GRAMBLING — Grambling mayor Edward Jones and the Grambling City Council held its monthly meeting Thursday night, highlighted by various approvals for new water projects and a new business setting up shop.
State Rep. Chris Turner said he has no quarrel with the original intent of a Congressional decision upping unemployment benefits for workers laid off during the COVID-19 pandemic, but with the pandemic waning, it’s time for extra money to stop, and for people to go back to work.
A former employee of the Ruston-based Louisiana Center for the Blind has been arrested and charged with molestation of a juvenile after he allegedly sexually abused a student at the blind center while working there in 2018.
At top, Lou Ann “Mimi” Smith and her granddaughter, Saylor Smith browse the Boutique Barr for the Peachy Sidewalk Sale during the 71 Annual Louisiana Peach Festival in downtown Ruston on Thursday afternoon.
Jacob Roberts, a freshman in Louisiana Tech University’s Computer Science program, has been selected for a prestigious U.S. Department of Defense Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation Scholarship (DoD SMART Scholarship).
A former employee of the Ruston-based Louisiana Center for the Blind has been arrested and charged with molestation of a juvenile after he allegedly sexually abused a student at the blind
In a brief summer meeting Tuesday, the Lincoln Parish School Board set salary schedules for the district for the next school year, welcomed a new principal, and heard an update on the progress of the new Eco-Car building at Ruston High.
