On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, I boarded an airplane. We never got where we were headed. That was the day coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks were carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States, the day we call 9/11.
The city of Ruston has a budget for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1. The Board of Aldermen unanimously adopted the $77 million spending plan Monday.
In the summer of 1984, a group of area Baptist women began thinking about what it would feel like to be relocated to a foreign country. They imagined their lives with no acquaintances, knowledge of the language or understanding of the community. They then saw a need within their own local area.
Choudrant High School students Jackson Smith and Benton Case give school board members Donna Doss (left) and Hunter Smith a tour of the campus Tuesday ahead of the board’s monthly meeting held at the school.
The Jackson Parish Chamber of Commerce has named Green Clinic Health System and Rehabilitation its Business of the Month for September. Located at 4707 Quitman Hwy. in Hodge, Green Clinic can be reached at 318-395-1168.
Joan Lynam’s Biomass Lab in Louisiana Tech University’s College of Engineering and Science has developed a method for growing healthy, vibrant crops without the weight of soil, meaning plans to send crops to the moon within the next decade are more realistic than ever.
All is right in the world if you’re a Ruston fan, but our other three teams are off to a shaky start after being beaten by a combined score of 103-6 in week 1.
