Rae Ambrose Hammons, age 80, of Choudrant, passed away on Easter Sunday, March 31, 2024, after a short illness. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday, April 5, 2024, at First Baptist Church Choudrant with Rev. Gil Arthur officiating.
Ruston’s Board of Aldermen has unanimously agreed to sell the historic downtown Federal Building to a Monroe development firm that plans to turn it into a restaurant.
Ruston will mark the 5th anniversary of the EF3 tornado that ripped its way across the city on April 25, 2019, with the dedication of a plaza at the base of one of the structures that survived the storm.
OK, I admit it. The first thing I did when the big boom happened a couple of weeks ago was dash out my front door to see what had dropped out of the sky into the yard.
One of the hot issues in the current session of the Louisiana Legislature, meeting at the state capitol in Baton Rouge, is the repeal of a law that currently mandates the wearing of a safety helmet when riding a motorcycle.
CHOUDRANT — Troopers with Louisiana State Police Troop F began investigating a singlevehicle fatal crash on I-20 east of Hwy. 145 Monday. The crash claimed the life of 47-year-old Thomas Rogers of Crestview, Florida.
