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Editorial: Female athletes are cashing in on college NIL payments

Fri,04/01/22-6:56PM, 7,426 Reads 75,043 Statewide
When the NCAA began allowing college athletes to make money from the use of their name, image and likeness, purists moaned that it would be the death knell of amateur sports.
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Sarah Leuna Kitchens Peterson, 83

Thu,06/09/22-8:08PM, 7,423 Reads
Sarah Leuna Kitchens Peterson, age 83, a resident of Covington, Louisiana, went to be with the Lord June 4, 2022. Sarah was born July 15, 1938 in Philadelphia, Mississippi.
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Barbara Ann Johnson Moore, 76

Wed,04/13/22-10:43AM, 7,407 Reads
Barbara Ann Johnson Moore, 76, a resident of Albany passed away Monday evening April 4, 2022 at the Harvest Manor Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Denham Springs. She was a native of the Mount Hermon Community and worked for the State of Louisiana as a Nurse’s Aide for many years.
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Calvonta Ard of Franklinton, right, is shown with his uncle, Kendric Stewart, as he prepares to graduate from Southern University. Kendric Stewart is Executive Director of Alumni Affairs at Southern.

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FHS graduate overcame hurdles to receive his college degree

Wed,06/07/23-6:27PM, 7,403 Reads
When Southern University and A&M College awarded nearly 600 degrees on May 12, a name was called that had a local Franklinton flare.
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