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Each Monday through Friday, the Lincoln Parish Journal will post a list of non-for-profit upcoming events happening in the parish. If you would like to add your event to this list or advertise your for-profit events, please email us at lpjnewsla@gmail.com.
Wednesday, Sept. 24
7-8 a.m.: Veterans Coffee Club (PJ’s Coffee)
11:30 a.m.: Lunch on Us (Presbyterian Church, 212 North Bonner Street., Ruston) — everyone welcome
11:30 a.m.: Ribbon cutting celebrating La Mexicana Restaurant (2547 Farmerville Hwy.)
12-1 p.m.: Rotary Club meeting (Historic Fire Station)
Thursday, Sept. 25
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Ruston Kiwanis Club lunch and program (Trinity Methodist Church fellowship hall)
2 p.m.: Ribbon cutting celebrating University Crossing (1201 W. California St.)
6 p.m.: Southern A’Chord Chorus rehearsal (Presbyterian Church fellowship hall, 212 N. Bonner St.; open to all women singers)
Friday, Sept. 26
36th annual Louisiana Chicken Festival
7 p.m.: Lincoln Prep football
7 p.m.: Cedar Creek football
Saturday, Sept. 27
36th annual Louisiana Chicken Festival
9 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Ruston Farmers Market
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Park Fest (Lincoln Parish Park)
Monday, Sept. 29
11:30 a.m.: Lunch on Us (Presbyterian Church, 212 North Bonner Street., Ruston) — everyone welcome
6 p.m.: Toastmasters International meeting (Louisiana Center for the Blind, 101 South Trenton Street)
6-9 p.m.: Creative Meetups (Creatives at Work, 301 N. Trenton)
Wednesday, Oct. 1
7-8 a.m.: Veterans Coffee Club (PJ’s Coffee)
11:30 a.m.: Lunch on Us (Presbyterian Church, 212 North Bonner Street., Ruston) — everyone welcome
12-1 p.m.: Rotary Club meeting (Historic Fire Station)
Thursday, Oct. 2
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Ruston Kiwanis Club lunch and program (Trinity Methodist Church fellowship hall)
4 p.m.: Ribbon cutting celebrating Courtesy Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram of Ruston (1371 N. Service Rd., Ruston)
5-6 p.m.: All welcome to free meal hosted by 5 Loaves 2 Fish Ministry (Ruston Housing Authority, Maryland Plaza Community Room, 615 N. Farmerville St.)
6 p.m.: Southern A’Chord Chorus rehearsal (Presbyterian Church fellowship hall, 212 N. Bonner St.; open to all women singers)
Friday, Oct. 3
6:30 p.m.: LA Tech volleyball
7 p.m.: Lincoln Prep football
7 p.m.: Cedar Creek football
Saturday, Oct. 4
9 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Ruston Farmers Market
1 p.m.: LA Tech volleyball
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Physician brings experience with Federally Qualified Health Centers to role as medical director for Trinity
This is a Journal Services advertorial.
The road that brought Kenechi (Ken) Anuligo to Trinity Community Health Centers in north Louisiana was not a direct route but it seems that their Medical Director has made a perfect landing here, relating tales to the Journal of “growing up like Huckleberry Finn” in small town Michigan where summers were spent outdoors with a slingshot, chasing cows and playing in the tall grass.
He is guided by the principle of treating every patient with the same respect and attention he would give to himself. His career in family medicine since finishing at the American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine in Sint Maarten (Saint Martin) in 1999 has allowed him to work in numerous areas, including under Federally Qualified Health Center programs. “The model fits my mindset. These are often small, rural, underserved areas. They may be on Medicare, Medicaid or have no insurance at all.”
Born in the UK to Nigerian parents, Dr. Anuligo was a toddler when they moved to the USA then 15 when he moved back to Nigeria for schooling. He ended up in Los Angeles for university at USC. His travels and acquired experience weren’t over. He did some medical school training in Ireland and finished his internship and residency in Wisconsin in 2011.
Through those years, he has worked with family medicine with his own clinic, worked with jails in Wisconsin, with private practices in several states, with villages in Florida and as medical director of a state prison in Florida.
“Why Trinity?” he was asked. “I decided to look for a directorship outside of Corrections. I heard about this opportunity and like the mission of CEO Deano Thornton. I like people and can bring my FQHC experience to this post. Here, my role is to oversee the medical care of all patients served by the Trinity group. I work with all the providers within Trinity but I continue to see family medicine patients myself.”
