The New Orleans Saints announced Sunday that they have signed free agent wide receiver Jarvis Landry to a one-year contract. The announcement was made by Saints’ Executive Vice President/General Manager Mickey Loomis.
The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs closed out their final three games in 2022 at “The Love Shack” in impressive fashion, as they swept a three-game set with Western Kentucky over the weekend by scores of 16-4 on Friday, 7-2 on Saturday and 11-2 on Sunday.
GRAMBLING — The Grambling State University baseball team lost a pivotal Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) contest on Sunday afternoon at Wilbert Ellis Field at R.W.E. Jones Park, falling 16-8 to Texas Southern.
GRAMBLING — Grambling State University held its 2022 Spring Commencement Exercises in two ceremonies Thursday at the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center, conferring 416 degrees ranging from doctoral to the undergraduate level.
A Ruston man who reportedly beat a female friend and forced her to strip because he couldn’t find money he believed had been taken from his home has been charged with seconddegree battery and two counts of possession of Schedule II drugs with intent to distribute them.
HOMER — Former Louisiana State Trooper Mark Eric Keough was sentenced to 179 years in prison May 6 by Judge Walter E. May in the 2nd Judicial District Court.
A reserve officer with the Ruston Police Department is facing charges of false imprisonment and malfeasance in office after he allegedly followed a vehicle into a parking lot and ordered the driver to get out, all while he was not acting in any official capacity.
Bryceton Aranda received the 2022 Community Service Award presented by Randy Layfield representing the Jackson Parish Chamber of Commerce. Aranda is the son of Blair and Greg Aranda of Jonesboro. He volunteered to use his free time from his after-school job to clean the rooms of the Jackson Parish Museum and dust and polish the furniture.