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NEWS

Somber Reminder
04/26/2024 - 12:00am
Above, about 100 people gathered at the base of Ruston’s historic smokestack on North Monroe Street on Thursday to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the EF3 tornado that hit the city on April 25, 2019, and to dedicate the space both to the memory...

SPORTS

04/25/2024 - 12:00am
The Grambling State softball team got back in the win column with a 6-1 victory over Arlington Baptist on Tuesday night at the Ruston Sports Complex. GSU banged out 11 hits in the win and erased an early 1-0 deficit with 6 unanswered runs to cruise...

OPINIONS

The smokestack simply says, ‘RUSTON’
04/24/2024 - 12:00am
The first thing you did when you entered the lunchroom at the old A.E. Phillips school was get your milk. The squatty little bottles, and later half-pint waxed cartons, were in a stainless steel chesttype cooler right inside the front door. If you...

OBITUARIES

Joy Carol Maxwell Rowe
04/21/2024 - 12:00am
A Celebration of life for Joy Carol Maxwell Rowe, 74, of Ruston, will be held Friday, April 26, 2024, at 11 a.m. at Temple Baptist Church Sanctuary in Ruston. Officiating the service will be Dr. Reggie Bridges and Rev. Dale Oden. Interment will...