Avid readers are always seeking new material to whet their literary appetites. Reading can be an immensely enjoyable activity, and one with notable benefits.
An upswinging trend of local domestic violence cases over the past couple years has juxtaposed with major funding losses to make 2024 difficult for the Ruston-based Domestic Abuse Resistance Team in many ways.
On a Friday evening in 2014, sevenyear- old Samantha Salley sat on a swing in her backyard, waiting for her mother and grandparents to return after a series of troubling events she didn’t understand.
The Louisiana Tech Research Institute (LTRI) in Bossier City welcomed nearly 140 scientific and defense specialists in October for a 10-day wargame exploring future concepts.
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BATON ROUGE — Some Louisiana pecan producers could amass a larger pile of rejected nuts because of abnormally dry weather through the late summer and early fall, said Michael Polozola, the LSU AgCenter state fruit and nut specialist.