I’m writing this New Year’s column on Christmas Eve. Somehow that feels fitting. After all, Christmas Eve is marked by frightened shepherds and young parents-to-be who were probably a bit trepidatious in their own right.
Eric Kendzior’s refusal to let multiple injuries keep him off the field has earned the senior defensive lineman national notice as he has been named one of 14 semifinalists for the 2020 Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Year.
A pair of Bulldog offensive linemen represented Louisiana Tech on the 2020 C-USA Football All-Academic Team as redshirt junior Abraham Delfin and redshirt senior Kody Russey were each named to the team for their performances in the classroom and on the field.
Lincoln Parish Library Director Vivian McCain plans to resign from her position ahead of a special meeting of the library’s Board of Control called for today to discuss her competence.
2020 began with the fatal shooting of a man at a local party venue, the swearing in of the largest class of new Lincoln Parish Police Jurors in 15 years, the school board almost closing Dubach School, and Ruston’s Board of Aldermen condemning batch after batch of structures damaged by the 2019 tornado.
Funeral services for Johnny Wayne Chevallier, 80, of Downsville, LA, were held at 1 p.m., Monday, December 28, 2020, at Farrar Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Kelly Leach officiating.