Dr. Anuligo describes his style by saying, “I imagine that the patient is me. I want to find what is the most effective and least expensive treatment and medications for each individual. I like the small town atmosphere where you can walk down the street and actually see some of the people you help.”
He is married with four children and makes his home in Alexandria. The tall (6’6) physician is often asked if he played basketball during his school years, only to hear, “No. My mom made me practice piano one hour a day every day.” But that paid off, for today he’s a church pianist and organist. He does enjoy other outdoor activities of jogging, swimming, cycling, roller skating and (in the colder climates) downhill skiing and ice skating.
Tech’s Gray earns weekly CUSA honor
Courtesy of LA Tech Athletic Communications
Sophomore defender Madeline Gray has been named Conference USA’s Defensive Player of the Week, the conference office announced Tuesday afternoon.
Gray played a pivotal role off the bench in the Bulldogs’ 2-0 win over UTEP Friday night in LA Tech’s CUSA opener at home. She scored the game-winner just before halftime early in the 42nd minute on an assist from freshman Peyton Wiseman.
The Corinth, Mississippi native was also effective in keeping the Miners out of the net in the Bulldogs’ defending end for the 29 minutes that she saw the pitch. Gray is the first Bulldog to receive weekly CUSA honors since Dakota Merino was named Defensive Player of the Week on September 3, 2024.
Gray and the Bulldogs return to CUSA action on the road when they face the Sam Houston Bearkats at Pritchett Field in Huntsville, Texas on Sunday, September 28. First touch is scheduled for 1 p.m. CT.
COLUMN: Why I love fishing the Red River
By Steve Graf
When you say the words “Red River” to most tournament anglers, the majority will instantly start telling you how much they hate this body of water. BUT NOT ME! Yes, the Red River is a challenging river system and not just with fishing, but navigation as well. But I love the Red River for several reasons.
First is the fact that it’s such a diverse fishery. You have two choices on where to fish. It’s either the shallow backwaters or the jetties and cuts on the main river, which pretty much narrows down where you’re going to attack this body of water.
The fishing can be really good, especially when it comes to catching numbers of bass. Quality, on the other hand, can be a little tougher to come by. When fishing the Red, you must lower expectations in terms of size and quality. A 13-to-15-pound bag with five fish will be in the running to win. However, the Red River is on its way back to providing catches of good solid five-fish bags of 15 to 18 pounds.
The improvement in fishing is thanks to the Red River Waterway Commission which has implemented an annual restocking program for black bass ever since the flood of 2016.
My latest adventure on the Red was one of regret and one of joy as I participated in the recent American Bass Anglers Louisiana Pro League make-up tournaments. Two of the three regular season LA Pro League events were canceled back in April and May due to various reasons.
While I’ve been fishing the Texas division since its inception, I decided to jump into the Louisiana circuit when ABA rescheduled both make-up events on back-to-back days on my favorite body of water — the Red River.
Over my tournament fishing career, the Red has been the site of some of my most successful tournament experiences with a few wins and several Top 10 finishes. For some strange reason it seems to fit my style of fishing. I’ve always been a shallow water angler since I was a kid growing up on small ponds. And the river is conducive to my throwing a crankbait, spinnerbait and flipping a creature bait in thick cover.
Tournament 1 was on Saturday, August 23 and the results were average for me with a sixth-place finish, weighing a little over 11 pounds. But tournament 2 on Sunday was much better as I finished second with 13 pounds. Former FLW pro Jim Dillard won the event on Day 2 with 15.03 pounds.
On Day 2, I pretty much followed the same game plan as Day 1 but with a couple of adjustments. Instead of starting on the main river, I went straight into the backwater areas. This turned out to be a good move as I had a five-fish limit by 8 a.m. I still caught two good keepers on the main river later that day, which allowed me to cull up in weight.
Turns out, one specific spot I had found in Pool 4 during practice was the key to my success on Day 2. Over a two-day period, I caught over 22 bass off this one spot about the size of a pickup truck. I caught 15 fish off it on Day 1 with only two keepers. Day 2, I caught seven fish off this same spot and three fish were 3 pounds each or better. As they say, “What a difference a day makes!”
