A Louisiana Tech University graduate student studying to teach cane travel to the blind is recovering from injuries sustained Wednesday afternoon when she was hit by a lumber truck.
Lincoln Parish is now officially part of the Louisiana State Mesonet’s growing network of weather data, operated by the University of Louisiana at Monroe. Installed on Oct. 29, a 30-foot tower off Big Creek Road in Dubach is collecting temperature, wind, precipitation and many other data points, and that real-time data is now live and free to view online at wxdata.geos.ulm.edu/mesonet/DUBA. A camera on the tower also gives interested parties a peek at live conditions in the area.
Three more Grambling State University students have been arrested in connection with an incident that occurred Nov. 1 during which several other students were held at gunpoint in a dormitory room.
Funeral services were held for Ruth Gill James, age 96, at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 405 East 5th Street, in Homer, on Wednesday, November 13, 2024, at 2 p.m., and Rev. Steve Fowler, officiated.
Ruston is back in a familiar waiting game this postseason, preparing for the winner of No. 14 Zachary and No. 19 Sam Houston tonight to make the trip to Hoss Garrett Stadium for the second round next week.
Earlier this week, local veterans, guard, reserve and active-duty service members were feted with a special breakfast courtesy of Century Next Bank in Ruston. The inaugural Veterans Appreciation Breakfast was a chance for the bank to host and share a meal with the fine men and women who have served and continue to serve the nation. As part of the event, vocalists from the Louisiana Tech University choir sang the National Anthem while the Louisiana Tech Air Force ROTC performed the color-guard ceremony.
A former Grambling State University basketball player who two years ago received a suspended sentence and probation on a string of assault charges has been arrested again for allegedly forcing his way into a former girlfriend’s apartment, then running from police.
