BATON ROUGE — Republicans on a House committee refused Wednesday to pass proposed constitutional amendments, preferring to wait for a constitutional convention sought by Gov. Jeff Landry.
What started out as the District 2-5A track meet at Ruston High School Wednesday turned into a head-to-head battle between Ruston and Alexandria Sr. High in the boys and girls team standings.
Argent Financial Group announced this week that Ruston artist Nicole Duet has been selected as this year’s recipient of the Argent Fellowship for the Hambidge Center’s Creative Residency Program. Duet will embark on her two-week residency at the Hambidge Center this summer.
A book signing for “I Am More: Confronting the Aftermath of Sexual Assault” is scheduled for 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. Saturday at The Avenue Christian Bookstore.
When Mike Skains signed the note for the Ruston Girls Softball Association fields in 1993, he couldn’t have anticipated that more than 30 years later, that move would be helping local softball players attend college.
The Grambling State softball team fought valiantly on Wednesday, but couldn’t overcome University of Louisiana-Monroe, falling 5-1 at the ULM Softball Complex.