations set in parish towns

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It you want to shoot fireworks this Independence Day, you need to know the rules.

Education and enforcement

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Videos, signs, cameras among jury’s latest anti-littering tools

City aldermen expand Ruston cultural district

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Ruston’s Board of Aldermen has enlarged the city’s cultural district.

11 arrested in LPDC smuggling scheme

Eleven men, 10 of them already inmates, have been arrested in connection with a scheme to have synthetic marijuana smuggled inside the Lincoln Parish Detention Center.

Ready for Fourth of July

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Ready for Fourth of July

Independence Day 2024: Looking for a sparkle of hope

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In my seven decades as a natural born U.S. citizen, I’ve shot Independence Day fireworks only once, and those were rather puny sparklers.

Voting machine changes needed across the country

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After former President Donald Trump lost his reelection in 2024, there have been continuous allegations that election fraud has taken place all across the country. So here is the question. Can voting machine computers be hacked? Can the election process be manipulated? Is there widespread election fraud as many and others allege?