The Louisiana Tech women’s basketball team was picked to finish fourth in Conference USA, and Anna Larr Roberson was named a preseason All-Conference Honoree.
Funeral Services for Betty McCormick Ward, age 90, of Ruston will be held Saturday, October 14, 2023, at 2 p.m. in Kilpatrick Funeral Home Chapel of Ruston. Officiating will be by Rev. Dale Oden, under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home.
In addition to candidate elections, Louisiana voters will decide the fate of seven proposed amendments to the state’s constitution on Oct. 14 One of the proposals is rooted in the 2020 election fraud conspiracy theory, and another is the result of political differences over COVID-19 policies.
Terrion S. Atkins, Jr., 18, of Jonesboro, wasarrestedinRuston Wednesday afternoon on a charge of seconddegree murder in the shooting death of Bre’Untae Hicks, 27, also of Jonesboro, last weekend.