DEAR HARRIETTE: I am a politically active 27-year-old woman. My younger brother, who is just about to enter college, informed me that he wants to join a fraternity. I actively protested against fraternities during my time in college, as I believe they promote toxic masculinity and are spaces of sexual harassment. I also have several friends who were harassed by fraternity members during their time at college. I don’t want my brother to be influenced by this toxic environment, so how should I dissuade him from joining? Or should I allow him to make his own mistakes and simply talk to him about his experiences while in the fraternity as they come up?
Merry Dean Patterson Woodard, 93, of Arcadia, LA went to be with her Heavenly Father on June 29, 2020, in Arcadia, LA. She was born Dec. 26, 1926, in Ruston, LA, to the late Edna Maxwell and Albert Patterson.
Isaac Thomas, 77, of Columbia, Missouri, passed away on Tuesday, June 23, 2020, at the Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital in Columbia. Private Graveside Services with military honors will be held at the Missouri
When folks gather this Fourth of July weekend for the annual fireworks show hosted by Temple Baptist Church, they may not realize the origin of this community event, which goes back to the spring of 1991.
The Lincoln Parish Library continued its take-home activities for the summer reading program last week. Each Monday, kids pick up kits for the next building activity.
DUBACH — The Dubach Town Council approved the town’s amended 2019-20 and proposed 2020-21 budgets Monday, continuing a years-long deficit streak of which veteran council members said they were not aware.
Republicans just a few weeks ago were scouring major cities across the country to find a new location for their national convention, scheduled for mid-August. The GOP had originally planned to congregate in Charlotte, North Carolina, but the governor set extremely strict standards for any type of large gathering. President Trump seems dead set on going to a more friendly environment.
