As a high school senior, Phil Waltz thought of becoming a doctor. After gaining invaluable advice, he took a different path. That shift has now brought Waltz acclaim from the Board of Pharmacy of the State of Louisiana as he celebrates 50 years as a registered pharmacist.
This small section of North Monroe Street between West Georgia Avenue and West Florida Avenue in Ruston has been closed this week as workers have turned it up to conduct repairs to the city’s fiber service network.
Research, perseverance, leadership in cutting-edge science, and plain hard work toward a specific goal for more than a dozen years has led to a key partnership between Louisiana Tech University and LSU that will pay off in breakthrough industry solutions and new educational advances and opportunities on both campuses.
A memorial service honoring the life of Melissa “Missy” Ann Stringfellow Goodwin, 58, will be held Saturday, August 14, 2021, from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. at Kilpatrick Funeral Home, 209 N Bonner St. in Ruston.
If there’s one position on Louisiana’s Tech’s 2021 roster about which head coach Skip Holtz won’t stay up late at night with worry, it has to be linebacker.