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
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
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
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...
Photo Galleries
D.J. Hardison and Ashley Kennedy
Leader photos by Caleb Daniel
