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Increase in drownings highlights importance of water safety

Dear Doctors: Our 3-year-old daughter almost drowned when she fell into a neighbor’s pool last summer. She’s going to be OK, but she is still facing some medical problems. This has made us aware that water safety is actually a health issue. We hope you might address this in an upcoming column.

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Flashback to ’88: ‘We must be good to one another’

Thirty- five years and 11 months ago at this hour, I was on my way back to the Louisiana Superdome for the third day of the 1988 Republican National Convention.

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How to lower auto insurance costs in Louisiana

Louisiana legislators met last week to find legal solutions that will lower the cost of automobile bill insurance throughout the state. Hey, all you guy and gal lawmakers. There are no new laws that will make any difference. If you want to see automobile rates go down for the average policyholder, get law-enforcement to start enforcing the laws that are on the books right now. Let me give you some examples.

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TODAY AT A GLANCE

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

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Fugitive from Texas arrested in Ruston

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.

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Security upgrades set to begin at Montessori in Ruston

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.

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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.

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

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.

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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.