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The wall at rear right is where a graphic mural will tell the “O.K. Buddy Davis story” at the new Joe Aillet Stadium press box. Photo courtesy LATechSportsPix.com
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Press members tour the split level enterance area of Joe Aillet’s Stadium’s new skybox/pressbox on Wednesday. The lower level is the lobby area for skybox suites while the upper walkway leads to the new press box, radio and television booths and...
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The Ruston Dixie Youth “O” Zone 12-u team captured a state championship on Tuesday night in Monroe, sending them on to the national World Series next month in Alabama. Pictured kneeling are Brady Wade, Bryce McGuire, Wade Crawford, Bryant Bennett,...
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Grambling State University football fans will see new features to the Eddie G. Robinson Memorial Stadium this upcoming season. Pictured here is a new high-tech digital scoreboard. The scoreboard is part of a $2 million renovation project that also...
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Amanda Quimby, of the Ruston Lincoln Convention and Visitors Bureau, looks at the bulldog designs. Both sponsors and members the Ruston Cultural District Board were allow to vote on the more than 60 designs.
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Aubrey Marie Summersgill, left in photo at left, was crowned Miss Princess Peach 2018 on Saturday in the annual festival pageant. With her are Dixie Gem Peach Outstanding Teen Gracie Reichman, center, and Princess Peach 2017 Rylie Jean Nations,...
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Improvements have been made to several of the campsites around the Lincoln Parish Park, most recently site 20 (above). Below, the walkway on the western entrance to the beach will be redone to prevent washouts. Funds for these upgrades came from the...
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Eric Brazzel, education officer for the Ruston Fire Department, shows children how he searches burning houses for inhabitants during a presentation on fire safety Wednesday at the Lincoln Parish Library.
He also showed the children different types...
Top Stories
07/27/2017 - 11:09am
Ruston Daily Leader Executive Sports Editor O.K. “Buddy” Davis thought it was a simple, impromptu birthday gathering Wednesday afternoon in what he calls the Jack Lambert Suite at Princeton Place.
Instead, it became the memory of a lifetime.
Louisiana Tech officials gathered in Davis’ room...
07/27/2017 - 11:14am
FARMERVILLE — A spokesman with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development has confirmed the agency will soon begin talks with the Union Parish Police Jury about removing trash dumpsters located along state-maintained highways.
Information obtained through a public records request...
07/26/2017 - 11:20am
Louisiana Tech University’s College of Engineering and Science has announced that Haley Dishman, a mechanical engineering student, has received a Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society Stabile scholarship for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Tau Beta Pi Scholarship Program was established to reward...
07/26/2017 - 11:25am
The Dixie Center for the Arts has joined in the fight to raise funds for a new hall for VFW Parnell Burt Post 3615 by sponsoring a benefit concert from 6-9 a.m. Saturday.
After 80 years of service and due to the fact that no rebar was used to construct the foundation of the current hall, located at...
07/26/2017 - 11:28am
FARMERVILLE — The employment future of a man hired as a policeman by the Bernice Board of Aldermen ended before he started work with his arrest on domestic violence charges.
At its meeting July 11,
the board was asked considered hiring three full-time
officers. A report published
following the...
Announcements
Martha Claire Booth and Loren Spencer Lepore were united in holy matrimony during a 6 o’clock wedding on July 1, 2017 at Brown Chapel of Centenary College. The bride’s uncle, Reverend Jay Hogewood officiated the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Scott Booth and Kathryn James Booth, of Bossier...
Miss Mary Michael McGehee and Mr. Jake Thomas Woods were united in marriage at 11 a.m. on June 3 at the home of Tom and Dell Jones, in Ruston, Louisiana.
The ceremony was officiated by Kevin Flattmann of Prestonwood Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas. Music for the ceremony was provided by Brittany...
Sports
As Louisiana Tech looks to claim its first Conference football championship, athletics departments feel they’ve already claimed a title.
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DENVER (AP) — Paul Millsap was welcomed back to his old neighborhood with a reception that included a drum line and cheering children.
It...
After spending the last four years as a player on the back line for Louisiana Tech, Charity Simmons will now be on the sideline as an assistant...
Editorials
As summer draws to a close, the first day of school quickly approaches.
That means students will be needing school supplies.
Unfortunately, those supplies can be expensive...
The city of Ruston wants to know how its doing and it’s depending on you, the citizenry, to let it know.
Between now and Aug. 22, residents can go online — or request a paper...
