Henrietta M. Slaton, age 84 of Ruston, LA, passed away November 25, 2020. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, November 30, 2020, at Longstraw Cemetery in Choudrant, LA.
GRAMBLING— Heading into the opening round of the Class 5A playoffs, Ruston High School head football coach Jerrod Baugh knew who he had to call on to spark his team to a win.
Quarterback Brady Menzina (4) will lead the Cedar Creek Cougars into the Division IV football playoffs after a schedule change shifted their contest from Friday to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 29.
JaColby Pemberton and Andrew Gordon were part of key bench production for Louisiana Tech as the Bulldogs hung on for a 76-71 victory over Texas-Arlington on Friday night in the season opener inside
Bre Harris scored 17 points and Keiunna Walker added 16 to lead four players in double figures to help lift Louisiana Tech to a 90-45 win over McNeese State Wednesday night at the Thomas Assembly C
Only hours before more than 1,000 people peacefully marched from Louisiana Tech’s campus to Ruston’s City Hall in memory of a black Minnesota man who died in police custody, Mayor Ronny Walker pledged to form a committee “driven by citizens who really want to see change” to address remnants of racism in the city.
Grambling State University saw hundreds of students from its spring and fall 2020 graduating classes walk the stage this month to accept their diplomas. But not every graduate took the same path to scholarly success.