United Way of Northeast Louisiana recognized outstanding volunteers and corporate partners across Lincoln, Union, and Jackson Parishes during its annual Celebrating Excellence event last Thursday in Ruston.
The Cedar Creek Cougars (7-6) won two of their three games at the Lakeside Tournament over the weekend, defeating the host squad Lakeside 1-0, along with a 14-3 win over Doyline, before falling 7-0 to C.E. Byrd.
The regular season came to an end on Saturday for the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs and Lady Techsters, and with that the brackets were set for both the men’s and women’s Basketball Conference USA Championships to be played at the VBC Propst Arena in Huntsville, Alabama.
The Grambling State men’s and women’s basketball teams enter the 2024 Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) tournament as top-two seeds, with the Tigers playing as the No. 1 seed and the Lady Tigers playing as the No. 2 seed, respectively.
Louisiana Tech (13-3) slugged its way to an 1811 win game three of the series against Southern Miss (10-6) on Sunday afternoon at J.C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park.
The Wellspring recently partnered with area schools for its annual Civic Engagement Institute for Youth, a two-day event served to engage students in the democratic process and teach best practices of civic engagement.
A Simsboro man is charged with two counts of resisting an officer by force or violence, aggravated assault, and remaining after being forbidden following an incident that occurred Friday evening on Eubanks Road.