Dear Rusty: I was widowed years ago and, when I approached age 60, I looked into Social Security survivor benefits based on my late husband’s record. He started receiving Social Security shortly before he died at $1,200 per month.
A month and six days after her fellow Louisiana Tech 2023 Spring Commencement graduates received their diplomas in the Thomas Assembly Center, nursing graduate MacKenzie Maier received hers Friday during a special diploma presentation in her honor at Touro Rehab in New Orleans.
With 27 college programs in attendance and 90 softball players looking to make an impression, Bullet Athletics officials and college coaches deemed the Summer Showcase Friday and Saturday at the Ruston Sports Complex a success, as area talent and local schools got a chance to catch each other’s eye.
Eighty-two bankers from across Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi attended the second year of the Louisiana Tech University School of Banking, June 5-9, in Ruston.