September 4, 2018, 10:16 am
Parish could be affected by Wednesday
Graphic courtesy of the National Weather Service -
Tropical Storm Gordon is expected to make landfall on the Gulf Coast as a hurricane.
Lincoln Parish could be facing tropical weather conditions by Wednesday as Tropical Storm Gordon continued churning toward the Gulf Coast this morning.
Gordon, which is predicted to become a hurricane before making landfall, will most likely affect Lincoln Parish on Wednesday afternoon into Thursday.
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September 4, 2018, 10:18 am
Tech students return after summer break
Photo courtesy of Louisiana Tech University
Louisiana Tech University students have returned to Ruston to begin the 2018-19 school year. Bulldog mascot Champ helping a student move her things into her apartment.
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September 4, 2018, 10:20 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Quarreling and confusion marked the start of the Senate's confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh today, with Democrats trying to block the proceedings because of documents being withheld by the White House. Protesters also disrupted the proceedings.
In his opening remarks released ahead of delivery, Kavanaugh sought to tamp down the controversy over his nomination, which would likely shift the closely divided court to the right.
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September 4, 2018, 10:21 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Only two months before the midterm elections, bipartisan legislation to try to prevent foreign hacking into U.S. election systems is stalled in Congress as the White House and some Republicans worry it could exert too much federal control over the states.
Supporters of the bill say the delay could embolden Russia, which targeted election infrastructure in at least 21 states in 2016.
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September 5, 2018, 11:19 am
Graphic courtesy of The National Weather Service - The weather maps shows the predicted amount of rainfall from Tropical Storm Gordon’s impact.
While the area was ready, Tropical Storm Gordon looks to have primarily danced away from Lincoln Parish.
The National Hurricane Center said this morning that Gordon was weakening on a path into Arkansas after striking the coast with 70 mph winds, barely shy of hurricane strength, near Pascagoula, Mississippi. The remnants will likely cause flash flooding across parts of seven states and as far north as Iowa in the coming days.
But that doesn’t seem to be the case for Lincoln Parish, which is located on east of the storm’s center where rainfall amounts are not high.
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September 5, 2018, 11:20 am
Lincoln Parish residents can offer a personal “thank you” to local first responders during the Lincoln United: Celebrating Our First Responders get-together set for 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the parish safety complex on Road Camp Road.
The come-and-go event is part of the Lincoln United initiative developed by the Ruston-Lincoln Chamber of Commerce.
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September 5, 2018, 11:22 am
Head Start settlement OK’d; building readied for program to move
Lincoln Parish School system officials say it was worth the 10 months of negotiating to get a $4.5 million insurance settlement from the October 2017 fire that destroyed the main building of the Paul E. Slaton Head Start Center on Oakdale Street.
The school board on Tuesday voted to accept the settlement from FM Global of Dallas.
“The process has been long but at the same time not rushing has benefitted us tremendously,” school Superintendent Mike Milstead said.
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September 5, 2018, 11:24 am
Leader photo by HEATHER SMALL HAWLEY
The Science and Engineering building being constructed at Louisiana Tech University in ongoing. Because of the construction, Dan Reneau Drive had been closed, but is now open to traffic.
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September 5, 2018, 11:26 am
Reserve fund to cover shortfall, but challenges loom
The Lincoln Parish School Board has adopted what’s technically a deficit budget for the current fiscal year. And while the board has plenty of reserves to cover the $2.2 million shortfall, there are challenges ahead.
“We cannot maintain our current levels of staffing with our revenue,” George Murphy, the school system’s business manager, told the board Tuesday night.
The board has three options for the future, Murphy said: raise revenue, cut expenses or a combination of both.
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September 6, 2018, 10:08 am
Events include ‘unleashing’ Tech bulldog statues
Leader photo by NANCY BERGERON -
Among the 10 large, fiberglass bulldog statues will be “unleashed” throughout Ruston Friday night. This one, with paws peeking out, sits patiently under wraps on the front lawn of City Hall.
Louisiana Tech University Bulldog fans will gather in downtown Ruston’s Railroad Park on Friday evening for the first of the 2018 football season’s home game Loyal Blue Weekends
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The activities are a collaboration of the city of Ruston, the Ruston Lincoln Convention & Visitors Bureau and Tech.
