Ultra-runner Shelley Sparks eats mountains for breakfast. Her long list of alpine trail conquests includes Pikes Peak marathon (26 miles) twice, eight 100-milers, three 90-mile stage races, and numerous races with distances of 50k to 100k.
The city of Ruston has announced that weather permitting, N. Bonner Street between E. Georgia Avenue and E. Carolina Avenue will be closed to through traffic today from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. The closure is necessary for utility repairs.
An argument during which a son threw a flowerpot at his father’s car ended with the younger man being tased twice after attempting to get away from Lincoln Parish sheriff’s deputies.
