GRAMBLING — No stranger to Grambling State University, Louisiana Sen. Cleo Fields will serve as keynote speaker for GSU’s Spring 2024 Commencement to be held at 10 a.m. May 10 inside the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center.
Electrical fires are more common than one might think. The Electrical Safety Foundation says home electrical fires account for an estimated 51,000 fires each year, nearly 500 deaths, and more than 1,400 injuries.
When Jeff McGehee was a child, the Ruston native was told the story of a family piano that had been saved during the Civil War. The tale was something of a family legend since no one knew if it actually existed.
The immortal Bard and a pop culture titan crossed paths at Louisiana Tech University as the College of Liberal Arts hosted its annual Shakespeare Festival Wednesday to celebrate the playwright’s birthday, this time with a Taylor Swift-inspired “Eras Tour” theme.
Last year Ruston High School was on top of the world as one of its students scored a perfect 36 on the ACT. So, what could make this year even better? Two perfect scores. That’s exactly what happened.
The Lincoln Parish School Board hopes to issue bonds to finance a package of capital projects and pay the bonds back by continuing to levy an existing 16.75-mill property tax in the Ruston attendance zone through 2028.
