Headstart Driving offers classes for all ages

August 11, 2016, 8:36 am

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Head Start Driving is a locally owned and operated drivers education business that serves the North Central Louisiana area.

Head Start Driving, LLC. is a locally owned and operated business by the Pickett family that offers driver’s education classes for all ages.
Head Start Driving serves the North Central Louisiana area with locations in Minden, Arcadia, Homer, Ringgold and Ruston.
They offer 38-hour full driver’s education classes for ages 15 through 17, a 14 hour pre-licensing class for ages 18 and over, private driving and third party testing road skills test for the DMV.

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3D Customs - Open; Grand Opening Aug. 19

August 11, 2016, 8:39 am

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Dog Days of Summer are here and so is 3D Customs Baggers, Tires and Rims!
3D Customs Baggers, Tires and Rims will hold a grand opening on Aug. 19, at their store located at 1015 Farmerville Hwy.
“We encourage everyone to come out and join us,” owner Rawlie Mills said.
Later that evening they will host bike night from 5 p.m.-8 p.m. Mills is calling it the “First Bike Night.” $150 in gift cards will be given away for the best bagger, metric and sports motorcycles. Big Fella’s BBQ will be on site and on the grill doing all the cooking.

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Hometown Heroes exhibit to spotlight local athletes

August 11, 2016, 9:06 am

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Public invited to celebrate local sports heroes

Heather Small Hawley

Nick Davis, a staff librarian with the Lincoln Parish Library, examines different sports-related items donated by local residents for the Hometown Heroes Exhibit hosted by the Smithsonian Institute. Dozens of items were loaned to the library from local citizens in the hopes of showing pride in their community. The opening reception for the exhibit will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday in the Library Events Center.

The games. The rivalries. The cheer squads. The fans.
All of these will be represented at the opening of the “Hometown Heroes: How Sports Shaped America” exhibit from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Lincoln Pairsh Library Events Center.
“Nothing brings about a response quite like local sports, and Lincoln Parish has the honor of being the home to some of the most amazing sports personalities in the history of our country,” Sarah Creekmore, administrative assistant for the library, said.

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Residents express concerns over road issues

August 11, 2016, 9:11 am

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Police jury members to decide on abandoning roads at a later date

Heather Small Hawley

The Lincoln Parish Police Jury held a public hearing on the proposed abandonment of 17 roads throughout the parish Tuesday evening at the Lincoln Parish Courthouse.

Dozens of citizens gathered in the third floor meeting room to share their concerns and objections with the members of the jury.

When a road is abandoned for public use, the parish will no longer upkeep or maintain them, said Courtney Hall, parish administrator.

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Reassessment notices sent to property owners

August 12, 2016, 8:48 am

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Staff report

Reassessment notifications for Lincoln Parish property owners whose property value has increased 15 percent or more over the last four years will begin arriving in their mailboxes Saturday.

The notices are not bills, but are simply forms showing the 2016 property value, parish Assessor Sheila Bordelon said.

Property owners who disagree with their new assessment have 15 days to appeal. The appeal period starts Monday and ends Aug. 29.

Appeals must be made the assessor’s office, located on the first floor of the Police Jury Complex, located at 307 North Homer Street.

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Students welcomed back to school

August 12, 2016, 8:49 am

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Cypress Springs Elementary School teacher Tracy Stark directs students to their classrooms as they started the 2016-17 school year this morning. Students participated in a half day today, and will begin full time on Monday.

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Effort to pipe water from lake continues

August 12, 2016, 8:51 am

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Initiative pushes ahead for Sparta recovery

Nancy Bergeron

The Union Lincoln Regional Water Supply Initiative won’t let up on its efforts to eventually pipe water from Lake D’Arbonne to the cities of Farmerville and Ruston, despite new data showing the Sparta Aquifer in within sustainable levels.

ULRWSI President and Farmerville Mayor Stein Baughman said Thursday there’s still work to be done to reach the goal of reducing Sparta use by 30 million gallons a day.

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Frame of Mind holds ribbon cutting

August 13, 2016, 3:53 pm

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The Ruston-Lincoln Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony at the grand opening of The Frame of Mind on Aug. 4. The Frame of Mind, located at 203 W. Alabama Ave., Ste. 2, is a custom framing shop and fine art gallery owned by Kit Gilbert and Robert Skipper. Find them on Facebook and Instagram. The Featured Artist wall is a 12-foot wall space for artists to place a large work or small works for a month at a time. If interested in having your work exhibited, contact manager Liz Zanca at 224-7087 The Frame of Mind will be open from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 10 a.m.

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Walmart celebrates renovations

August 13, 2016, 3:54 pm

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The Ruston-Lincoln Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony at the grand re-opening of Walmart Supercenter on August 5. The Chamber and community appreciate the hard work of the staff during the store remodel and for the outstanding customer service under the leadership of General Manager, Robert Malone.

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RFD personnel aid in state flood relief

August 13, 2016, 4:46 pm

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Nancy Bergeron

Two Ruston Fire Department paramedics, along with one of the department’s rescue boats, are in South Louisiana today helping first responders there in the wake of the heavy rains and flash floods that continue to swamp the area.

RFD Chief Chris Womack said the men and equipment left Ruston on Saturday morning for Baton Rouge to await their specific assignment. Additional RFD personnel are on standby, Womack said.

“We’ll probably rotate out if this runs into the week,” he said.

