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State voters simply want good, fair governing

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Louisiana voters turned out in large numbers this election cycle. Now, only a few weeks removed from a contentious and competitive election season, the question becomes what was the message

About survivor benefits, your own benefits and taxes

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Dear Rusty: I am 67 and still working full time but plan to retire after June of next year. Because of my income I have not been drawing my Social

Christmas news from the Fergusons

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Dear Friends and Family, Well, it’s that time of year again! We Fergusons have had a great year. Here are a few of our highlights. As you can see from

Remember a tragic, uplifting day

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Come Christmas Day, it will have been eight months since an F3 tornado ripped through Ruston, leaving two people dead and causing millions of dollars in damage. Nothing will ever

Letter to the Editor

Brazzel: President not telling it like it really is When I was a child, I acted as a child. I told white lies. I took toys to play with that

Holiday football was fun for all

Despite mixed outcomes as far as final scores, Thanksgiving weekend was undoubtedly a winning and fun one for area football fans. On the winning side were Louisiana Tech and LSU.

It’s time to put down the pen for a while

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I wrote my first newspaper column in 2006 and sent it to a little Thursday paper in Ruston called The Morning Paper. John Hays was the publisher. It took a

Don’t let disobedient kids take control

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The myth of the first three years has it that whatever habits, traits, dysfunctions and so on that a child develops during this admittedly formative period are going to stay

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

Retired teachers to meet The Lincoln Parish Chapter of the Louisiana Retired Teachers’ Association will meet at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Lincoln Parish Library. Retired Lincoln Parish School Superintendent

Exodus of college grads a continuing problem

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Views from the Boathouse

It’s been happening for years now, and it speaks of our future.

A future that could be, should be and needs to be brighter.

The fact of the matter is Louisiana college graduates are more and more frequently leaving the state upon picking up their diplomas.

Ideally, the flow of college graduates moving into a state should, at least, balance out the flow of college graduates moving out of that state, but that isn’t so in Louisiana’s case.