Sir Edward Elgar composed “Pomp and Circumstance” — the title comes from a line in Shakespeare’s “Othello” (“Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war!”) — in 1901.
Much of the leadership of our parish government will hang in the balance Monday and Tuesday as the Lincoln Parish Police Jury interviews the eight candidates for parish administrator.
A Ruston man is out of jail after being arrested Tuesday by the Lincoln Parish Sheriff ’s Office (LPSO) for dog fighting. Jerry Perkins, 51, bonded out on Thursday afternoon after a $35,000 bond was set on one dog fighting charge.
While precautions remain necessary, there are new signs that the situation surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak is gradually getting better in Lincoln Parish.
The top staff position in Lincoln Parish government is about to change hands for the first time in more than a decade, and the police jury will decide Tuesday who takes the reins.