The Gramblinite
Saturday, June 28, 2025
Funeral services will be held for Dr. Willie Byrd Dillard Ford, on Saturday at 11 a.m. at New Rocky Valley Baptist Church in Grambling. The church is located on 2155 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., pastored by Rev. Julius Sumler. Willie B. Ford A visitation will be held from 1 […]
The City of Grambling officials of will hold a meeting in the Community Center and City Hall today at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will introduce the community to two consultants offering their assistance to the Black Towns and Settlements Alliance, Inc. Two years ago, the mayors of five historic Black […]
Each month the Rotary Club of Ruston hosts a luncheon honoring Lincoln Parish high school seniors for their academic achievements. Abigail Gail Morris was chosen as Grambling State University Laboratory High School’s November student. She said, “I thought it was a huge honor. It is good to be with other […]
Monday was the first interest meeting for the pageant. The Black and Gold Room were filled with eager prospect students. “Some of my teammates had done the pageant before and told me they had a blast doing it so I thought maybe I should try it out. I was so […]
The New Orleans Convention Company Inc. held its third annual Bayou Classic University-Business Summit in Shreveport on Friday, Nov. 6. The workshop included three seminars that were called Economic Opportunities for Business, Workforce Development, and Cyber Technology that featured GSU’s Dr. Otto Meyers, Interim VP, Advancement, Research, and Economic Development […]
The 2015 Achievement Week of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. began on Sunday at New Rocky Valley Church in Grambling, Louisiana. The brothers of Omega Psi Phi, also known as “The Ques”, started off the Founders’ Week with a church service open to everyone. Courtesy photo Members of Omega […]
Senior Prentiss Smiley from Homer is the recipient of the National Association of Historically Black Colleges and Universities Title III Administrators, Inc., Scholarship. The scholarship program is open to students attending 98 HBCU; 15 students from Grambling applied, but Smiley was the one who brought home the big prize, a […]
When there’s bad news, bury it with sudden, ultra-violent attacks. It’s a tactic the Islamic State has used before on several occasions, and they apparently turned to it again on Friday by launching a brutal, unprecedented assault on Paris. NOBEL MICHAEL/The Gramblinite Grambling students come together Thursday afternoon to […]
Bayou Classic 2015 activities will be kicked off with a press conference Tuesday, where a new Bayou Classic trophy will be unveiled. This year’s grudge match between hyper-rivals Grambling State and Southern universities, will be the 42nd annual football game. The old trophy was donated to the Smithsonian Institute to […]
Grambling (6-2, 6-0 SWAC) at UAPB (1-7. 0-5) Series Record: 3-3 Since 2009. What’s at stake The Tigers try to stay perfect in SWAC play, stay in contention for the SWAC championship and SWAC/MEAC challenge, behind a veteran gunslinger quarterback Johnathan Williams. With a win Grambling would clinch the Western […]