🌱 2025 Lincoln Lights up the Pines and 11 more events

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Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 58 and low of 43 degrees.
• Friday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 68, low: 41.
• Saturday: Partly sunny, a shower or two, with a high of 61 and low of 41 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday December 12

• 2025 Lincoln Lights up the Pines
  Lincoln Parish Park , 211 Parish Park Rd , Ruston
  5:30 pm
• Christmas Blues
  Dixie Center for the Arts , 212 N Vienna St , Ruston
  7:00 pm

Saturday December 13

• Central Arkansas Sugar Bears at Grambling State Tigers Women's Basketball
  Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center , 100 Stadium Dr , Grambling
  2:00 pm
• Cent. Arkansas @ Grambling
  Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center , 100 Stadium Dr , Grambling
  2:00 pm

Sunday December 14

• Cookie Crawl
  Historic Ruston Fire Station , 200 E Mississippi Ave , Ruston
  1:00 pm

Monday December 15

• Jarvis Christian Bulldogs at Grambling State Tigers Women's Basketball
  Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center , 100 Stadium Dr , Grambling
  12:00 pm

Friday December 19

• Hampton @ Grambling State
  Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center , 100 Stadium Dr , Grambling
  4:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Ruston Farmers Market
  Ruston Farmers Market , 220 E Mississippi Ave , Ruston
  9:00 am

Monday December 22

• LeTourneau @ Grambling
  Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center , 100 Stadium Dr , Grambling
  12:00 pm

Monday December 29

• Lincoln Prep Girls Varsity Basketball @ Gibsland-Coleman
  Gibsland-Coleman High School , 501 S 10th , Gibsland
  6:00 pm
• Lincoln Prep Boys Varsity Basketball @ Gibsland-Coleman
  Gibsland-Coleman High School , 501 S 10th , Gibsland
  7:00 pm

Tuesday December 30

• Centenary College of Louisiana @ Grambling State
  Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center , 100 Stadium Dr , Grambling
  12:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Brookshire Grocery Company posted a job opening for Grocery Stocker in Arcadia. Apply here.
• Haynes International, Inc. posted a job opening for Machinist/CNC Machinist in Arcadia. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Arcadia here.

🗞 Nearby News

Ruston

• City of Ruston names Interim Fire Chief (knoe.com)
• Louisiana Surgery Center Opens in North Louisiana (louisianalife.com)
• 🎓 Louisiana Tech Releases Fall 2025 Honors Lists 🌟 (avoyellestoday.com)

Bossier City

• Fast Pace Health to Open New Walk-In Clinic in Bossier City (bossierpress.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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