William Augustus “ Dub” Jones, age 99, passed from this life on November 2, 2024, at his home in Ruston. He was a beloved son, brother, husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, uncle and friend.
A celebration of life for Patrice Hilton, 72, of Ruston, was held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, at First Baptist Church in Ruston. Visitation was held from 9-11 a.m. with the service following at 11 a.m. Interment followed with a private graveside at Cook Cemetery in Ruston, under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Homes of Ruston.
The Lincoln Parish School Board is in the process of calling some audibles after learning that the money raised by an April bond election will not be enough to cover the Ruston High athletics upgrades and other projects it presented to voters at the time.
As the calendar turned to November, the Davison Athletics Complex on the Louisiana Tech University campus was home to an overwhelming sense of gratitude. Yet it had nothing to do with the fact that Thanksgiving is on the horizon.
BATON ROUGE – For the first quarter of fiscal year 2025, the Louisiana Lottery Corporation transferred more than $42.5 million to the state treasury, down about $12.1 million from the same quarter last year in which a $1 billion Powerball jackpot and a $1.5 billion Mega Million jackpot both occurred.
