More than 40 trillion gallons of rain drenched the Southeast United States in the last week from Hurricane Helene and a run-ofthe- mill rainstorm that sloshed in ahead of it — an unheard of amount of water that has stunned experts.
Area residents can begin celebrating the spooktacular month of October at the annual Pumpkins in the Park event set to kickoff at 6: 30 p. m. Saturday at Railroad Park in downtown Ruston.
An 18-year-old Texas man with a handgun in his possession was arrested Thursday at a Louisiana Tech University dormitory after he allegedly admitted taking an electric scooter from a bike rack adjacent to another campus building.
After another convincing win in the Lonestar State over Midland Legacy on Saturday, Ruston (4-0) remains the unanimous No. 1 team in Class 5A in the latest prep poll by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association.
NEW ORLEANS – Aviators from the Louisiana National Guard’s 204th Theater Airfield Operations Group partnered with the Louisiana State Police on Sept. 25 to conduct aerial training on the effective use of bambi buckets for firefighting.
