Though Louisiana has been receiving a bit more rain over the last 30 days, as compared to a hot and dry summer, state officials are still leaning toward the burn ban that was issued in August.
Area residents can begin celebrating the spooktacular month of October at the annual Pumpkins in the Park event set to kickoff at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 7 at Railroad Park in downtown Ruston.
The continuing incursion of illegal border crossers into the United States is the most astonishing story in American politics. There have been days recently in which 10,000 people crossed illegally into the country — and remember, in a long-ago era, when Barack Obama was president, a tenth of that was considered a crisis.
San Francisco, one of America’s most iconic cities, is in decay. Smash-andgrab robberies and open shoplifting have forced businesses to close, law enforcement has tied hands, and urine, feces and the used syringes of zombie drug addicts litter the streets.
Former Grambling State baseball coach Wilbert Ellis’ impact on Louisiana sports will be enshrined forever as one of nine on the competitors ballot to be inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2024 next summer.
