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Charges include battery, terrorizing

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Name: Lesley Agnes Daigrepont

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Voter registration deadlines

Brian Smith: DART board member and friend

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As a part of DART’s plan to highlight one member of our board of directors each month, I am proud to write about Brian Smith, a longtime DART friend and supporter.

Rougaroux BBQ fan favorite at ‘Jazzin’ It Up’ Jambalaya Cook-Off

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Pictured above, Brandon Sutherland (left) with Rougaroux BBQ looks on while Marion and Rosemary Sewell (right) taste his team’s jambalaya during a cook-off at Railroad Park Saturday as part of Junior Auxiliary of Ruston’s “Jazzin’ it Up” Mardi Gras event. The team claimed the “People’s Choice” award from attendee votes. Pictured below is Sutherland, left, and West Bayne with Rougaroux BBQ awaiting the onrush of taste testers.

CELEBRATIONS

BIRTHDAYS

Marilyn Martin Robbins

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Marilyn Martin Robbins died Feb. 25, 2020.

George Bradley

George Bradley, 75, was born Oct. 28, 1944, and died Feb. 23, 2020.

Artis Jones

Artis Jones, 70, was born Jan. 26, 1950 and died Feb. 23, 2020.

Police jury sets registrar interviews

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In a special meeting Tuesday evening, the Lincoln Parish Police Jury determined that all four applicants for the parish Registrar of Voters position met the state’s qualification requirements and were eligible to be candidates.

Drag show draws crowd, but few get inside

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A line of approximately 1,000 people — some of whom stood in line for three hours — snaked down East Park Avenue, around Bonner Street and at least a block of East Mississippi Avenue on Tuesday evening hoping to be part of the audience for an episode of the new HBO drag show series titled “We’re Here.”