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NEWS

12/08/2024 - 12:00am
Editor’s Note: If you have a submission regarding your church’s worship services, you should email the information by 5 p.m. Wednesday to newsroom@ rustonleader.com. New Hope Baptist New Hope presents “The Joy of Christmas,” on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024...

SPORTS

Holiday, Evans, Mcelvane declare for NFL Draft

Louisiana Tech wide receiver Jimmy Holiday (6) has declared for the 2025 NFL Draft. Photo by Darrell James

12/08/2024 - 12:00am
Three of Louisiana Tech’s most impactful seniors have declared for the 2025 NFL Draft, with Jessie Evans, Isaiah Mcelvane, and Jimmy Holiday all moving on to pursue lifelong dreams of playing at the highest level. Evans, a senior defensive lineman,...

OPINIONS

Should I move to Mayberry, or Korea?

A DIFFERENT BEAT by Brian Trahan

12/08/2024 - 12:00am
From 1990 to 1996, HBO featured an original TV series titled “Dream On,” in which main character Martin Tupper ( Brian Benben) was a book editor in Manhattan who had fantasies based on old black and white TV shows and movies. Martin grew up with a...

OBITUARIES

Patrick ‘Pat’ Lloyd Cone
12/08/2024 - 12:00am
Funeral services for Patrick “ Pat” Lloyd Cone, 70, of Choudrant, will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, December 11, 2024, at Temple Baptist Church Chapel. Interment will follow at Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Choudrant, under the direction of Kilpatrick...