“At its heart, Ruston is a college town. Louisiana Tech is so much of Ruston’s identity that to be able to provide an entire game day experience and provide a great atmosphere fosters school spirit and community pride,” Tori Ward, Ruston’s Main Street director and community coordinator, said.
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September 6, 2018, 10:11 am
Students learn about community, Tech tenets
Leader photo by HEATHER SMALL HAWLEY
Louisiana Tech University students received a Taste of Ruston Wednesday during the annual event showcasing local businesses in Lincoln Parish.
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September 6, 2018, 10:13 am
DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. (AP) — Blamed for the death of a Florida baby and intense wind and rain that pummeled parts of the northern Gulf of Mexico coast, Tropical Depression Gordon weakened Wednesday but still spread bands of heavy rains across a swath of the South as it swirled over central Mississippi.
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September 7, 2018, 10:50 am
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Two young men pleaded no contest Thursday to misdemeanor hazing in the drinking death of a Louisiana State University fraternity pledge whose blood alcohol level was more than six times the legal limit for driving.
Sean-Paul Gott, 22, of Lafayette, and Ryan Matthew Isto, 19, of Butte, Montana, weren't immediately sentenced for their roles in the September 2017 death of 18-year-old Maxwell Gruver.
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September 7, 2018, 10:52 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The pace of hiring in the United States quickened in August, and wages grew at their fastest pace in nine years — evidence that employers remain confident despite the Trump administration’s ongoing conflicts with its trading partners.
The economy added a strong 201,000 jobs, and the unemployment rate stayed at 3.9 percent, near an 18-year low, the government said Friday in its monthly jobs report.
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September 7, 2018, 10:53 am
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump will not answer federal investigators' questions, in writing or in person, about whether he tried to block the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election, one of the president's attorneys told The Associated Press.
Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani said questions about obstruction of justice were a "no-go."
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September 7, 2018, 11:34 am
The city of Ruston has received a $1,500 CenterPoint Energy Community Partnership Grant for a thermal imaging camera. Receiving the grant check from CenterPoint Ruston are area manager Chris Gray, center, are Ruston Fire Chief Chris Womack, left, and Mayor Ronny Walker, right. Thermal imaging cameras are used in firefighting as a way to detect hotspots.
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September 7, 2018, 11:35 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators began the fourth and final day of hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh today, but with the nominee finished answering questions the day they seemed unlikely to alter his path to confirmation.
Senate Democrats worked into the night Thursday in a last, ferocious attempt to paint Kavanaugh as a foe of abortion rights and a likely defender of President Donald Trump. But after two marathon days in the witness chair in a Senate hearing room, Kavanaugh appeared on his way to becoming the court's 114th justice.
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September 7, 2018, 11:37 am
Leader photos by NANCY BERGERON
Pictured above, Ruston resident Gina Jones, far right, visits with (left to right) Louisiana State Parks Manager Wesley Harris, Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s Office Chaplain Jerry Whitman and LPSO reserve Deputy Richard Alexander during Thursday’s Lincoln United first responder appreciation gathering sponsored by the Ruston-Lincoln Chamber of Commerce. Pictured at right, LPSO Deputies Mark Denton and Eldred Hardison visit with Jessica Hughes. The appreciation event offered citizens an opportunity to visit with and thank law enforcement officers, firefighters and other emergency responders.
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September 7, 2018, 11:38 am
Council approves resolutions to apply for fund grants
GRAMBLING — The city of Grambling continued its efforts to revamp water meters across the city during Thursday night’s regularly-scheduled City Council meeting at Grambling City Hall.
Grambling’s City Council approved a pair of resolutions to apply for a Community Water Enrichment Fund grant and a Local Government Assistance Fund grant in an attempt to make that happen.
“If granted, this funding will be used to continue work to replace all of the old water meters we have,” Grambling Mayor Ed Jones said.
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September 8, 2018, 9:44 pm
SHREVEPORT — Origin Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Origin Bancorp, Inc., has announced that it has promoted Larry Little to the role of Louisiana state president.
Little has served the organization since January 2010 as its Northwest Louisiana Regional President. He has 25 years of banking experience, specializing in building quality business relationships, credit and risk management, commercial lending, treasury management, sales management and team building.
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