crime

Woman arrested on drug charges

A Ruston woman has been jailed on three counts of possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute.

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Man faces attempted murder charge

A Ruston man remains in the Lincoln Parish Detention Center charged with attempted second-degree murder after he reportedly fired numerous shots into a parked pickup truck, striking the occupant as many as three times.

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Vigilance leads to second GSU firearm arrest

A Ferriday man has been charged with carrying a firearm on Grambling State University’s campus. It is the second firearmrelated arrest on GSU’s campus this week.

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Man charged with carrying firearm on GSU campus

A Shreveport man has been charged with carrying a firearm on Grambling State University’s campus.

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Pair charged with cruelty to juvenile

A Ruston man and woman have been jailed on a cruelty to a juvenile charge for reportedly forcing the woman’s son to sit in the sun and spend the night outside as punishment for supposedly lying.

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One injured in GSU shooting

Security on the Grambling State University campus remains heightened today in the wake of a Thursday night shooting that left one person injured.

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Man booked on battery charge after pocketknife incident

A Mississippi man has been charged with aggravated battery after allegedly attacking another man with a small pocketknife while the two were arguing in the back of a pickup truck.

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Domestic conflict leads to chase

An apparent moving domestic situation that began on La. 33 near La. 821, took parish sheriff ’s deputies on a 16-mile pursuit down Arkansas Road on the northeast side of the parish before the driver surrendered early Thursday morning in a convenience store parking lot in Simsboro.

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Early morning shooting leaves one dead

The Lincoln Parish Sheriff ’s Office is asking for the public’s help with any information regarding a Sunday morning shooting that left a Ruston man dead.