Ruston Daily Leader

The Ruston Daily Leader blog. Curated by Joi Chadwick (@joiatrdl).

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We are looking for a carrier for a route that covers parts of Ruston and Choudrant!

Are you looking to make some extra cash for a couple hours work a day? Do you know/are you willing to learn the Ruston (starting on Highway 33) and Choudrant, Louisiana areas? We’re looking for someone interested in stepping up to deliver this route full time.

Carriers are independent contractors who work for themselves to provide us a service. They drive their own cars to deliver, and they hire (and pay) their own substitutes based on the specifics of the route and availability of substitutes.

Have you previously filled in an application to deliver the Ruston Daily Leader? Are you still interested and available? Would you like to be considered to be our new carrier for this route? Call us at [phone] or email [email protected] and let us know!

Would you like to be a carrier for us but you haven’t applied yet? No problem! You can fill out an application online or pick up a paper copy at 174 N Monroe Street (at the end of the boardwalk, near the corner by Origin Bank) in Ruston.

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We’re looking for route substitutes for the CHOUDRANT area

Are you looking to make some extra cash here and there? Do you know (or are you willing to learn) the Choudrant, Louisiana area? We’re looking for people interested in stepping up to deliver routes when our carriers for this area have to take time off their routes. A substitute would ride with the carrier and be trained on the route prior to the time they’re filling in, and they would be given a subscriber list and audio recording of the carrier doing the route.

Carriers are independent contractors, and they hire (and pay) their own substitutes based on the specifics of the route and availability of substitutes. A substitute who does a great job would be given preference to have their own route/independent contract when we have route openings.

Have you previously filled in an application to deliver the Ruston Daily Leader? Are you still interested and available? Would you like to be added to our route substitute list for Choudrant? Call us at [phone] or email [email protected] and let us know!

Would you like to be a route substitute for us but you haven’t applied yet? No problem! You can fill out an application online or pick up a paper copy at 174 N Monroe Street (at the end of the boardwalk, near the corner by Origin Bank) in Ruston.

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Come work in the RDL building!

We’re in a new school year, and several of our workers are less available with classes starting. This means we have space on the schedule and a need to hire a few more part-time workers to help us out between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday (especially 8-3), and Saturday nights for 2-4 hours about two weekends a month.

Our inserters must be able to:

Pay attention to detail

Accept direction and correction

Work consistently and fast with their hands while standing most of the day

We want you to get the work done as fast as possible and right. You need to have reliable transportation and contact information (phone) and be dependable. If this is you, we want to hear from you!

For more information, including how to apply, visit rustonleader.tumblr.com/workatrdl or contact Joi at [phone] or [email protected].

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Posting again! We’ve made a few hires and we’re looking for a few more. Maybe we’re looking for YOU!

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Coming up in the Sunday 9/18 issue of Ruston Daily Leader

We’ll have ad inserts with deals, savings, and coupons from:

Rite Aid (including Plenti points savings and Buy 1, Get 1 50% or Free savings)

Dollar General (Summer Clearance Event / Buy 1, Get 2 Free deals)

Office Depot (Clearance Event)

Walgreens (Fall Beauty Savings and Halloween decor/costumes)

Michael’s (Fall Decor Sale, up to 70% savings)

Look for all this and the community news, of course, in the Sunday issue of Ruston Daily Leader!

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What you can do with a quarter and 2 pennies

Our online subscriptions not only allow you to read full articles on the website, but they also give you access to .pdf files of the full paper you can read online or download? Yeah! You can also browse past issues and special editions. You can even have the .pdf of the e-edition sent to your email every day!

You can setup your online subscription right now for just $16 for 2 months. That’s about 27 cents a day for your community news! Couch cushion money! Visit us at rustonleader.com to get that started.

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We’ve added a new vendor!

