Representatives of Amtrak and the Southern Rail Commission will be in Ruston this afternoon to discuss details of an application for federal funding that could bring passenger service back through North Louisiana.
Ruston Mayor Ronny Walker keeps a palm-sized lump of concrete on his desk. He’s even taken it to Washington, D.C., to try to visually prove a point — at least two of the I-20 overpasses in his city need to be replaced. Now.
