The logistics of how everyday necessities get onto the shelves of the local store probably didn’t enter the mind of most Americans—that is, until the global COVID-19 pandemic began to spread across the United States.
Private Graveside services for Carol Ann Hughes Williams, age 65 of Simsboro, were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, January 12, 2021, at Simsboro Cemetery at the family plot with Rev. Wilton Wall officiating.
A Cape Coral, Florida, man has been arrested in Lincoln Parish after allegedly speeding and resisting an officer while shouting “peace, love and harmony.”
A man with an outstanding probation and parole warrant from Sedgwick County, Kansas, was arrested at a gas station on Highway 167 South in Ruston for allegedly carrying weapons illegally.
Grambling State University and its foodservice partner SodexoMAGIC on Friday unveiled the $5 million renovation to the university’s student dining hall, including both enhancements to previous amenities and brand new offerings that go beyond food.
The incidence of COVID-19 in Louisiana is worse than it’s ever been and there’s nothing on the immediate horizon signaling things will change soon, the state’s top health officer said Tuesday.
Ruston’s Board of Aldermen received some good news at its first meeting of the new year: Sales tax collections for January through November of 2020 were up 4% over the previous year.