Ruston Police are trying to figure out why a pedestrian was killed while sitting in the middle of a street. Police Department Chief Deputy Clint Williams says a Lincoln Parish school bus was turning, when the bus driver struck the pedestrian.The driver didn’t see the person. The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene. Williams says they are hoping someone knows why he was there…
The bus was nearly full with elementary aged students, but Williams says they weren’t hurt…
Some crawfish crazies are heating up over the higher prices and smaller size of the crop this year. LSU Ag Center Professor Greg Lutz says suppliers aren’t trying to rip you off, farmers are just having a hard time finding enough crop after the historic winter to justify pulling their traps.
Lutz says if you don’t want to pay the inflated prices, give it a few weeks, the cost of a boil should be returning to normal.
A man wanted in one of the three mardi gras day murders is a student at Louisiana Tech according to New Orleans police. Eddie Dingle is accused of a second degree murder that occurred late Tuesday afternoon on St. Charles Ave. Louisiana Tech has issued a statement to students encouraging them to contact law enforcement if they see Dingle in Ruston.
The Young Leadership Council partnered with ArcGNO this carnival season to collect beads and recyclables on the parade routes through uptown New Orleans. After a Nola.com story revealed that the city removed more than 64 tons of beads from a five block stretch of St. Charles, YLC Recycles Project Leader Hannah Kincannon says it’s a public safety issue.