A former Lincoln Parish Sheriff ’s corrections officer remains jailed today following his arrest Tuesday on sex crime charges. Christopher Sparks, 35, of Ruston, is charged with one count of
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana’s lawmakers are on a labeling binge this year, pushing ahead with food classification restrictions on milk, rice, meat, sugar, shrimp, and crawfish as they try
Michael Levesque believes in alerting people severe weather is coming. He’s even posted options for weather notifications on social media. But when it comes to Ruston’s outdoor warning sirens, Levesque
DUBACH—The town of Dubach’s nearly five-month-long stint without legal representation officially ended May 8, when the town council called a special meeting to appoint Tracy Houck as town attorney and
It was a time of recognition as representatives of Lincoln Parish schools and businesses came together Monday for the 11th annual Adopt-A-School Endof-Year Celebration and Luncheon. Adopt-A-School is a collaboration
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A jury on Monday ordered agribusiness giant Monsanto Co. to pay a combined $2.055 billion to a couple claiming that the company’s popular weed killer Roundup
WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumers can pursue a lawsuit complaining that iPhone apps cost too much, the Supreme Court ruled this week, adding to Apple’s woes thatalready includefalling iPhone sales and
Ruston’s Log Cabin restaurant remained closed temporarily Monday after a fire in a rooftop vent stack Saturday evening. The blaze was confined to the vent for an inside charcoal grill,
ExxonMobil has donated $173,940 to Louisiana Tech University as part of its Educational Matching Gift Program. This program is intended to encourage employee giving by providing a 3-to-1 match on