Again, I’ve never been able to say exactly why I seem to do so well on the Red River. It’s just a place I feel so confident and comfortable on that no matter how big the event, I seem to do very well.
Every angler who has ever fished tournaments will tell you that there are certain bodies of water where they just feel right at home. For me, that would be the Red River.
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Notice of death — Sept. 23, 2025
Robert Eugene “Gene” Koontz
August 18, 1946 – September 18, 2025
Visitation: Thursday, September 25, 2025, 1:00PM – 2:00PM, Kilpatrick Funeral Homes West Monroe, 1321 N 7th St.
Service: Thursday, September 25, 2025: 2:00PM, Kilpatrick Funeral Homes West Monroe, 1321 N 7th St.
Interment: Thursday, September 25, 2025, 3:00PM, Walnut Grove Cemetery, Eros
Walker on Buc-ee’s: “It’s not a race.”
by Malcolm Butler
Beaver Believers got a shot in the arm Monday.
Almost three years after the initial announcement that Buc-ee’s would be building a franchise in Ruston, the contractor hired by the national travel center corporation began dirt work on the site along Tarbutton Road.
Although road work by City of Ruston contractors has been underway for the past months in preparation for the increase in traffic flow around the 80-acre footprint, Monday’s dozer sighting is just confirmation for many Lincoln Parish residents who have been skeptical of if Buc-ee’s would become a reality.
“This is the first sign of Buc-ee’s contractors working on the site,” said Mayor Ronny Walker, who has never wavered on the fact the travel center would eventually call Ruston home.
City contractors have been working on a number of components of the Tarbutton interchange for months, including building the beginning of the drive into Buc-ees, up to the point where the property line purchased by the corporation begins.
Walker said the majority of work by Buc-ee’s contractors initially will be dirt work.
“There is about a 20 foot drop where the property line begins,” said Walker. “They have to come in and put in culverts and build the dirt up before anything else can really happen on the property.”
It’s a definitive sign that residents can quit questioning whether the franchise is truly coming to Lincoln Parish.
“Everything is going in the right direction,” said Walker. “I’m not worried about it at all, and I have never been worried about it.”
Walker admitted that now the questions shift to when will Buc-ee’s be open and operational.
“They are saying December of 2026, maybe the first quarter of 2027,” said Walker. “Probably more like February of 2027. Is that a delay (from what was initially thought)? Sure. But we have been working on (this project) for two and a half years so the delay doesn’t mean anything to me. Buc-ee’s is going to be built.”
When the announcement was first made in January of 2023, the thought was it would be the first in Louisiana. However, due to an onslaught of DOTD delays and an announcement from the franchise that it would also be building in Lafayette, the question around the state has turned to which one would open first.
It’s a topic Walker said doesn’t concern him.
“Everybody wants to make it a race,” said Walker. “Everybody being everybody who calls me for an interview. It’s not a race. I don’t care whether we are first or second. We just want it to be built and open so we can begin to see the positive impact it will have on our area in so many ways.”
The completed travel center will be approximately 75,000 square feet, more than 20,000 square feet bigger than the Buc-ee’s located in Terrell, Texas. It will include 700 parking spots.
“The Terrell model is the old model,” said Walker. “This is the new model.”
FEATURE: Where the Sidewalk Ends Part 3 –Strategies for pedestrian-friendly places
This is part three of a special feature. Click here for Part 1 and Part 2. The final installment will run Thursday.
By Laura Hunt Miller
Ruston could use more pedestrian-friendly paths, but what is the best way to go about filling the gaps? Here are some of the best practices:
1. Continuity and Connectivity
Cities like Austin and Oxford maintain “connectivity maps” to identify the worst sidewalk gaps and set clear priorities for filling them, ensuring resources are spent where they make the biggest impact.
2. Strategic Infill
Many cities integrate infill projects into regular road repairs and new development so that missing links are filled automatically. Ruston has made a goal to utilize this approach, but we still have plenty of gaps that need to be closed where there currently are no plans for road improvements.
3. Accessibility and Design Essentials
Ideally sidewalks should be available for everyone to use, whether walking with friends, pushing a stroller, or using a wheelchair. Federal ADA standards recommend a minimum of five feet in width, with curb ramps and obstacle-free paths.
