Approximately 1,000 people attended Sunday’s joint funeral service for the two victims of the April 25 tornado that ripped through Ruston before dawn. Kendra Butler, 35, and her 14-year-old son
In its first meeting since the April 25 tornado, the Lincoln Parish School Board will tonight consider reconstruction projects for Ruston High School football facilities, with the hopes of having
The city of Ruston is looking at an at least $9 million repair bill for the damage done to municipal infrastructure by the pre-dawn tornado that tore across town April
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A $30 billion state operating budget crafted by House Republicans that began advancing Monday would spend more on public school pay raises than Gov. John
Name: Davon Lashon Mitchell Age: 40 Address: 1206 East Line Ave., Ruston Arrested for: Obscenity, criminal trespass, criminal mischief, bench warrant – failure to appear (2 counts) Date of arrest:
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A 37-year-old man has been charged with manslaughter, accused of fatally shooting a woman bystander on Bourbon Street while fighting for a security guard’s weapon. Police
NEW YORK (AP) — A jury has begun deliberatinginthetrial of a once-aspiring business manager for NBA players and another man accused of bribing assistant college basketball coaches. Deliberations began Monday
BATON ROUGE — Lincoln Parish had a trio of fourth-places as the Louisiana High School Athletic Associations 2019 Track and Field Championships were held Thursday - Friday at LSU’s Bernie
DONALDSONVILLE — The Cedar Creek baseball season came to an end Friday as the Cougars fell at Ascension Catholic 13-0 in quarterfinals action of the Class B playoffs. The seventh-seeded
As the 2018-19 school year winds down for Lincoln Parish Schools, athletics seasons for our schools wrapped up over the weekend. The Ruston Leader congratulates all our parish schools for
