Cinco de Mayo, or the fifth of May, is a holiday that celebrates the date of the Mexican army’s May 5, 1862, victory over France at the Battle of Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War. The day is also known as Battle of Puebla Day.
Graveside services for Floy Elizabeth Conn Moon, 89, of Ruston, will be held 2 p.m. today, Wednesday, May 5, 2021, at Salem Cemetery in Dubach, under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Ruston.
Ruston’s Board of Aldermen has rejected a pair of recommendations from the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission that opponents said could have allowed commercial encroachment into two north Ruston neighborhoods.
Ruston’s Board of Aldermen has hired a Washington, D.C. consulting firm to do the feasibility study to take the next step in the city’s quest to offer broadband residential internet service.
The village of Simsboro is moving forward with attempts to secure various financing methods for a slate of water and sewer system improvements over the next few years.
When Gov. John Bel Edwards announced last week that he was lifting the mask mandate in the state of Louisiana, you could almost hear a resounding sigh of relief all across Louisiana.