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Cheerleader case could bolster or damage students’ rights

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Recently the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments and has the opportunity to firmly establish the free-speech rights of America’s public high school students in the most important such case since 1969.

Dear graduating senior, who made me a senior

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Dear eldest and most expensive daughter,

After crossing the U.S. border, then what?

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Customs and Border Protection isn’t returning or detaining illegal migrant crossers, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement isn’t removing aliens from the interior, including convicted, released criminals.

Hurricane season cometh, so get ready

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Almost everybody who grew up in Louisiana knows the story of Hurricane Audrey. The Category 3 storm made landfall in Cameron Parish about 3 a.m. on June 27, 1957.

Class of 2021 deserves special recognition

It’s time to give all of our Lincoln Parish high school graduates a huge round of applause. You did it!

Time to look at who’s serving prison time

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Reading the news as a journalist is sometimes a labor of love. There are times when I read news stories and it makes me scratch my head. Other times, the story infuriates me until I feel the need to break out my laptop and write a rebuttal. However, in the realm of prison and prison legislative reform, there are moments when I feel relieved.

Check for ticks to avoid disease

Dear Doctor: I read about a family whose little girl got paralyzed by a tick. How does that happen? There are a lot of ticks where we live, and even though we’re careful, somebody gets bitten every summer. Is getting paralyzed something new we have to worry about?

Perfect time to remove pandemic pounds

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This week, citizens in Grambling offered up a stark reminder that the past year under the COVID pandemic has been one of declining health for a lot of local residents.

Upholding ethical journalism is paramount

Bob Caslen, the much-embattled president of the University of South Carolina, resigned from his lofty position on Wednesday of this week.

There’s value in hard work, like it or not

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The disappointing April jobs report should surprise absolutely no one, given that we now have a government more interested in providing incentives for people not to work rather than paving the way to gainful employment.