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RJHS construction on pace for mid-July completion

Written by Kyle Roberts Richmond, Louisiana. As part of the April 2024 bond proposal, which allotted more than $1.8 million for the improvements, Ruston ...

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Custom Curbing: Framing Your Landscape

One happy client is Linda Tuten. This summer, the Ruston native added a concrete landscaping border to her front and back yard flower beds ...

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Ninth fugitive arrested in New Orleans from OPSO Inmate Escape

The Louisiana State Police provided this. To find and apprehend the fugitives who broke out of the Orleans Parish Correctional Facility on May 16, ...

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Ruston traffic stop leads to numerous charges

In Ruston, a man and a woman were detained on multiple narcotics accusations, driving infractions, and outstanding warrants. On June 20, Ruston Police arrested ...

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LA Tech joins Keep Louisiana Beautiful Affiliate Network

Thanks to the Keep Louisiana Beautiful initiative Louisiana Tech University, located in Ruston, Louisiana, is the newest member of the KLB University Affiliate Network, ...

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Road closure set for Bearcat Drive

Bearcat Drive at Tech Drive will be blocked to through traffic starting at 6:00 am on Monday, June 30, 2025, until further notice, the ...

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Lincoln Parish Journal, Bearcat broadcast crew bring home LSWA awards

NATCHITOCHES, Louisiana. With two first-place results in the state-wide competition, members of the Ruston High School football broadcast team and the Lincoln Parish Journal ...

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Griffin prepares for new role at RES

By Judith Roberts Ruston Elementary is being led by a new lion. After being appointed principal at RES, Stephanie Griffin, a former coordinating teacher ...

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Harris on History: Why Bonnie and Clyde still fascinate

Wesley Harris Three men I know well were sitting next to me at lunch last week, talking about a new book I had just ...

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