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Keeping Beat on Campus

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Touring percussion ensemble Sympatico rehearses at the Louisiana Tech Band Buidling on campus Thursday morning in preparation for Saturday’s North Louisiana Percussion Ensemble Festival at Howard Auditorium. The event gets underway Saturday at 1 p.m. and ends with Sympatico’s performance at 7 p.m. The festival is free to the public. From left are Susan Powell, Joseph Krygier, Scott Herring and Christopher Norton. Not pictured is Johnny Mendoza. Leader photo by Nancy Bergeron

Lincoln Parish duo gets jail time for drug trafficking

Two Lincoln Parish men will spend time in prison as a result of their involvement in a drug trafficking ring.

Moore’s second book leads to Arizona festival

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Since having her first book published in 2021, the journey as an author has taken Ruston resident Jean DeFreese Moore on an unexpected journey.

FYI

The city of Ruston announced this week that, weather permitting, West Line Avenue between South Vienna Street and South Trenton Street will be closed to through traffic on Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Merger, money may speed Amtrak project

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Proponents of a plan to bring Amtrak passenger rail service through North Louisiana with a stop in Ruston say the project may be closer to fruition now than at any time in its decadeslong history.

Donuts with the Dogs

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The Louisiana Tech University Bulldog football team helped ring in the spring quarter on a chilly Wednesday morning by providing In n’ Out Donuts and PJ’s Coffee to students at the Centennial Plaza in the heart of campus.

Landfill upgrades likely for police jury

The Lincoln Parish Police Jury made a variety of moves Tuesday night aimed at improving solid waste collection and disposal operations in the parish.

Canterbury appointed to school board

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Four days after the arrest of then-school board president David Gullatt, the Simsboro area now has a new representative on the Lincoln Parish School Board for the remainder of 2022.

DA John Belton on list of Greene probe committee witnesses

Third Judicial District Attorney John Belton is on the list of potential witnesses that could be called to testify before a bi-partisan state House committee investigating the 2019 death of Black motorist Ronald Greene.

Jackson Parish Chamber Business of the Mont

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The Jackson Parish Chamber of Commerce named Barksdale Federal Credit Union as its March business of the month. The chamber is very appreciative for the support that BFCU has given to the community. The credit union is located at 1026 S. First St., in Hodge. Photo by Wilda Smith