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Peach Festival’s sweet success spans 72 years

For 72 years, the Louisiana Peach Festival has been making summer a little sweeter for Lincoln Parish residents and for visitors from throughout Louisiana and beyond.

Peachy Start to the Weekend

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Abbra Best browses children’s clothes from a rack that The Children’s Shoppe has set up for the Louisiana Peach Festival at the Peachy Sidewalk Sale in downtown Ruston Friday. Leader photo by Cameron Maynard

Chew-Chew Canoe in Business

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Students from Louisiana Tech University dump water out of their canoe called “The Chew-Chew Canoe,” on the first day of the Concrete Canoe Competition on Tech’s campus Friday morning. The event that has drawn crews from all over the United States will culminate with a race at Lincoln Parish Parish Park Sunday. Leader photo by Cameron Maynard

NLMC receives Platinum Partner Award

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Ruston’s Northern Louisiana Medical Center has earned the Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency’s Platinum Partner Award for participation in the Workplace Partnership for Life run by the Health Resources Services Administration and the Department of Health and Hospitals. From left are Jennifer Carpenter, NLMC’s chief nursing officer; Kristy Lockwood, LOPA; and Kathy Hall, NLMC’s CEO.

Serendipity honored as Jackson Parish Business of the Month

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Congratulations to Lisa Cole, owner of “Serendipity,” who was honored as the Business of the Month by the Jackson Parish Chamber of Commerce. Serendipity is located at 207 6th Street in Jonesboro. Photo by Wilda Smith

Literacy fundraiser set for Wednedsday at DQ

If you love Dairy Queen Blizzards, now is a good time to enjoy a cold Blizzard on a hot day and help Goodwill Lunching, Inc. improve literacy rates in Ruston and Lincoln Parish.

Seven Tech students earn cybersecurity scholarships

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Seven students enrolled in Louisiana Tech University’s intensive Computer Science and Cyber Engineering programs have pledged to devote the first two years of their careers to helping the United States government combat cyber terrorism and improve its cyber defense mechanisms.

First Baptist St. Jude Trike-a-Thon held

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The First Baptist Weekday Preschool program sponsored its inaugural St. Jude Trike-a-Thon this spring and raised $1,855 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Federal Building may be given to NCLAC

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Ruston’s Board of Aldermen could take the first step Monday toward giving the historic downtown Federal Building to the North Central Louisiana Arts Council (NCLAC).

Ward leaving Ruston after 38 years in the community

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A dentist who has been a staple in Ruston for 38 years is about to relocate.