Ruston News

Prevailing Faith Christian Academy CEO Patsy R. Brown said Thursday she was surprised and a little confused to learn that the Monroe school's approval to participate in the Department of Education's scholarship program might only be a preliminary approval.

A severe thunderstom watch for northeast Louisiana will remain in effect until 6 p.m. Thursday, according to the National Weather Service's Shreveport office.

U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, right, talks with James Bradford upon her arrival at the West Monroe Convention Center to meet with community leaders at a breakfast arranged by the West Monroe Mayor Dave Norris.

A Senate committee grilled Louisiana Superintendent John White about the Department of Education's process in approving schools to participate in the state's scholarship program, suggesting it was inadequate.

The North Central Louisiana Arts Council and 102 a Bistro are currently presenting the work of Dean Dablow and Peter Jones at 102 a Bistro .

Cathye Davis , a member of the Ronald McDonald House board, is pictured with the students at Lincoln Parish Early Childhood Center who collected the most can pop tabs to donate to the Ronald McDonald House.

The Lincoln Parish School Board has partially settled its decades-old desegregation lawsuit.

Entry forms are available for the annual Squire Creek Louisiana Peach Festival 5K and 1-Mile Fun Run sponsored by Northern Louisiana Medical Center.

A church-affiliated school in north Louisiana has been approved to accept 315 students as part of the state's scholarship program, but the school doesn't currently have the facilities or teachers to accommodate that many students.

Tom Huey's self-described "man cave" is part garage and part time capsule. It's three "Me" walls with a roll-up door.

New Living Word School in Ruston has been approved by the Louisiana Department of Education to accept 315 students as part of the state's scholarship program, but the school doesn't currently have the facilities, computers or teachers in place to accommodate that many students.

For the past several decades a Monroe clinic has quietly served hundreds of local veterans by giving them a chance for a healthier life and access to health care closer to home.

Police Chief Steve Rogers tells The Ruston Daily Leader the accident happened around 9:56 a.m. Wednesday on La.

A Vietnam War veteran in Missouri wants Lowe's to stop selling American flag doormats at its home improvement stores.

As any tournament angler knows, what you start out planning to do on a given day is often not what you end up doing in a bass tournament.

Segregation has been illegal for decades, but many school districts across the country are still under federal orders to desegregate.

The Boys and Girls Clubs of North Central Louisiana is encouraging parents enroll their children in an education summer program.

The annual spring meeting of the Louisiana Baptist Convention Executive Board members was a time for voting on LBC business and hearing reports of LBC-related entities.

The University of Louisiana System board has called an emergency meeting for Monday to develop strategies to address the state's budget bill, which passed out of the Louisiana House of Representatives with no one-time or rainy-day funding to fill in the gaps.

The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting that a 5.9-magnitude earthquake has struck in northern Italy near Bologna.