Cities can map out primary, secondary, and tertiary walking corridors, aiming for a five-foot standard on the main routes and narrowing widths on lower-priority ones to help make the system more feasible to employ.
4. Alternative Materials and Widening What We Already Have
Cities are experimenting with recycled aggregates, reclaimed brick, rubber composites, and other surfaces that cut costs and add character for sidewalk infill projects. And if existing sidewalks are not wide enough, sidewalks have been successfully expanded with material alternatives that transform outdated slivers of sidewalk into safe, functional walkways.
5. Complete Streets and Living Streets
Complete Streets policies require roads to be designed for all users: pedestrians, cyclists and drivers. Living Streets go further, slowing traffic and prioritizing people over vehicles on certain paths with green infrastructure, shared spaces, and social activity. These approaches ensure sidewalks are essential parts of the street and city-wide beautification efforts.
6. Green Infrastructure
Cities are increasingly using permeable paving, bioswales, and shade trees along walkways to manage stormwater, cool urban heat islands, and make walking more pleasant. In our climate, shaded sidewalks could be the difference between unbearable and actually inviting. Imagine that.
7. Community Placemaking
Sidewalks don’t just move people; they are where human interactions take place. Pop-up crosswalks, murals, and tactical improvements shift sidewalks from forgotten strips to beloved parts of community life.
8. Shared Streets
If a neighborhood resists adding sidewalks, it can create a shared street by slowing traffic and adding landscaping to make pedestrians feel safer. The difference, again, comes back to intent: sidewalks make walking reliable, while shared streets make it conditional.
With a thoughtful mix of strategies Ruston could start closing its connectivity gaps one block at a time. But how do we pay for it? In Part 4, we’ll look at funding strategies and partnerships that can lead to a safer, more walkable town.
Woman strikes ex-boyfriend with vehicle
Ruston Police arrested a woman Sunday night after she allegedly struck her ex-boyfriend with her car.
Laderwinique Thompson, 30, of Grambling, was arrested for aggravated battery about 10:30 p.m. Sunday after a domestic altercation on Fountain Drive in Ruston.
Police were notified that the man had been hit and that the suspect had left in a silver Chevrolet Impala. A responding officer spotted the car leaving the area and stopped it, taking Thompson into custody.
The officer noted in a report that the windshield of the Impala was shattered.
Thompson told the officer she had gone to the residence of her former boyfriend’s new girlfriend. She and the man got into an argument, and she tried to leave, she said.
Thompson said the man jumped on her car, resulting in the damage to the windshield.
The man told police Thompson showed up at his friend’s house unannounced and tried to force him into her car. He said once he refused, Thompson sped up and struck him with her car on purpose.
The victim was taken by ambulance to the Northern Louisiana Medical Center. At the time of the officer’s report, the extent of the victim’s injuries were unclear.
Thompson was booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center.
This information has been provided by a law enforcement agency as public information. Persons named or shown in photographs or video as suspects in a criminal investigation, or arrested and charged with a crime, have not been convicted of any criminal offense and are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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Meet the 2025-26 Cedar Creek varsity cheerleaders
The 2025-26 Cedar Creek varsity cheerleaders are coached by Emily Moore; sponsors are Ginger Pearce and Mandy Bush.
Front Row (L to R): Co-Captain Mallory Waller, Captain Katherine Worthey, Co-Captain Emma Phillips
Second Row (L to R): Selah Bryan, Britton Bennett, Felicity Hunt, Avery Ryan, Gilly Washam, Rubye Walsworth, Gia Garlington
Third Row (L to R): Clara Yates, Maggie Newman, Hallie Cockerham, Georgia Dugdale, Caroline Vance, Kendal Basham
Back Row (L to R): Presley Wall, Lauren Pearce, Mary Claire Temple, Sophie Mariano
It’s Tuesday! Have you entered this week’s pick’em contest?
Lincoln Parish Journal readers have an opportunity each week to win FREE money in the Karl Malone Toyota College Football Pick’em presented by Johnson Physical Therapy, FanBase of Ruston, and Martin Presence.
And the best part is it’s FREE … just like your subscription to the LPJ.
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The Lincoln Parish Journal wants to thank Karl Malone Toyota, Johnson Physical Therapy, FanBase of Ruston, and Martin Presence for their title and presenting sponsorships of this year’s College Football Pick’em contest.
