The Ruston Daily Leader took home first place in its division for General Excellence as a newspaper Thursday from the 2021 Louisiana Press Association annual awards, as well as five other first-place finishes and a host of top-three placings.
Work that was expected to begin Tuesday on the block of North Trenton Street between West Georgia and West Alabama Avenues has been postponed for at least several weeks at the request of the contractor.
The city of Ruston is asking 3rd Judicial District Judge Tommy Rogers to allow it to amend its lawsuit against the contractor that built Phase I of the municipal sports complex in light of new evidence that the city contends substantiates its breach-of-contract claim against Womack & Sons Construction Group.
Clara Beatrice Hooper Campbell, age 86, formerly of Dubach, has been welcomed to her heavenly home with the Lord. Clara was born March 9, 1936 in Mt. Pleasant, Texas, to Lennillard Hooper and Annie Morris Hooper.