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NEWS

10/08/2024 - 12:00am
About one- half of third graders in Lincoln Parish public schools entered the fall with grade- level reading skills. That’s according to recently released beginning- of- year literacy screener results for grades K- 3. This is the second year Lincoln...

SPORTS

Bearcat defense is dominating

Ruston’s defenders Payton Bell (94), Kaleb Williams (97), Zheric Hill (21), Ra’Keem Potts (90), and Keilan Davis (22) all rally to make a tackle. The Bearcats have shut down opposing offenses through five games. Photo by Josh McDaniel

10/08/2024 - 12:00am
It can be easy to watch No. 1 Ruston’s high-powered offense score 63 points on Saturday against a good Stephenville, Texas, program and think to yourself the unit is the strength of the Bearcats. Big numbers, big touchdowns, and All-State caliber...

OPINIONS

Recovering from a hurricane is a harrowing experience
10/06/2024 - 12:00am
I haven’t officially been diagnosed with Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), though I suspect I do have bouts with it after my experiences of being in southwest Louisiana during Hurricane Laura on Aug. 27 of 2020. Watching Hurricane Helene...

OBITUARIES

Ronald ‘Mac’ Charles McCarthy
10/06/2024 - 12:00am
Ronald “Mac” Charles McCarthy was born in Massena, N.Y. on June 20, 1948. He grew up in nearby Winthrop, N.Y. He had a large family with many siblings, step- siblings and half siblings. Looking for adventure, he enlisted in the Navy in 1965 at the...