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Local educator reflects on adventure with Air Force

August 13, 2016, 4:51 pm

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Nancy Bergeron

Deborah Hollimon, of Ruston, stands in front of the United States Air Force Academy Prep School mural at the school in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Hollimon has recently retired and returned to Ruston after teaching at the school for five years. She developed the Prep School’s reading and study skills programs.

Deborah Hollimon’s job with the Lincoln Parish school system was going so well she figured it was time for a new challenge.
For four years, Hollimon had been the system’s literacy coordinator.
The program, designed to foster students’ reading comprehension and achievement, was working.
“It was going great so I felt like it might be time to expand or do something different,” she said.
That’s when Hollimon decided to retire and seek her next adventure.
What she found took her 975 miles away and into a culture she’d seen only on television.

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Mayor to submit spending plan to committee

August 13, 2016, 4:53 pm

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Nancy Bergeron

Mayor Ronny Walker will officially present Ruston’s proposed 2017 budget to the Board of Aldermen on Monday.

The budget presentation will come during a personnel-finance committee meeting held in conjunction with a full Board of Aldermen meeting. The board convenes at 6:30 p.m. in the City Hall courtroom. The five aldermen are also the personnel-finance committee.

The spending plan shows $62 million in anticipated revenue and $60 million in anticipated operating expenses. Expenditures jump to $64.5 million when capital projects and capital assets are added in.

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Aldermen to discuss budget, MRF

August 13, 2016, 4:56 pm

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Property for sports complex to be purchased

Nancy Bergeron

Money will be the order of the night Monday for Ruston’s Board of Aldermen.

The board convenes at 6:30 p.m. in the City Hall courtroom for a regular meeting, during which it will be asked to introduce an ordinance regarding selling bonds for Moving Ruston Forward projects, buy land for the soon-to-be developed sports complex, and set property tax millages for 2016.

Aldermen will then recess and immediately reconvene in their role as the city’s personnel-finance committee to discuss Ruston’s proposed budget for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1.

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Journalist to speak at graduation

August 15, 2016, 10:16 am

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Reginald Owens, former department head for journalism and F. Jay Taylor Endowed Chair of Journalism at Louisiana Tech University, will serve as the keynote speaker for Louisiana Tech’s summer commencement exercises at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Thomas Assembly Center.

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Hometown Teams exhibit opens at LPL

August 15, 2016, 10:23 am

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Leader photo by T. SCOTT BOATRIGHT

The Smithsonian traveling exhibit “Hometown Teams” opened at the Lincoln Parish Library Saturday and will continue through Sept. 24. Pictured, from left to right, are Ruston-Lincoln Chamber of Commerce Predsident Judy Copeland, state Rep. Rob Shadion, LPL Reference Librarian Nick Davis, College Hall of Fame baseball coach Wilbert Ellis, former MLB pitcher George Stone and LPL Director Vivian McCain.

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Dubach council sets millage, gives pay raise

August 16, 2016, 9:10 am

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Heather Small Hawley

The Dubach City Council voted to give a $1 per hour raise to their three-man outside maintenance team, bringing their pay to $13.50 per hour, during their meeting Monday evening.

Citing concerns about finances and the need for performance reviews for village personnel, Robert Colvin and Donna Lewis abstained from the vote.

The motion was initially suggested by councilwoman Ruby Key, and was supported in the vote by council members Evelyn Graham and Monique Roberts.

Graham said she believed the men deserved a raise because of their dedication to the work.

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Driver in accident that claimed life of student charged

August 16, 2016, 9:14 am

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Nancy Bergeron

The driver of a car in which a Louisiana Tech University student died earlier this month has been charged with vehicular homicide in connection with the incident.
Turki Mohammed Y Qaramish, 23, a Saudi Arabian international student at Grambling State University, also faces a single count of first-degree vehicular negligent injury stemming from the Aug. 7 crash, and one count of failure to appear on an unrelated speeding violation.

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Committee endorses spending plan

August 16, 2016, 9:16 am

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Nancy Bergeron

Ruston’s budget for the fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1, is on its way to the Board of Aldermen for approval.

The board’s personnel-finance committee, composed of the five aldermen, endorsed the 2017 spending plan Monday night. The board officially votes on the budget ordinance Sept. 12.

“Last year was good, but this year is even better as far as revenues,” District 3 Alderman Jedd Lewis, who chairs the personnel-finance committee, said during the two minute committee meeting.

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GSU president helps student move in

August 16, 2016, 9:17 am

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Grambling State University First Lady Christy Gallot and GSU President Rick Gallot, center, talk with Janiecia Banks, 19, of Doraville, Georgia, center right, a freshman business marketing and management major, her sister, Naja Williams, far right, and her mother Carolyn Williams, far left, before helping Banks move her stuff into the dormitories at Grambling State University.

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City property tax rate will not increase

August 16, 2016, 9:20 am

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Aldermen vote to roll back millage rate

Nancy Bergeron

Ruston property owners won’t see an increase in their city property tax rate this year. That’s because the Board of Aldermen on Monday voted to roll back the millage rate so that it generates the same amount of revenue in 2016 as it did in 2015.

The unanimous vote to lower the millage came as part of the state-mandated adjustment of property taxes either up or down depending on assessed property values.

“This administration and this Board of Aldermen do not support a roll forward of property taxes in the city of Ruston,” Mayor Ronny Walker said.

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