I had hoped that writing last week’s column about the disturbing assault on our nation’s Capitol would help me get that unspeakable event out of my system.
I thought we had already lived through several major historical events in 2020, but Wednesday’s assault on the U.S. Capitol by a violent mob felt entirely different.
As the state’s phases of reopening gradually got less restrictive following the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic, my wife and I enjoyed the slowly increasing opportunities to be around friends again.
I generally don’t find it appropriate or necessary to ever share with readers the particulars of how I’ll be voting in a given election, especially local ones. I probably never will when it comes to candidate races.
It may have taken the United States almost a week to come up with a winner in the presidential election, but it’s taking even longer to fill two vacancies on the Lincoln Parish Library’s Board of C
As election season is finally, mercifully, about to come to a close, I find myself thinking about the myriad of different ways people view the voting process.
We now know who the next superintendent of Lincoln Parish Schools will be after Mike Milstead retires at the end of this calendar year: Richard “Ricky” Durrett, Jr.