We also want to thank Dubach Air and Heat, Ginn’s Autobody, Hart Designs, Tanyard Creek, Charlie’s Carpet Cleaning, Hod Rod BBQ, Louisiana Orchard Realty, Ruston Athletic Supply, Walker and Co., Lulu Pearl, Rusty’s Jambalaya, Greaux the Good, Tommy’s Tees, and RightFiber for their Pick’em Partnerships within the contest.
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Are you ready for some football?!?
Bigger question. Are you ready to win $150 in cash … with the potential to make it $300 if you are perfect on the week (including predicting the No. 1 tiebreaker exactly right).
The Lincoln Parish Journal is holding the 4th Annual Karl Malone Toyota College Football Pick’em Contest presented by FanBase of Ruston, Martin Presence, and Johnson Physical Therapy.
If you live in the deep south, you know College Football is King!
Anyone is eligible to participate and each week one lucky winner will go home with a $150 cash prize (maybe $300). Each week the winner will be the participant with the best record out of 15 selected college football games (ties will be broken by two separate tiebreakers consisting of guessing the total points scored in two of our weekly contests).
The Karl Malone Toyota College Football Pick’em Contest presented by FanBase of Ruston, Martin Presence, and Johnson Physical Therapy will be conducted for 14 regular season weeks of the college season starting with Week 1 games (August 30).
There is no entry fee, just like there is no cost to SUBSCRIBE to the Lincoln Parish Journal where it will come to your inbox every weekday morning at 6:55 a.m. It takes 20-30 seconds to sign up and not much longer than that to make your picks.
All contest decisions by LPJ management are final. Weekly winners will be notified Monday and will be requested to take a photo that will run in the following week’s LPJ.
Every participant will receive a FREE subscription to the Journal, if you’re not already signed up for the easily-navigated, convenient 6:55 a.m. daily e-mail. Enjoy it all, for FREE, and enter each week’s contest. You could collect $150 each week!
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Join Bearcats Live! tonight on Q94.1FM
From Brandon Forester, Owner of Omega Entertainment, Q94.1FM and The Roux 102.3 FM
Greetings Fellow Bearcats and fans,
As we march down another exciting path of Ruston High School Bearcat Football this season, we would like to invite you to attend our Bearcats Live! broadcast.
Every Tuesday from 6:30-7:30PM join us live at The Sundown Tavern with Coach Jerrod Baugh and Host Nick Brown as they analyze the previous week’s game as well as the following matchup.
Sideline Reporter Toby Nations will be there to provide on the spot Q&A with the audience.
Can’t make it in person? Catch us on Q94.1 FM!
We strive to bring you the very best, so come join us for this informative and entertaining weekly event and show your support for the Mighty Bearcats!
Woman booked for drug possession
A Simsboro woman was charged with possession of a controlled substance after a search of her backpack at a crash scene.
Amber Cash, 30, was arrested Sept. 19 during the investigation of a crash in Ruston.
A Ruston Police officer detected the smell of marijuana coming from a vehicle that had arrived to pick up Cash. Cash admitted marijuana use but that she did not have any in her possession. A search of a backpack Cash had placed in the vehicle yielded one tablet of acetaminophen and hydrocodone, a Schedule II narcotic.
Cash was booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center.
This information has been provided by a law enforcement agency as public information. Persons named or shown in photographs or video as suspects in a criminal investigation, or arrested and charged with a crime, have not been convicted of any criminal offense and are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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Update: Arrest made in West Carroll Parish homicide investigation
Courtesy of Louisiana State Police
Ouachita Parish – On Monday, September 22, 2025, at approximately 11:30 a.m., 24-year-old Brian Freeman of Oak Grove, who was wanted for the murder of 43-year-old Kasi Hayden of Oak Grove, was arrested by the West Monroe Police Department on charges of shoplifting and the warrant for second-degree murder.
He was subsequently processed into the Ouachita Correction Center without incident. The investigation remains active and ongoing, with additional charges pending. No further information is available at this time.
To see the original release, CLICK HERE.
Ponderings by Doug
Every Sunday morning, as families shuffle into the sanctuary with coffee in one hand and a diaper bag in the other, a sacred ritual begins—not the liturgy, not the sermon, but the parental chant of the two great commandments for children in church: “Be quiet” and “Don’t run.” These are not found in Exodus or Deuteronomy, but they are etched into the hearts of every parent who has ever tried to keep a toddler from turning the aisle into a NASCAR track.
