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After the storm: Disaster’s effects on mental health

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While the devastating physical signs of the April 25 tornado that tore through Ruston are slowly beginning to diminish thanks to remarkable cleanup efforts, there are other, less tangible effects that may linger even longer.

In anticipation that some residents impacted by the storm will experience various mental health issues, the Family Counseling Center at the Louisiana Methodist Children’s Home in Ruston has begun offering free post-tornado counseling.

Nick Saban to appear at Eddie Robinson Museum

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GRAMBLING — A winning year continues for Grambling’s Department of Athletics and the Eddie G. Robinson Museum.

In the wake of former Eddie Robinson Award winner Urban Myer’s March 21 appearance at GSU the inaugural guest speaker for the “Legacy Keepers: Preserving the Eddie Robinson Playbook,” the university’s athletics department announced Monday that “A Town Hall with Coach Nick Saban” has been scheduled for noon on May 7 at the Robinson Museum.

Giving Day brings in $1.23 million for Louisiana Tech

Leader News Service

The Tech Family and Friends raised more than $1.23 million to benefit Louisiana Tech University in its inaugural Giving Day, held Wednesday.

Almost 2,000 donors contributed to the total — the largest number of donors giving during one day in Tech fundraising history.

News attorneys: Opioid distribution data should be public

CINCINNATI (AP) — Attorneys for news organizations argued Thursday that the U.S. public should be allowed to see federal data about how prescription opioids were distributed as the nation’s overdose crisis was worsening.

They urged a threejudge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati to overturn a lower court judge’s denial of access to the information. The judges will rule later.

States race to regulate car-sharing apps as industry revs up

PHOENIX (AP) — When Chris Williamson was in the market for a new family car, a timely ad and conversations with a co-worker convinced him to try something out of the ordinary.

He bought a BMW 3 Series convertible and covers the payments by renting it to strangers on a peer-to-peer car sharing app called Turo.

It allows his family of seven to have a nicer car, essentially for free.

“It’s great to have that little bit of extra income and not have to worry about the car payments,” said Williamson, a teacher from the Phoenix area.

William Davis Sproule

Funeral services for Master Gunnery Sgt. (Retired) William Davis Sproule, 90, of Choudrant, LA, will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 4, 2019, at Alabama Presbyterian Church in Sibley, LA. Dr. Allison Moody will officiate. Interment will follow at Sibley Cemetery under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home in Ruston.

William was born on February 21, 1929, and passed away on April 29, 2019 at his home in Choudrant, LA. William served his country for over 30 years as a Master Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. William was a member of the Alabama Presbyterian Church.

Solemn air on campus ahead of memorials for shooting victims

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The campus has turned quiet. Flowers and candles fill the steps outside the building where two students were killed. Exams have been postponed or canceled.

For students, professors and administrators, Tuesday’s shooting that left two dead and four wounded at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte has altered what they thought was a safe space, a home away from home.

Chen travels world to play for Tech

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Leader Sports Service

Ever used the expression “halfway around the world” in a sentence?

Like that person could be halfway around the world by now. Or that lie has already traveled halfway around the world.

For Louisiana Tech’s Sonia Chen, she was able to use it in more of a literal sense.

Originally planning on staying in her home country of Taiwan to attend college, her tennis teammates gave her a different idea.

Saints, Loomis play draft their own way

METAIRIE (AP) — Saints general manager Mickey Loomis and coach Sean Payton left no doubt about their willingness to give up multiple draft picks — in the present and future — to go after prospects they like.

New Orleans began the draft not slated to pick until near the end of the second round — 62nd overall — and with no other selections in the first four rounds.

Two trades later, the Saints had acquired Texas A&M center Erik McCoy 48th overall and Florida safety Chauncey Gardner-Johnson with the third pick of the fourth round.