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On Nov. 19-21, the North Central Louisiana Arts Council will host its 13th Annual Holiday Arts Tour. The tour, which takes place in Ruston and throughout Lincoln Parish, will feature paintings, pottery, jewelry, and other designs created by regional artists, as well as live music by local favorites. Festivities will begin Friday afternoon at 3 […]

The Women’s Leadership Series began on October 28, with a program in Grambling State University’s School of Nursing Auditorium.The all-female seminar addressed the problems that Black women encounter in college, avoiding such problems and living above the influence. The speaker was Dr. Darlene V. Willis, an author, poet and motivational speaker. “Inspiring Women Towards Excellence […]

Does defense win games? Apparently the Grambling State Tigers think so. No other aspect of the game was more apparent than the swarming nature of the Tiger defense as the G-Men shut out the Concordia Hornets by a final score of 37-0 Saturday. Concordia’s freshman quarterback Sherman Stevens looked inexperienced in front of 14,543 people […]

Although Steven Hayes is on death row, the only survivor of a deadly home invasion said that there would never be closure on the case. Hayes, a convicted killer, murdered a Connecticut woman and her two daughters in July 2007. The survivor, Dr. William Petit said that “justice has been served” after a jury voted […]

Grambling State University’s underestimated women’s cross country team pulled through with a strong victory at the Southwestern Athletic Conference championships in Mississippi recently. The team was led by freshman Ameesha Washington, who finished in third place. Grace Korir followed Washington with a fifth-place finish, while Shaquea Howard and Tiesha Alexander sealed the championship with their […]

The Dallas Cowboys head coach, Wade Phillips was fired Monday. He was then replaced by the new interim head coach, Jason Garrett. But the question still remains, whose fault is it anyway? The Cowboys record dropped to an embarrassing 1-7 after losing 45-7 to the Green Bay Packers on Monday afternoon. The owner Jerry Jones […]

Lynnell Fashion Group hosted The Runway Report last Friday night in Knight’s Inn of Ruston.The combination fashion show, dessert bar and networking opportunity was born of two Louisiana Tech student fashionistas, Hermosa Lynn and DonChunte Foster. Two Grambling State University students, Shawnae Combs and Amanda Beaton, walked the two-act show. Both are members of International […]

I Release Myself from your Box is the title of Grambling alum Adaryll Moore’s first book. Moore, a New Jersey native, describes ‘the box’ as a psychological box that society tends to puts us in.”Growing up sexually confused can be hard with the added verbal abuse and pressure that comes from your peers,” Moore said. […]

Friends and brothers of the Gamma Gamma Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity ushered in the 2010 Grambling State University homecoming experience with a commemorative banquet celebrating their 60th anniversary as the first national Black fraternity on campus. Established at what was then, Grambling College on May 19, 1950, 13 young men chartered the chapter. […]

The NCAA men’s basketball season kicked off this Monday and Grambling St season opener ison Friday. All the work that the coaching staff and players put in this off season its finally time to see some results. They play there season opener down in Waco. Texas against the explosive 16 ranked Baylor Bears. Last year […]