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Local firefighter among hurricane responders

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Approximately 125 Louisiana Urban Search and Rescue personnel, including one Ruston firefighter, are in Florida today ready to help with Hurricane Dorian response. CJ Tygart, a driver/ paramedic with the

Grambling struts stuff at ULM

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LPSB to set vote on sales tax call

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School safety and a pay raise for teachers are the focuses of a proposed sales tax the Lincoln Parish School Board is considering bringing to the spring ballot. At today’s

Tech’s Hurtig presents at conference

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Dr. Dolliann Hurtig, professor of French in the School of Literature and Language at Louisiana Tech University, hosted a three-hour workshop on the book “Allons au cinéma: Promoting French through

Prep teams wrap up preseason play

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PARISH HIGH SCHOOLS PLAY JAMBOREE GAMES

Astronaut’s visit to begin ‘New Frontiers’ series

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Louisiana Tech University’s 2019-20 New Frontiers in Biomedical Research Series begins with a presentation by NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor about medical research aboard the International Space Station at 6 p.m. Sept. 24 in Howard Auditorium.

Auñón-Chancellor began working with NASA as a Flight Surgeon in 2006. In 2009, she was selected as a NASA astronaut.

For NASA, Auñón-Chancellor spent more than nine months in Russia supporting medical operations for International Space Station crew members in Star City.

LP Schools among best in state

The second wave of school performance data for the 2018-19 school year has been released, and the Louisiana Department of Education is pointing to Lincoln Parish as one of its “Outstanding School Systems.”

After releasing spring LEAP scores and proficiency rates in July, the state Tuesday unveiled its “progress” data based on those scores. Lincoln Parish ranks among the highest systems in the state in terms of percentage of students who achieved “top growth” toward mastery of English language arts and mathematics.

Cook seeks reelection

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Lincoln Parish Clerk of Court Linda Cook has announced her candidacy for reelection. Cook said she is running based on the performance of clerk’s office in serving Lincoln Parish.

Cook said that with the help of her team of deputy clerks, the office has continued to maintain what she called “the highest level of personal customer service for which the office has become known and appreciated over the years.”

She said her office’s commitment to serve the citizens of Lincoln Parish “is stronger than ever.”

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Working hard toward recovery

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Recovery efforts were in full force across Ruston Thursday afternoon as workers continued repairs and clean-up left in the wake of the tornado that roared across the city on April 25. Pictured above are workers at the North Trenton Street strip mall that housed Kim Dupree State Farm and Parish Press among other businesses.