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MooHill Designs holds ribbon cutting

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Photo by Wilda Smith

COVID cases cause Cedar Creek closure

Ruston’s Cedar Creek School is closed for the second day today in response to an increasing number of COVID cases and exposures among faculty and students.

Fraternity Starting A Nu

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Sometimes you just need a little push to get the wheels turning. For the Eta Zeta Chapter of Sigma Nu Fraternity at Louisiana Tech University, such a push came from Mother Nature.

Grambling State to be presented hospitality award

Grambling State University is the winner of the Ruston Lincoln Convention & Visitors Bureau’s 2021 Lincoln Parish Hospitality Award.

Saturday attack

A Ruston man was arrested in the early morning hours Saturday when Ruston Police Department responded to a call about a home invasion in the 200 block of Pine Crest Street.

LPPJ eyeing Lincoln Hall lease buyout

Business at tonight’s Lincoln Parish Police Jury meeting includes a proposal for the parish to buy out the lease on the Lincoln Hall meeting venue, as well as the next step in reapportionment for the jury and school board political districts.

Ruston man arrested for domestic battery with dangerous weapon

A Ruston woman reached out to the Ruston Police Department after an altercation with her husband led to his allegedly battering her while in possession of a taser on Saturday at approximately 10:45 a.m.

Scrap Iron BBQ holds ribbon cutting

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A ribbon cutting was held in December for Scrap Iron BBQ in Jonesboro, with the Jackson Parish Chamber of Commerce joining owner and operator Robin Sessions and the Sessions family. The ribbon cutting was held at their new location on the corner of Polk Avenue and Jimmie David Boulevard in Jonesboro. For more information contact Scrap Iron BBQ at 318-480-9805 or 318-475-2702.

Tech to host MLK exhibit Jan. 17-19

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Louisiana Tech University will be the first University of Louisiana System institution to host the Carrying on a Dream Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. exhibit.

Irrigation-Mart to receive Chamber’s Business of the Year award

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The Ruston-Lincoln Chamber of Commerce announced this week that Irrigation-Mart has been chosen to receive the 2021 Business of the Year award. Nominations for the BOTY are evaluated on the basis of the following criteria: in operation for at least five years; evidence of generosity to our community; reputation for integrity and fair business practice; evidence of leadership within the community by the business and/or its employees; and evidence of innovative thinking and entrepreneurship.