Ruston’s Board of Aldermen is set to give its support Monday to a resolution empowering the city’s Industrial Development Board to waive a portion of sales and property taxes for the new JPMorgan Chase operations center.
As much as I hate it, I missed the unveiling of Sarah and A.L. Williams Champions Plaza at Louisiana Tech University. But, things happen and you just have to roll with it. And that’s okay. I don’t need a statue to remind me of connections made with these great people through the years.
Plants can be beautiful additions to a home and provide a natural way to filter interior air. Many homeowners prefer to enhance their spaces with greenery and various flowers. Though that’s a great way to design a home’s interior, pet owners must exercise caution with plants to safeguard their furry friends.
Leading up to Friday night’s road battle with fierce rival Neville High School, Ruston students gathered Thursday night to “Drown the Tiger.” The pep rally featured a fake Tiger dressed in a Neville shirt trapped in a cage. After the cage was lifted in the air, the Ruston Fire Department helped football players turn the hose on the enemy tiger. Ruston and Neville played Friday at Bill Ruple Stadium. See Sports on page 8 for details.
In 1 Corinthians 13.11, the verse says, “When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.”
It was legal to sell alcoholic beverages in Ruston until a few years before the turn of the century (1900). When the parish voted to go dry, numerous “blind tigers” were set up, and old records state that “men who dared to oppose this evil influence put their lives in jeopardy.” Police Chief W.S. May and others led in their being stamped out but not before town marshal John Sizemore had been killed in the fight.
