4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (245+ words) A 19-year-old Baskin man was arrested Sept. 6 on two counts of battery of a police officer after a disturbance at a West Louisiana Avenue apartment turned into a fight, police said. Mason Grayson was booked into the Lincoln Parish Detention…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (240+ words) An Arcadia man ran from officers during an early morning traffic stop on Vernon Street and was booked on a felony gun charge after officers found a firearm beneath the driver’s seat of his vehicle, according to an affidavit. Jamichael…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (259+ words) A 23-year-old Ruston man was arrested Sept. 5 on a Texas felony warrant and a resisting an officer after he ran from officers who were trying to handcuff him on Farmerville Highway, according to an affidavit. Christopher Jackson was booked into…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (152+ words) A 38-year-old Choudrant resident was arrested Sept. 3 at the Lincoln Parish courthouse annex after a probation officer reported finding a plastic bottle appearing to contain urine concealed in the person’s shorts during a required drug test. Debbra Hann was booked…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (246+ words) A Ruston man already out on bail on felony charges has been charged with multiple sex crimes involving a juvenile and possession of anabolic steroids. Matthew Zachary Upchurch, 41, was arrested Wednesday by Lincoln Parish sheriff’s deputies. Upchurch is charged by…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (267+ words) A 21-year-old West Monroe man who called police to report a stolen necklace was arrested himself minutes later after officers found he had been ordered out of a Ruston restaurant and kept going back inside, according to an affidavit. William…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (226+ words) A Ruston man was booked into the Lincoln Parish Detention Center on Sunday on drug and child endangerment counts after a traffic stop, according to an affidavit. A Lincoln Parish sheriff’s deputy on patrol spotted a vehicle traveling east on…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (198+ words) A 19-year-old Ruston man was arrested Thursday afternoon after officers found him hiding in a bedroom closet at an apartment complex he had been barred from entering, according to an affidavit. Gabriel Toten was booked into Lincoln Parish Detention Center…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (481+ words) One woman was arrested Friday following a high-speed police pursuit involving several law enforcement agencies through Winn, Jackson, and Lincoln Parishes. Winn Parish Sheriff Josh Mcallister said the pursuit started at 11:05 a.m. north of Winnfield, went into Jackson Parish, and then…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (162+ words) Lincoln Parish Journal On August 18, 2026, the Ruston Police Department began an investigation into the reported sexual assault of a juvenile under the age of 13. During the investigation, officers also discovered that Irving had reportedly broken into the convenience store where…...