George Henry “Bo” Boyd of Choudrant, LA., age 95, was born on June 11, 1925. He passed away November 21, 2020 at North East Louisiana Veterans Home in Monroe, LA.
Sarah Mae Drayton Albritton was born on February 6, 1936 to her mother Golden Drayton in Arcadia, La. At an early age, they moved to Ruston with her two older sisters, Elouise and Ella Mae.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Monday that Texas and Louisiana can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood clinics — a move supported by opponents of legal abortion, but opposed by advocates who said it affects a variety of non-abortion health services for low-income women.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — More than 30 people were charged for their participation in a test score-fixing scheme that happened over seven years at a United States Coast Guard exam center in Louisiana, federal prosecutors announced.
BOYCE (AP) — An on-duty local police officer’s patrol car hit and killed an unidentified man who was standing with a bicycle just inside a highway traffic lane early Tuesday, Louisiana State Police said.
DEAR HARRIETTE: I bought some expensive shoes, and my husband found out and told me to take them back to the store. Bills are tight, and he was counting on using the money to buy our car new tires. I took them to the store, and they told me they don’t give refunds. My hus-band was understanding and told me to keep the shoes, that I deserve them and he would figure out a way to get the money for new tires.