Would-be candidates for about half the positions on the local Nov. 3 primary ballot were waiting in the foyer of the Lincoln Parish Courthouse on Wednesday for qualifying to begin.
Ruston High School basketball player Curenity Emerson capped off her prep career on a high note by signing her letter of intent with Northwest Mississippi Community College in front of friends and family in a crowded room on Monday.
Early voting for the Aug. 15 proposition election begins Saturday and continues through Aug. 8 in the Lincoln Parish Registrar of Voters’ Office on the ground floor of the courthouse.
Louisiana will remain in Phase Two of economy reopening until at least Aug. 7, Gov. John Bel Edwards said Tuesday. That includes an extension of the current mask mandate, bar closing and 50-person limit on gatherings, the governor said.
The Lincoln Parish School District hosted its first of multiple planned “town hall” meetings streamed live on Facebook Monday to answer community members’ questions about the district’s plan for starting the school year in light of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