You can now buy the Ruston Daily Leader inside Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market (321 W. California Ave in Ruston) in addition to these other locations:

RUSTON

Walgreen’s (108 W California Ave)

Dollar General (100 Dan Reneau Dr)

EZ Mart (1730 W California Ave)

EZ Mart (1500 S Vienna St)

ZZ Mart (301 S Farmerville St)

Chevron U-Pak It (1006 Cooktown Rd)

Village Market 2111 (Farmerville Hwy)

Circle K (1705 N Service Rd E)

Walmart Supercenter (1201 N Service Rd E)

Dollar General (101 N Service Rd E)

Circle K (1408 N Trenton St)

Super 1 (1500 N Trenton St)

Dollar General (5620 Hwy 167)

Pow Wow Texaco (101 S Service Rd W)

Walgreen’s (1401 N Trenton St)

GRAMBLING

Stop and Shop Exxon (1010 RWE Jones Dr)

Rogers Mini Mart Chevron (959 RWE Jones Dr)

Citgo (7576 Hwy 80)

DUBACH

Goose Creek (12178 Hwy 146)

ARCADIA

Dollar General (1192 Hazel St)

You can also buy the Ruston Daily Leader from our yellow racks located around Ruston at gas stations and shopping locations and in Arcadia at Brookshire’s.

If you’d like to start a delivery subscription, call us at [phone] or subscribe through our website at rustonleader.com.

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Coming up in the Sunday 9/11 issue of Ruston Daily Leader

We’ll have ad inserts with deals, savings, and coupons from:

Rite Aid (including Plenti points savings and Buy 1, Get 1 50% or Free savings)

Dollar General (including 40% off fall apparel and sleepwear and Buy 1 or 2 or 3, Get 1 Free deals)

Office Depot (End of Summer Sales Event)

Walgreens (including Buy 1, Get 1 50% off Fall Beauty Savings and 5x everyday points)

Michael’s (lowest prices of the season including up to 70% off)

Builder’s Supply (Fall Merchandise Book with a chance to win a 1 of 2 $500 shopping giveaways)

Look for all this and the community news, of course, in the Sunday issue of Ruston Daily Leader!

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Come work in the RDL building!

We’re in a new school year, and several of our workers are less available with classes starting. This means we have space on the schedule and a need to hire a few more part-time workers to help us out between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday (especially 8-3), and Saturday nights for 2-4 hours about two weekends a month.

Our inserters must be able to:

Pay attention to detail

Accept direction and correction

Work consistently and fast with their hands while standing most of the day

We want you to get the work done as fast as possible and right. You need to have reliable transportation and contact information (phone) and be dependable. If this is you, we want to hear from you!

For more information, including how to apply, visit rustonleader.tumblr.com/workatrdl or contact Joi at [phone] or [email protected].

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Also coming in the Sunday issue? The 2016-17 Pigskin Preview flyer with football schedules for prep, college, and NFL teams of local interest.

Featuring:

Cedar Creek

Lincoln Prep

Ruston High

University of Arkansas

Grambling State University

La Tech University

LSU

Dallas Cowboys

New Orleans Saints

Check it out in the Sunday 8/28/16 issue of Ruston Daily Leader!

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Coming up in the Sunday 8/28 issue

We’ll have ad inserts with deals, savings, and coupons from:

Simmon’s Sporting Goods

Rite Aid

Dollar General

Office Depot

Walgreens

Walmart

P&G Brand Saver

Look for all this and the community news, of course, in the Sunday issue of

Ruston Daily Leader!

(coupons photo credit: www.ccPixs.com)

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We’re working on filling up our route substitute list

This list includes names and contact information for people interested in stepping up to deliver routes when our carriers have to take time off their routes. A substitute would ride with the carrier and be trained on the route prior to the time they’re filling in, and they would be given a subscriber list and audio recording of the carrier doing the route.

Carriers are independent contractors, and they hire (and pay) their own substitutes based on the specifics of the route and availability of substitutes. A substitute who does a great job would be given preference to have their own route/independent contract when we have route openings.

Have you previously filled in an application to deliver the Ruston Daily Leader? Are you still interested and available? Would you like to be added to our route substitute list? Call us at [phone] or email [email protected] and let us know!

Would you like to be a route substitute for us but you haven’t applied yet? No problem! You can fill out an application online or pick up a paper copy at 174 N Monroe Street (at the end of the boardwalk, near the corner by Origin Bank) in Ruston.

