Ruston’s Board of Aldermen has voted to give approximately 12 acres at the old fairgrounds site on Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive to the local housing authority for construction of the city’s first rent-to-own neighborhood.
Ruston’s Board of Aldermen on Monday created a new economic development district that’s part of the incentive package used to lure a Buc-ee’s Travel Center to the city.
Ruston’s proposed skatepark moved a step closer to reality Monday night when the Board of Aldermen voted unanimously to hire Newline Skateparks to be the design development firm for the project.
The squeal of tires coming from the parking lot of a Grambling bar led to the arrest early Sunday morning of one man on drag- racing charges and a second man on felony firearms charges.