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Headstart Driving offers classes for all ages
Head Start Driving is a locally owned and operated drivers education business that serves the North Central Louisiana area. Head Start Driving, LLC. is a locally owned and operated business by the...
View Article3D Customs - Open; Grand Opening Aug. 19
Dog Days of Summer are here and so is 3D Customs Baggers, Tires and Rims! 3D Customs Baggers, Tires and Rims will hold a grand opening on Aug. 19, at their store located at 1015 Farmerville Hwy.“We...
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Hometown Heroes exhibit to spotlight local athletes
Public invited to celebrate local sports heroes Heather Small Hawley Nick Davis, a staff librarian with the Lincoln Parish Library, examines different sports-related items donated by local residents...
View ArticleResidents express concerns over road issues
Police jury members to decide on abandoning roads at a later date Heather Small HawleyThe Lincoln Parish Police Jury held a public hearing on the proposed abandonment of 17 roads throughout the parish...
View ArticleReassessment notices sent to property owners
Staff reportReassessment notifications for Lincoln Parish property owners whose property value has increased 15 percent or more over the last four years will begin arriving in their mailboxes...
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Students welcomed back to school
Cypress Springs Elementary School teacher Tracy Stark directs students to their classrooms as they started the 2016-17 school year this morning. Students participated in a half day today, and will...
View ArticleEffort to pipe water from lake continues
Initiative pushes ahead for Sparta recovery Nancy BergeronThe Union Lincoln Regional Water Supply Initiative won’t let up on its efforts to eventually pipe water from Lake D’Arbonne to the cities of...
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Frame of Mind holds ribbon cutting
The Ruston-Lincoln Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony at the grand opening of The Frame of Mind on Aug. 4. The Frame of Mind, located at 203 W. Alabama Ave., Ste. 2, is a custom framing...
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Walmart celebrates renovations
The Ruston-Lincoln Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony at the grand re-opening of Walmart Supercenter on August 5. The Chamber and community appreciate the hard work of the staff during...
View ArticleRFD personnel aid in state flood relief
Nancy BergeronTwo Ruston Fire Department paramedics, along with one of the department’s rescue boats, are in South Louisiana today helping first responders there in the wake of the heavy rains and...
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Local educator reflects on adventure with Air Force
Nancy Bergeron Deborah Hollimon, of Ruston, stands in front of the United States Air Force Academy Prep School mural at the school in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Hollimon has recently retired and...
View ArticleMayor to submit spending plan to committee
Nancy BergeronMayor Ronny Walker will officially present Ruston’s proposed 2017 budget to the Board of Aldermen on Monday.The budget presentation will come during a personnel-finance committee meeting...
View ArticleAldermen to discuss budget, MRF
Property for sports complex to be purchased Nancy BergeronMoney will be the order of the night Monday for Ruston’s Board of Aldermen.The board convenes at 6:30 p.m. in the City Hall courtroom for a...
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Journalist to speak at graduation
Leader News ServiceReginald Owens, former department head for journalism and F. Jay Taylor Endowed Chair of Journalism at Louisiana Tech University, will serve as the keynote speaker for Louisiana...
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Hometown Teams exhibit opens at LPL
Leader photo by T. SCOTT BOATRIGHT The Smithsonian traveling exhibit “Hometown Teams” opened at the Lincoln Parish Library Saturday and will continue through Sept. 24. Pictured, from left to right,...
View ArticleDubach council sets millage, gives pay raise
Heather Small HawleyThe Dubach City Council voted to give a $1 per hour raise to their three-man outside maintenance team, bringing their pay to $13.50 per hour, during their meeting Monday...
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Driver in accident that claimed life of student charged
Nancy BergeronThe driver of a car in which a Louisiana Tech University student died earlier this month has been charged with vehicular homicide in connection with the incident. Turki Mohammed Y...
View ArticleCommittee endorses spending plan
Nancy BergeronRuston’s budget for the fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1, is on its way to the Board of Aldermen for approval.The board’s personnel-finance committee, composed of the five aldermen,...
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GSU president helps student move in
Grambling State University First Lady Christy Gallot and GSU President Rick Gallot, center, talk with Janiecia Banks, 19, of Doraville, Georgia, center right, a freshman business marketing and...
View ArticleCity property tax rate will not increase
Aldermen vote to roll back millage rate Nancy BergeronRuston property owners won’t see an increase in their city property tax rate this year. That’s because the Board of Aldermen on Monday voted to...
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