NEWS
03/05/2021 - 12:00am
Kirk St.Amant, Eunice C. Williamson Endowed Chair and Director of the Center for Health and Medical Communication in the School of Literature and Language at Louisiana Tech, has received the 2020 Kitty O. Locker Researcher Award from the Association...
SPORTS
Leader photo by T. SCOTT BOATRIGHT
Ruston High School senior Dyllon Nimmers signed Thursday afternoon to continue his athletic career collegiately with the LSU track and field team. Pictured above seated wearing an LSU cap is Nimmers surrounded by his family (clockwise from top left): father James Nimmers Jr., mother Ella Nimmers, grandfather James Nimmers Sr. and sister Summer Nimmers.
03/05/2021 - 12:00am
Perseverance is always crucial for an athlete.
That might be more true for distance runners.
And it’s because of his perseverance at this sport that Ruston High School senior Dyllon Nimmers signed a National Letter of Intent Thursday to become a...
OPINIONS
03/05/2021 - 12:00am
My father went to pharmacy school at the University of Texas at Austin and raised me and my siblings to be proud Longhorn fans.
I remember watching in awe as Vince Young ran in the winning touchdown in the 2005 Rose Bowl against USC and having my...
OBITUARIES
03/05/2021 - 12:00am
Funeral services for Miss Joycelun Roshelle Lewis will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 6, at King’s Funeral Home in Ruston. Interment will follow at Grambling Memorial Garden.
Visitation will be held from 2 - 6 p.m. Friday, March 5,at the Funeral...
Photo Galleries
A warrior snowman builty by Hugh Oliver - Leader photo by Caleb Daniel
Adam O'Neal and Babs the dog
Ruston stayed strong, but this tree behind JACO Federal Credit Union on Vienna Street failed to remain upright during the heavy winds brought by Hurricane Laura on Thursday.
