Across Louisiana, sworn law enforcement officers and criminal justice agencies take seriously their responsibility to protect and serve while ensuring the safety and quality of life of their communities. Through using the latest technology, innovative strategies and a focus on positive outcomes, these departments are helping create a better quality of life for Louisiana families.
Lincoln Parish Retired Educators will be hosting a COVID-19 vaccination clinic, in partnership with the Louisiana Office of Public Health and the Louisiana National Guard, for ages 12 and older.
Over the last month, the Lincoln Parish Library has hosted the Northeast Louisiana Arts Council’s traveling exhibit, Celebrating Louisiane, an exhibition that embodies the culture, life, and lagniappe of Louisiana.
In Louisiana, more than 45% of fourthgrade students cannot read at even a basic level. Just 25% are considered proficient. These statistics are acritical. Illiteracy costs our nation’s health care system hundreds of billions of dollars per year and indicates future rates of poverty and crime.
The benefits of maintaining good credit include looking more reliable in the eyes of prospective employers and securing lower mortgage interest rates when buying a home. Those rewards can benefit anyonae, but they’re especially enticing to young people. But what about seniors? Do individuals stand to benefit significantly from maintaining good credit into their golden years?
On Jan. 23 DART’s weekly column in the Ruston Daily Leader was about stalking, which is a crime in all 50 states of the United States. This column was written because January is National Stalking Awareness Month.
WEST MONROE — After having to take a hiatus in 2021, the annual Northeast Louisiana Forestry Forum returned this year along with the Ag Expo in West Monroe.