With fireworks tents and stands popping up across the state this week, the State Fire Marshal’s Office wants to encourage all Louisiana residents to not only be safe when using fireworks, but knowledgeable when buying them.
A Ruston man who claims he fell asleep while his children were home with him has been charged with improper supervision of a minor after one of the children was found outside clad only in a diaper.
Officials with the United Steelworkers Union are meeting this week with Ardagh Glass Packaging management to try to negotiate a possible severance package for soon- to- be- displaced union workers at the Ardagh plants in Simsboro and in Wilson, North Carolina.
Four transformer boxes in downtown Ruston have been, well, transformed into “mini-murals” this summer through a Ruston Cultural District project. After an application process in the spring, four artists were chosen to bring some life and color to these ordinary pieces of city infrastructure: Chlese Henderson, Maryam El-Awadi, Whitney Caskey and Callan Thornton. Two are on Alabama Avenue, and two are on Mississippi Avenue.
Graveside services for Ronny Whitaker, age 77, of Ruston, will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, June 28, 2023, at Hurricane Cemetery in Athens, with Rev. Brian Mercer and Rev. Doug Degraffenried officiating.
The Fourth of July may not be governed by official rules mandating celebrants attend a backyard barbecue before being awed by a nighttime fireworks display, but each of those things features prominently in many Independence Day celebrations.
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This year at the Southern Plant Trials, I fell in love with the herbaceous perennial agastache. This perennial stood out to me with its profuse blooms and delightful fragrance.