Let’s be honest: church with kids is a spiritual workout. You arrive with the best intentions—maybe even dressed in matching outfits—and within five minutes, someone is loudly asking why Jesus doesn’t have a pet dinosaur. Another is crawling under pews like a Navy SEAL. And you, dear parent, are whisper-yelling, “BE QUIET!” with the intensity of a Broadway performer who’s just missed their cue.
The second commandment, “Don’t run,” is equally vital. It’s not just about safety—it’s about dignity. Nothing tests your humility like chasing your child down the center aisle during the offertory. There’s something about polished church floors that turns every child into Usain Bolt. And while the pastor is preaching about grace, your child is demonstrating velocity.
But here’s the thing: these little rule-breakers are exactly who Jesus was talking about when He said, “Let the little children come to me.” He didn’t say, “Let the well-behaved, silent, non-running children come to me.” He welcomed the squirmy, the curious, the loud, and the sticky-fingered. He knew that children bring life, energy, and a kind of holy chaos that reminds us all what it means to be fully present.
So to the parents who feel like they’re herding cats in the sanctuary—take heart. You are not failing. You are forming. Every whispered correction, every goldfish cracker offered as communion, every coloring book passed down the pew is a seed of faith. You are teaching your children that church is a place they belong, even before they understand why.
And to the church—thank you. Thank you for being a place where children are not just tolerated but treasured. Thank you for the volunteers who smile through crayon murals on hymnals and the ushers who dodge sprinting toddlers with grace. Thank you for understanding that a little noise is a sign of life, not a disruption.
Yes, we’ll keep whispering the commandments: “Be quiet” and “Don’t run.” But we’ll also keep showing up, sticky fingers and all, because we believe that faith is caught more than taught. And sometimes, catching it looks like a child singing off-key, dropping Cheerios in the offering plate, or asking loudly if God likes dinosaurs.
So let the children come. Let them come with their noise, their energy, their questions, and their joy. Let them come running—yes, even down the aisle—because in their chaos, we find a glimpse of heaven. And in their laughter, we hear the echo of a Savior who said, “Do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
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Meet the 2025-26 Emerald Entertainers
The 2025-26 Cedar Creek Emerald Entertainers are coached by Chasten Veatch and Kori Pardue.
Back Row (L to R): Brooklynne Hennigan, Olivia Green, Olivia Ferral, Anna Malsam, Ella-Cate Veatch
Middle Row (L to R): Preslee Prince, Hadley Gatlin, Catherine Williams, Camille Albritton
Front Row (L to R): Co-Captain Bailey Hiers, Captain Addison Taylor
ICYMI: Bearcats continue to sit among state’s top 10 teams
Class 5A
School, 1st rec, points, Prev. rank
1. Karr (11)
2. Catholic-Baton Rouge 3-0
3. Ruston 3-0
4. Central
5. St. Augustine
6. Alexandria
7. Neville 2-1
8. John Curtis
9. Zachary 3-0
10. Brother Martin 3-0 23 NR
Others receiving votes: Archbishop Rummel 17, Destrehan 9, Terrebonne 8, Evangel Christian 7, Ouachita 5, Covington 3, Jesuit 2, Airline 1.
Class 4A
School, 1st rec, points, Prev. rank
1. North DeSoto (9) 3-0 127 2
2. Teurlings Catholic (2) 3-0 110 3
3. Franklin Parish 2-1 102 1
(tie) St. Thomas More 1-2 102 4
5. Franklinton 2-1 79 6
6. Lakeshore 3-0 73 7
7. St. Charles
8. Plaquemine 2-1 55 9
9. Iowa
10. Archbishop Shaw 1-2 39 5
Others receiving votes: Vandebilt Catholic 16, Cecilia 10, E.D. White 8, Lutcher 6, Tioga 3, Westgate 3, Belle Chasse 1.
Class 3A
School, 1st rec, points, Prev. rank
1. Jewel Sumner (4) 3-0 115 4
2. St. James (2) 2-1 113 1
3. Sterlington (2) 2-1 111 2
4. Madison Prep (1) 2-1 95 3
5. Bunkie (1) 3-0 91 6
6. Jena
7. University (1) 1-2 72 5
8. Lake Charles College Prep 2-1 53 8
9. Church Point 2-1 40 9
10. Erath 3-0 38 NR
Others receiving votes: Jennings 21, Amite 11, Marksville 7, John F. Kennedy 7, Westlake 3, De La Salle 1.
