Louisiana Tech University students will continue an 11-year tradition of service to the residents of Ruston and the surrounding communities by hosting the Big Event. This event has become the largest one-day, student-run service.

Tech students and faculty go to homes, churches and businesses to complete a variety of activities including painting, yard work, cleaning, and other tasks disabled or elderly members of the community cannot do themselves, or those that local businesses and churches need help to complete.

Northwestern State University students and faculty will participate in the second annual University of Louisiana System Academic Summit on Friday, April 12, and Saturday, April 13, on the campus of the University of Louisiana-Monroe.

The celebration of academic excellence at UL System universities will encompass the previous system-wide service-learning conference, a student art exhibition and undergraduate research day. 

Kisatchie National Forest closed the Kisatchie Hills Wilderness Area of the Kisatchie Ranger District on Thursday until further notice for a controlled burn or “prescribed burn.” The Wilderness area is made up of 8,700 acres of forest with some of the most unusually steep and rugged terrain to be found in Louisiana.