🌱 Why Ruston’s fire and EMS team just won a top state honor
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In today's newsletter:
- Why Ruston’s fire and EMS team just won a top state honor
- How a former top South Carolina recruit ended up in Ruston
- What Ruston’s legislator is backing to cut your prescription costs
Also on today's calendar: 2026 Ruston Juneteenth Celebration.
Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Saturday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, temps: high: 93, low: 75.
- Sunday: Humid with a thunderstorm, with a high of 89 and low of 72 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• RFD earns state EMS Fire/EMS Service of the Year Award (lincolnparishjournal.com) — Ruston residents can take pride that their own Ruston Fire Department has been named Louisiana’s 2026 Fire/EMS Service of the Year, recognizing its daily work in fire protection and advanced life support ambulance care. With more than 60 full-time members across three stations and a top-tier Class 1 insurance rating, the department’s statewide honor underscores the quality and impact of its services in the community. 
• Former Top Recruit Jack Reynolds Finds New Home at Louisiana Tech (on3.com subscription) — Louisiana Tech baseball is adding transfer infielder Jack Reynolds, who’s heading to Ruston with two years of eligibility after stints at Clemson, Gulf Coast State, and South Carolina. The highly regarded Columbia native says Tech’s coaching staff, winning culture, and facilities convinced him this was the best place to grow on and off the field.
• Louisiana lawmakers passed bills to try to keep prescription drug costs down. Will it work? (nola.com) — A Ruston-area lawmaker is helping lead a package of bills aimed at lowering prescription drug costs in Louisiana by pushing more generic coverage, boosting pay for local pharmacies, and tightening rules on pharmacy benefit managers. Experts disagree on how much relief patients will actually see, but the changes could affect insurance premiums, pharmacy access, and out-of-pocket costs statewide.
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🗞 Nearby News
Quitman
- Students from Jackson Parish Earn La Tech Spring 2026 Honor Roll Designation (jacksonparishjournal.com)
- Two-way player, LSU commit leads All-Northeast Louisiana baseball team (thenewsstar.com)
West Monroe
- West Monroe Police host youth summer camp for future officers (myarklamiss.com)
- West Monroe West Ouachita Chamber, Monroe Chamber announce support for OPSO tax renewals (knoe.com)
- West Monroe police officer charged with theft of motor vehicle (myarklamiss.com)
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