Class 2A
School, 1st rec, points, Prev. rank
1. Lafayette Christian Academy (10) 3-0 130 1
2. Ouachita Christian 3-0 116 2
3. Catholic-New Iberia (1) 3-0 109 4
4. Dunham 2-1 95 2
5. Calvary Baptist 2-1 94 6
6. Notre Dame 2-1 67 5
7. Lafayette Renaissance Charter 3-0 56 8
8. Oak Grove 2-1 54 9
9. Ferriday
10. South Plaquemines 2-1 33 7
Others receiving votes: Kinder 16, Mangham 13, Union Parish 11, Northlake Christian 8, Newman 4, East Feliciana 3, Episcopal-Baton Rouge 3, Northeast 2.
Class 1A
School, 1st rec, points, Prev. rank
1. Haynesville (11) 3-0 132 1
2. Opelousas Catholic 3-0 119 2
3. Jeanerette 3-0 101 3
4. Covenant Christian 2-1 92 4
5. Southern Lab 2-1 85 5
6. Hamilton Christian 3-0 70 6
7. Vermilion Catholic 1-2 63 7
(tie) Riverside
9. Kentwood
10. Ascension Catholic 2-1 38 10
Others receiving votes: Ascension Episcopal 14, North Iberville 14, Westminster-Opelousas 9, Logansport 4, St. Edmund 4, General Trass 4, Grand Lake 2, Sacred Heart-Ville Platte 1.
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Local events
Each Monday through Friday, the Lincoln Parish Journal will post a list of non-for-profit upcoming events happening in the parish. If you would like to add your event to this list or advertise your for-profit events, please email us at lpjnewsla@gmail.com.
Wednesday, Sept. 24
7-8 a.m.: Veterans Coffee Club (PJ’s Coffee)
11:30 a.m.: Lunch on Us (Presbyterian Church, 212 North Bonner Street., Ruston) — everyone welcome
11:30 a.m.: Ribbon cutting celebrating La Mexicana Restaurant (2547 Farmerville Hwy.)
12-1 p.m.: Rotary Club meeting (Historic Fire Station)
Thursday, Sept. 25
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Ruston Kiwanis Club lunch and program (Trinity Methodist Church fellowship hall)
2 p.m.: Ribbon cutting celebrating University Crossing (1201 W. California St.)
6 p.m.: Southern A’Chord Chorus rehearsal (Presbyterian Church fellowship hall, 212 N. Bonner St.; open to all women singers)
Friday, Sept. 26
36th annual Louisiana Chicken Festival
7 p.m.: Lincoln Prep football
7 p.m.: Cedar Creek football
Saturday, Sept. 27
36th annual Louisiana Chicken Festival
9 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Ruston Farmers Market
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Park Fest (Lincoln Parish Park)
Monday, Sept. 29
11:30 a.m.: Lunch on Us (Presbyterian Church, 212 North Bonner Street., Ruston) — everyone welcome
6 p.m.: Toastmasters International meeting (Louisiana Center for the Blind, 101 South Trenton Street)
6-9 p.m.: Creative Meetups (Creatives at Work, 301 N. Trenton)
Wednesday, Oct. 1
7-8 a.m.: Veterans Coffee Club (PJ’s Coffee)
11:30 a.m.: Lunch on Us (Presbyterian Church, 212 North Bonner Street., Ruston) — everyone welcome
12-1 p.m.: Rotary Club meeting (Historic Fire Station)
Thursday, Oct. 2
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Ruston Kiwanis Club lunch and program (Trinity Methodist Church fellowship hall)
4 p.m.: Ribbon cutting celebrating Courtesy Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram of Ruston (1371 N. Service Rd., Ruston)
6 p.m.: Southern A’Chord Chorus rehearsal (Presbyterian Church fellowship hall, 212 N. Bonner St.; open to all women singers)
Friday, Oct. 3
6:30 p.m.: LA Tech volleyball
7 p.m.: Lincoln Prep football
7 p.m.: Cedar Creek football
Saturday, Oct. 4
9 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Ruston Farmers Market
1 p.m.: LA Tech volleyball
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