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Peach Preparation

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With Peach Festival 2022 on the horizon, local artist Jean DeFreese Moore created a mural on the window of Ruston Artisans to help usher in the highly anticipated event. The 72nd Louisiana Peach Festival, a homegrown music and arts festival, is slated for June 4 and will feature more than 10 hours of live music, a juried arts market, food vendors, kids’ activities and more peachy fun in the heart of downtown Ruston. Leader photo by Cathi Cox-Boniol

Making a CASE for middle grades

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Bill Deese, professor in the Department of Chemistry at Louisiana Tech University, and the SCILS Region 8 LaSTEM Center recently wrapped up its “Making a CASE (Collaborating Around STEM Engagement) for Middle Grades” program as part of the EPSCoR (Louisiana Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) program on the Tech campus. Students from Cedar Creek School and Choudrant High School engaged in a day filled with inquiry, demonstrations, interaction with STEM professionals and tours of innovative campus spaces.

President’s Midnight Breakfast at Tech

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Louisiana Tech president Les Guice and members of the faculty and staff at Louisiana Tech served breakfast at midnight to students this week as they pushed through finals. The Midnight Breakfast is a tradition at the end of the spring quarter and drew a large crowd (top). Below, Guice stops in to speak to students who wait in line for food, while faculty serve breakfast buffet style. Photos by Gavin Kelly

Sales tax collections still rising

Sales tax collections continue to trend upward in 2022 for virtually every entity with taxes on the books in Lincoln Parish.

There’s a Bad Moon On the Rise

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Former Louisiana Tech student and current Georgia-based photographer Danny Do captured the phases of Sunday night’s “blood moon” lunar eclipse from a residence in Buford, Georgia. A blood moon occurs when the moon is totally eclipsed by the Earth and the only sunlight that reaches it is refracted by the planet’s atmosphere.

Akins to receive Tower Medallion Saturday at Tech

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Three ceremonies and a special induction honoring a most distinguished alumnus will complete a full day of celebration as Louisiana Tech University holds its spring commencement May 21 in the Thomas Assembly Center.

Smith seeks to retain school board seat

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Lincoln Parish School Board Member Hunter Smith has announced his candidacy for reelection this fall.

Park Fest delivers entertainment for large turnout

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The Lincoln Parish Park held it second annual Park Fest Saturday, playing host to attendees from local towns and neighboring states alike.

Teen charged with breaking into Choudrant business

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CHOUDRANT — A Choudrant man accused of theft from a local business was apprehended Monday in connection to the breakin that occurred on Sunday.

Little People Big Minds

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Latoiya Jones with The Learning Center on Wheels recently partnered with the Region 8 LaSTEM Center at Louisiana Tech University to present “All About the Body STEM Fun,” a workshop within its Little People Big Minds series. The free event was held at the Lincoln Parish Library’s Community Room and welcomed students in grades K-2 and their parents for activities that included creating a play-dough model of the brain, learning to cast and wrap wounds, developing a model of the lungs, and building a blood model in a bottle. Jones also included colleagues from the Green Clinic Orthopedics to assist with the event and showcase health-related careers.