Lincoln Parish Sheriff-elect Stephen Williams will officially become the parish’s 17th sheriff in a public swearingin ceremony set for 10 a.m. July 1 at the Lincoln Parish Public Safety Complex on Road Camp Road.
Cases of COVID-19 are increasing statewide and in the Lincoln Parish-inclusive health Region 8, even after accounting for the backlog in testing for the respiratory illness.
Construction personnel were hard at it Thursday as workers continued rebuilding the Louisiana Tech baseball stadium, softball stadium, soccer field and tennis courts destroyed by the tornado that ravaged Ruston on April 25, 2019.
Lincoln Parish residents will have their first opportunity to go to the polls since the COVID-19 pandemic hit when early voting opens Saturday for the rescheduled July 11 presidential preference primary.
The 10-year ad valorem tax that funds the vast majority of operations at the Lincoln Parish Library is due for renewal this year, and the library’s Board of Control has decided the millage rate it would like to see appear on the Dec. 5 ballot for public approval.
