The Lincoln Parish Library will be hosting a Strategies for Creating a Healthy Tech Household speaker series Saturday in Ruston featuring Dr. Johnette Magner.
Ruston High School senior Austin Guillory has been named a Commended Student in the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program. Commended Scholars are those who were not named Semifinalists to continue in the scholarship competition but still placed among the top 50,000 students who took the Preliminary SAT. Guillory is pictured holding his commendation from the National Merit program.
Louisiana Tech University has begun the 2023-24 academic year by welcoming the largest class of firsttime freshmen in school history. This record-breaking group of students is 2,268 strong, representing a 27.8 percent increase from the previous year.
On Thursday, Oct. 5, Laymon Godwin, a renowned pedal steel guitar and Dobro musician, from West Monroe, will be one of six tradition bearers across the state to be honored during Louisiana Folklife Month.