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Chamber celebrates 100 years

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It was a Centennial celebration Thursday as the Ruston-Lincoln Chamberof Commerce held its 100th annual awards banquet at the Ruston Civic Center. Longtime local businesswoman Mary Ann Woods received the

Dubach talks limb truck, pickup fees

The Dubach Town Council voted last week to pay approximately $1,600 to repair its broken-down grapple truck, meaning residents may soon see the town’s service of picking up downed limbs

Skateboarder hit by car near Grambling

GRAMBLING — A Grambling State University student remained in critical condition in a Shreveport hospital on Friday after being hit by a vehicle while he was skateboarding near the centerline of U.S. Hwy. 80 west.

The incident happened at approximately 6:55 p.m. Thursday.

Grambling city Police Chief Tommy Clark said Marcell C. Lewis, Jr., 24, was apparently in the westbound lane of the highway when he was hit by a late-model Dodge pick-up truck.

Top students bound by kindness

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Even more than the academic and extracurricular accolades one comes to expect, a common theme among all three Lincoln Parish Schools district wide Students of the Year rises to the top: kindness.

On Jan. 13, the school district crowned A. E. Phillips Laboratory School’s Preston Parker and Chad Hamlin as elementary and middle school Students of the Year, respectively, and named Ruston High School’s Amanda Meng Student of the Year at the high school level.

CVB announces hospitality award winners

The Ruston Lincoln Convention & Visitors Bureau is proud to announce the 2020 Hospitality Award recipients are the Dixie Youth World Series Volunteers.

The award was presented at the Ruston-Lincoln Chamber of Commerce Awards Banquet on Jan. 23 at the Ruston Civic Center and accepted by the event’s volunteer coordinator Haley Perot.

Milstead to talk Dubach School’s future

The future operating status of Dubach School will be one of the topics covered at an informational meeting for parents with representatives of the Lincoln Parish School Board Monday evening.

After meeting privately with faculty and staff earlier in the day, Superintendent Mike Milstead will address parents at the school at 6 p.m. and answer their questions.

Autrey house on endangered list

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When Absalom Autrey loaded his family in a wagon in Alabama to move to the wilds of north Louisiana in 1848, he could not have imagined the log home he would build becoming one of the state’s architectural treasures.

The large “dogtrot” cabin served as a family home in what is now Lincoln Parish for over one hundred years before sitting idle for decades.

In the late 1980s, preservationists recognized the need to protect the unique structure and undertook a massive restoration.

State official scraps Louisiana Medicaid contract awards

A state official has thrown out multibillion-dollar contracts the Louisiana Department of Health awarded to manage the care of most of the state’s Medicaid population. The decision, made in response

Attempted murder suspect faces more charges

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The state Office of Probation and Parole has added two more charges to the list of crimes allegedly committed by Deontrell Marquis Hunter, the man Ruston police apprehended early Tuesday

Playing on trucks

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Area youngsters have the opportunity to sit behind the wheel of emergency vehicles and explore heavy construction equipment up close on Saturday during the Ruston Cultural District’s annual Cultural Construction