The Lincoln Parish Police Jury in 2021 saw a property tax renewal successfully passed to fund its library and a new 3D archery range at the parish park go from idea to reality in a matter of months
Sometime after midnight on May 10, 2019, Ronald Greene was tased, beaten and dragged facedown by Louisiana State Police troopers during a traffic stop on a rural Union Parish road. He apparently died at the scene.
It may not have been quite the same kind of year as 2020 for headlines at the Lincoln Parish Library, but 2021 ultimately culminated in election victory and revenue stability for the public facility that faced potential closure.
U.S. News & World Report (USNWR) has once again ranked Louisiana Tech University as a Top Tier National University in its 2022 Best Colleges list released today. Louisiana Tech was also ranked No. 140 on the USNWR list of Top Public Schools, up from 174 in the 2021 rankings.
Grambling State University basketball player Chanse Robinson’s debut game last week was apparently a violation of his release agreement from jail on pending kidnapping and battery charges, and now a warrant is being issued for his arrest once again.
On Dec. 21, former prep hoops star Chanse Robinson made his debut on the Grambling State University basketball team, scoring 8 points in 13 minutes of action against Texas Christian.
RustonOpoly games are now available for $25 each and can be purchased at the Ruston-Lincoln Chamber of Commerce Visitors Center. The office will be open today and Thursday of this week, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. The office will be closed this Friday through Monday in observance of the New Year’s holiday. The office is located at 2111 N. Trenton St., in Ruston. Courtesy photo
Gunfire in two unrelated incidents during homecoming week on the Grambling State University campus killed two people and wounded at least eight others in 2021.
