Lincoln Parish is mourning the death of Ruston Fire Chief Chris Womack. He died at the age of 54 after a brief battle with cancer. Ruston Mayor Ronny Walker says Chief Womack started with the Ruston Fire Department in the early 1990s.
Louisiana is the first state to secure 1.36-billion dollars in federal funding to boost broadband infrastructure in rural areas. The announcement comes on the heels of Connect-L-A completing a major broadband expansion project in Vernon Parish. Executive Director Veneeth Iyengar says despite the scope of that project, it still left out three-thousand locations in the parish, and this federal funding will allow it to finish the job.
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College football reporters had a chance today to ask Lane Kiffin about his coaching future. Jeff Palermo has more on what the Ole Miss coach had to say and didn’t say.
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Plastipak Manufacturing announces a major expansion of its Rapides Parish manufacturing facility. The nearly 54-million-dollar plan will add 200-thousand square feet to its facility, and it will create 15 direct jobs and 25 indirect jobs while retaining 340 current positions. The project is expected to be completed by the end of next year.