The World Stroke Organization reports that a person suffers a stroke once every three seconds across the globe each day. Globally, there are roughly 12.2 million new strokes each year, and one in four individuals age 25 and older will have a stroke at some point in their lifetime.
Dear Doctors: My understanding is that nicotine and tar are what hurt you when you smoke cigarettes. But you recently said there’s also carbon monoxide in cigarette smoke, and that it’s even more dangerous. Can you please explain? I want my husband to quit, and this may help.
Funeral service for Robert Charles “Buddy” Stevenson, age 74, of Ruston, were held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, October 1, 2024, at the Forest Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Taylor, Arkansas.
A closed-casket memorial service will be held for Rufus Washington, Jr., at 2 pm, Monday, October 7, 2024, at King’s Funeral Home, in Ruston. Visitation will be held at 12-2 p.m., closed-casket, prior to the service.
As states from Florida to North Carolina continue recovering from the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, Ruston’s Rolling Hills Ministries has made sure to have boots on the ground to help where needed.
Saturday’s 35th annual Louisiana Chicken Festival appeared to be the biggest one in recent memory as a large crowd enjoyed a parade, more art and food vendors than ever before, live music, staple competitions like the Strut, Cackle and Crow and drumstick eating contest, an antique car show, and much more. Leader photos by Caleb Daniel
