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PJ’s Coffee Celebrates Anniversary

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Dr. Who and the Blues Experience, a group from Vicksburg, Miss., made the trip to Ruston this past weekend to help PJ’s Coffee celebrate its one-year anniversary in Lincoln Parish.

Hunter Wells inks contract with Windy City Thunderbolts

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After earning four All-America honors in his final season as a Bulldog, former Louisiana Tech third baseman Hunter Wells signed with the Frontier League’s Windy City Thunderbolts on Thursday.

Haskew wins state championship; Tech, local golfers hold their own

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Baton Rouge golfer Luke Haskew fired a final-round 67 Sunday, including a key eagle, to surge ahead and capture the 102nd Louisiana Amateur Championship held at Squire Creek Country Club.

Jim Thorpe Award

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Louisiana Tech defensive back BeeJay Williamson was named to the 2021 Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Preseason Watch List it was announced by the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame (OSHOF) and Jim Thorpe Association on Monday.

Body Image

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The contents of Carson- Taylor Hall on Louisiana Tech University campus now include four dead bodies, but don’t be alarmed — they’re digitized cadavers that students can study in depth at the new ​Justin and Jeanette Hinckley Virtual Anatomy Lab.

Mayor Hospitalized

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Ruston Mayor Ronny Walker remains hospitalized today at Northern Louisiana Medical Center while being treated for pneumonia as a result of a breakthrough case of COVID-19.

Mask requirement back at City Hall

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Masks are back at Ruston’s City Hall.

Recent events in Cuba reflect fight for liberty

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The U.S. must take bold and concrete steps to assist these freedom seekers in Cuba, not just because that nation is 90 miles off the Florida coast but because our strong and visible support of the courage and bravery of these Cubans is a direct reflection on our own commitment to the same precious freedoms and sacred rights.

Keyhole to the past becomes a window to the future

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History has a way of reverberating back to us or repeating itself, for lack of better terms. We recently ran a few photos of the renovations that are happening at Grambling State University. These changes are ones for which students and alumni alike have been patiently waiting.

Child’s tantrums require a parent makeover

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Q: Our four-year-old, an only child, is giving us fits. As a toddler, he began ignoring us. That evolved into downright refusing to do what we ask, as in, “I’m not going to” and just plain “No.” It seems like the nicer we are to him, the meaner he is to us. In addition, his tantrums when he doesn’t get his way have become Class 5 hurricanes that last until we give in. We know we shouldn’t — give in, that is — but his fits just wear us out. There is no doubt that he’s in complete control of our home. Is it too late to turn things around?