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The Ruston Daily Leader will be closed Monday, July 4

We will print a paper Sunday, but not on Monday. Printing will resume Tuesday, July 5, 2016. Our offices will closed from 5 p.m. Friday, July 1 until 8 a.m. Monday, July 5.

We hope you enjoy your weekend!

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Police Jury approves audit reports

by Heather Small-Hawley

The Lincoln Parish Police Jury has approved the 2015 audit report for both itself and the Humanitarian Enterprises of Lincoln Parish...

Courtney Hall, parish administrator, introduced an ordinance redesigning and reestablishing voting precincts for Districts 6, 8 and 9.

“Louisiana’s revised statues required that if you have less than 300 registered voters in a precinct, you are to merge that precinct with an adjoining precinct,” he said.

NOTE: If you voted at McLane Recreation Center on James Street or the Sisemore Fire Station, the redesign will change your polling place.

Read more in the 6/29/16 issue of Ruston Daily Leader.

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Sanders to handle GSU operations

Applications for new president available now 

Staff Report

Leon Sanders has been appointed to handle operations by the University of Louisiana System at Grambling State University beginning Friday.

GSU’s vice president of finance and administration will take over following former president Willie Larkin’s resignation June 23...

Read more in the 6/29/16 issue of Ruston Daily Leader.

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Morning Report - Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Here’s  a collection of news stories from near and far this AM:

Louisiana

State Police head: Trooper who body-slammed Bourbon Street patron acted appropriately [The Advocate]

Louisiana must create a better future for our children: Editorial [The Times-Picayune]

Terrebonne sheriff's deputy charged with DWI [Houma Today]

Louisiana in for big changes, likely bumpy ride with Medicaid expansion, transition; here's how we got here [The Advocate]

‘Let us dance’: Strip club dancers urge New Orleans officials to reject proposed cap on clubs [The New Orleans Advocate]

US

LAPD officer was unjustified in killing a man who zapped his partner with a Taser, panel finds [The Los Angeles Times]

Prison officials force-feed inmates on hunger strike against solitary confinement [RT]

99yo woman faces eviction from San Francisco apartment she rented for life [RT]

Confronting the Whitewashing Of Disability: Interview with #DisabilityTooWhite Creator Vilissa Thompson [Huffington Post]

Being LGBTQ in the American South is Dangerous [Tranzgender]

World

TURKEY: Turkey declares day of mourning after 41 killed in airport bombings [Middle East Eye]

SOUTH AMERICA: As Europe Divides, South America Moves to Regional Citizenship [TeleSUR]

INDIA: India's supreme court refuses to hear challenge to law against gay sex [Reuters]

SOUTH AFRICA: Attitudinal barriers an additional woe for South Africans with disabilities [Times Live]

MEXICO: Striking Mexican Teachers Pledge to Continue Fight for Change [TeleSUR]

Reminder: The Ruston Daily Leader is on Snapchat. Username: THATRDL. You can also talk with Joi from RDL on Twitter. Username: joiatrdl.

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There's systemic institutional bias against female and trans playwrights in the theater. It breaks my heart. In my job, I read hundreds of vital, bold, brilliant plays by female and trans writers every single year, and I know that the fact that so many never see production means that theatregoers are being deprived.

Joy Meads, literary manager and artistic engagement strategist at Los Angeles’ Center Theatre Group & member of “gang of playwrights” The Kilroys

This ‘Gang Of Playwrights’ Is Destroying Gender Inequality In Theater [GOOD Magazine]

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Boatright, Davis earn LSWA honors

Teddy Allen earns Russo Award; Tech staff picks up eight awards

by Derek J. Amaya

It was a winning weekend for the Ruston Daily Leader and Louisiana Tech University as the Louisiana Sports Writers Association held its annual awards banquet Sunday at The Landing Restaurant.

The Daily Leader’s O.K. “Buddy” Davis and T. Scott Boatright each brought home first place awards with Davis taking his fifth straight top honors for Sports Column Writing while Boatright placed first in Headline Writing.

Read more in the 6/28/16 issue of Ruston Daily Leader.

Congratulations to Scott and Buddy!