Louisiana Tech University is now in its third week of online-only instruction in response to the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, with no definite return date.
And now there are eight. That’s the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Lincoln Parish as of noon Monday, and is one more than the seven reported Sunday by the Louisiana Department of Health.
If all goes according to plan, the north and south service roads between the new Tarbutton Road interchange and Tech Drive overpass will convert to one-way only on Friday.
While the school district is on spring break this week, the Lincoln Parish Fund has partnered with the Boys and Girls Club of North Louisiana to help fill in the gap and provide meals to school-age children.
Boxes of personal protection equipment and other supplies from the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness lined the hall at the Lincoln Parish Public Safety Complex late