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TODAY AT A GLANCE

Today is the 199th day of 2024 and the 28th day of summer.

Fugitive from Texas arrested in Ruston

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A Louisiana State Trooper made a routine stop on I-20 Monday morning in Ruston that turned into an arrest of a fugitive wanted in Texas.

Security upgrades set to begin at Montessori in Ruston

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Montessori School of Ruston has received a $50,000 grant from the Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security to implement security upgrades at its campus.

An extra look at literacy data

As Louisiana closed the book on its first school year of testing early-grades students with a new literacy screener, its appears more kindergarteners and first graders showed they could read on grade level this spring than their schoolmates in second and third grade, both across the state and in Lincoln Parish.

GSU officials give update on digital library, unveil capital projects webpage

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GRAMBLING — Grambling State University officials provided a virtual session via Zoom to give updates on the Digital Library and Learning Commons and other capital projects planned or currently under construction.

Back to work in the TAC

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Bulldogs begin practice for 2024-25 basketball season

Young innovator develops new method to remove micro plastics from water

When Caddo Magnet High School sophomore Vennela Malireddy won regionals and then state for the U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize competition, Louisiana Tech University Associate Professor of Civil Engineering and Construction Engineering Technology Shaurav Alam was not surprised.

NSU hosts annual Folk Festival Saturday

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NATCHITOCHES — The 44th Annual Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival will be held on Saturday in airconditioned Prather Coliseum located at 220 South Jefferson Street at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches.

Deputies arrest pair found in pantry eating

A man and woman discovered eating out of another person’s pantry have been arrested for simple burglary and unauthorized entry into an inhabited dwelling.

GSU’s Crawley tabbed as SWAC Preseason Offensive Player of the Year Tuesday

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Grambling State University quarterback Myles Crawley was named the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Preseason Player of the Year, announced by the conference on Tuesday morning.