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 After over 47 years of employment at Richardson Medical Center, Diane Donald is retiring.  

She first began her journey at RMC as a candy striper at the age of 14.  A candy striper was a voluntary school program designed to give (mostly girls at that time) an insight into the possibility of pursuing a career in nursing.  Donald enjoyed her work at RMC so much she applied and was hired at the age of 17 to begin what proved to be a life time career.    

Wreaths Across America will take place at 10 a.m. Dec. 19 at the Northeast Louisiana Veteran’s Cemetery.

The cemetery, located south of Rayville on U.S. Hwy 425, has hosted a Wreaths Across America ceremony organized by the Original Rhymes Library Restoration Society every December since 2016.

Due to Covid-19 there will be no formal ceremony. However, volunteers will still be placing wreaths secured by Rhymes Memorial Library and others on each veteran’s grave site and reading each name aloud.

Mangham Mayor Johnny Lee Natt passed away Monday night.

Mangham Police Chief Perry Fleming announced the mayor’s death Tuesday morning with a post on the police department’s Facebook page.

“The Mangham Police Department and the Town of Mangham are saddened by the loss of our Mayor Johnny Natt,” Fleming said. “The mayor was not only a friend to us all he was a husband, father, and grandfather. Please keep his family in your prayers.”

In addition to his work with the Town of Mangham, Natt was known for his legacy of coaching in Richland Parish.