Ruston News

RUSTON - The story goes something like this: libraries are a thing of the past, anachronistic throwbacks to the days before iPods, plasma TVs and the Internet.

BATON ROUGE - With 85 percent of brain development occurring between the time of conception and age 5, early influences - both good and bad - affect a child's ability to learn and function in society, a panel ...

Two Ruston brothers, one of whom was entrusted to care for a mentally challenged patient, were arrested early Sunday when they left the 57-year-old patient inside a car while they stayed at a Monroe nightclub ...

A Jonesboro lawyer running for district attorney of the 2nd Judicial District said Friday he is ready to defend his residency requirements if challenged.

Ruston Police today were continuing to investigate a three-vehicle wreck that occurred Tuesday afternoon on U.S. Highwya 167 near Kavanaugh Road.

A Ruston man is being held in the Lincoln Parish Detention Center this morning after being arrested late Monday night on a burglary charge.

The perfumed Lincoln Parish air of early summers 60 years ago was phosphorescent with lightning bugs.

Department of Chemistry, Institute for Micromanufacturing, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana 71272, and Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently awarded more than $100,000 in grant funding to the Center for Rural Development in Ruston.

RUSTON - Louisiana Tech's Center for Rural Development has received a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture totaling $104,637, which will be used to develop service learning courses related to ...

The Caddo registrar of voters office will observe state Voter Registration and Education Week with a parishwide voter drive at Shreve Memorial Library branches.

Ouachita and Lincoln parish businesses and people were well represented during the annual Louisiana Economic Development and U.S. Small Business Administration Awards ceremony at the governor's mansion in Baton ...

A black bear that visited Ruston on Tuesday was returned to the forest after leading law enforcement officers and Wildlife and Fisheries agents on a tour of the city.

Imagine sitting in your living room only to find a 250 pound black bear roam across your front yard.

An unwanted guest stopped by a hotel in a small north Louisiana town of Ruston. A black bear wandered around the town most of today before it was tranquilized and set free in the woods, police said.

A black bear took a stroll through Ruston Tuesday morning, causing a stir among police, hotel employees and homeowners.

The Interstate 20 westbound off ramp for exit 85 will be temporarily closed from July 4 at 5 p.m. through July 18 at 5 p.m., weather permitting, to conduct activities associated with the I-20 Frontage Road ...

Officials at LSU are trying to get students interested in jobs in computer science to help buck a national trend.

BATON ROUGE - LSU has announced the names of students who have made the dean's list and the chancellor's honor roll for the spring 2008 semester.

The Monroe dentist and his wife arrested on drug-related charges also have been booked in Lincoln Parish where the investigation started.