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.
