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Sharon Gillum of Patterson received highest honors this year at the Louisiana Rural Water Association's Annual Awards Banquet, where she was named the Water System Operator of the Year (South).

BATON ROUGE — A new report finds speeding was a factor in at least 27 percent of Louisiana traffic fatalities in 2013.

Editor’s note: We received this information in a recent email from Jeanne Olds McCloy about Boy Scout Troop 41.