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Vigil held to honor fallen RHS student
T. Scott Boatright Hundreds of Ruston High School students circled the flagpole in front of the school Wednesday morning to hold a vigil in memorial of freshman Remington Butler, who died during last...
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Nancy BergeronRuston’s Board of Aldermen has declared a state of emergency in the wake of the tornado that swept across the city April 25. Aldermen unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday outlining...
View ArticleTestimony underway in Mays murder trial
Jury chosen, seated Nancy BergeronAfter two days of jury selection, the jury that will rule on the murder trial of Cameron Mays is in place. The four-men, eight-women jury and two alternates — both...
View ArticleTestimony underway in Mays murder trial
No opening statement made by defense Caleb DanielTestimony in the murder trial of Cameron Mays got underway Wednesday in 3rd Judicial District Court after two days of jury selection. The jury was...
View ArticleWest Virginia hospitals sue opioid companies; want damages
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Hospitals in West Virginia have banded together to sue some of the country’s largest opioid companies, saying they flooded Appalachia with powerful painkillers and forced...
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More rain on the way
Nancy Bergeron Top: Additional predicted rain today and Thursday could make a bad situation even worse for the numerous homes and businesses like this house on Maryland Avenue that suffered roof damage...
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Debris pushes landfill to limit
Outley: ‘We can handle it’ Caleb Daniel More than 1,400 tons of debris has been taken to the Lincoln Parish Landfill since an F3 tornado roared through Ruston last week. When taking in the sheer...
View ArticleMurder trial for man accused of killing GSU teacher begins
Nancy BergeronJury selection continued Tuesday in 3rd Judicial District Court in the trial of a Dubach man accused of killing Grambling State University teacher Susan Hashway in June of 2012. Cameron...
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‘Big Event’ bigger, better, right on time
Leader Sports Service More than 1,000 Louisiana Tech students came out Saturday to clean up following last week’s tornado as part of the university’s annual “Big Event.” All hands and all ‘Dogs were on...
View ArticleDrought hits Panama Canal shipping, highlights climate fears
GATÚN, Panama (AP) — An intense drought related to this year’s El Nino phenomenon has precipitously lowered the level of Panama’s Gatun Lake, forcing the country’s Canal Authority to impose draft...
View ArticleSlowing digital-ad growth could force change on Google
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — While Google has dominated the online ad market for almost the entirety of its existence, its first quarter earnings report suggests that competitors may be nipping at its heels....
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Eyes in the storm
Residents tell stories of devastation, survival, hope Nancy Bergeron and Caleb Daniel Two 70-foot-tall trees crashed into Steve Thurmon’s home on Shelor Drive when the F3 tornado blew through the...
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Running past the pain
Murphy helps RHS win track meet after losing brother, mom T. Scott Boatright Top: Ruston High Senior Cam Murphy (in white T-shirt) and the RHS boys track team celebrate after winning Friday’s regional...
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Golden Arches come down
Pictured are workers taking down the twisted McDonald’s sign at the Graham Shopping Center on Monday morning after it was badly damaged in Thursday’s tornado.Full text of this article is available to...
View ArticleTraffic restricted in high-damage areas
90 percent of power grid up, but fiber optics to take longer Nancy BergeronTraffic continues to be limited today in two of the areas hardest hit by the April 25 tornado that stormed through Ruston....
View ArticleFBI got tips about threat minutes before synagogue shooting
POWAY, Calif. (AP) — The FBI said Monday that it received tips on a threatening social media post about five minutes before a gunman burst into a Southern California synagogue and opened fire with an...
View ArticlePolice: 8 shot, 1 fatally, in latest Baltimore shooting
BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore city leaders urged witnesses to share what they know with police after a gunman fired indiscriminately into a crowd enjoying Sunday afternoon cookouts, killing a man and...
View ArticleBoeing CEO defends safety record amid 2 deadly crashes
The Associate PressThe CEO of Boeing defended the company’s safety record and declined to take any more than partial blame for two deadly crashes of its best-sell- ing plane even while saying Monday...
View ArticleDeal or no deal? U.S. and Chinese sides resume trade talks
WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says he and other negotia- tors for the Trump ad- ministration should know this week or next whether they can reach a trade deal with China — or...
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A VIEW OF DESTRUCTION FROM ABOVE
Pictured is an aerial view of the badly damaged America’s Best Value Hotel and Pizza Hut in the wake of Thursday morning’s tornado.
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