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Former Mayor Dan Hollingsworth, who served four terms, died Monday afternoon.

03/18/2024 - 6:56pm
Former Ruston Mayor Dan Hollingsworth has died. Hollingsworth, 89, served four consecutive terms as the city’s mayor, having been first elected in 1998. He chose not to seek reelection in 2014. Hollingsworth died Monday afternoon at his home, city...

SPORTS

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Photo by Marcus Plummer

03/16/2024 - 7:30pm
It's real. It's happening. Grambling State is going dancing. After 47 years of falling short, of strong regular seasons ending in late heartbreak and missing out on March Madness, the GSU men's basketball team conquered their near 50-year curse and ...

OPINIONS

Click ‘following’ on X; ignorance is bliss
03/16/2024 - 12:00am
There is a scene in one of my favorite sci-fi movies, “The Matrix,” in which the character Cypher betrays the resistance and meets with Agent Smith. In that scene, while eating a steak he knows isn’t real, Cypher says, “After nine years, you know...

OBITUARIES

Phillip Lee Jones
03/16/2024 - 12:00am
Phillip Lee Jones passed away peacefully at Ochsner LSU Hospital on February 11, 2024. He was born in Monterey, California, on August 16, 1947. His father was stationed in Germany for seven years and then once retiring from the military, his family...