If you’re like me, you enjoy few things more than a long, hot shower. Nothing loosens the muscles or washes your worries away better than gradually turning up the hot knob until you’re red as a boiled lobster.
Afghanistan has fallen. America moved into that country with limited goals — eliminate the petri dish that grew venomous terrorist organizations that wanted nothing less than to destroy Western ideals and attack the United States, the cradle of freedom.
The final timeline to certify the results of the delayed library millage renewal election and any effects from that delay on the issuance of this year’s property tax bills haven’t been set in stone yet, but a full statement is coming later this week.
Sales tax collections for the city of Ruston dipped slightly more than $200,000 from June to July, but total revenue is still tracking higher than it has for the last three fiscal years.
As students begin the fall quarter at Louisiana Tech University, work is ongoing to finish knocking down old dormitory buildings on Tech Drive, including Cottingham Hall, pictured above. Leader photo by CALEB DANIEL
Lincoln Parish residents not registered to vote and wishing to participate in what is now the Nov. 13 election have until Oct. 13 to sign up, according to updated information from the Lincoln Parish Registrar of Voters office.
The committee meeting in which Lincoln Parish police jurors hear budget requests from local agencies was a quicker affair Tuesday night than it has been in years past, with just a handful of entities opting to expound on their written petitions and even fewer asking for increases over previous funding levels.