Over the weekend, Louisiana Tech University recorded its third straight week with much lower selfreported COVID-19 case numbers compared to the first three weeks of the fall quarter.
Gov. John Bel Edwards has filed a lawsuit against the Louisiana House of Representatives asking that a petition seeking to terminate the state’s COVID-19 restrictions for seven days be declared unconstitutional.
A petition approved Friday by Louisiana House Republicans to lift the state’s coronavirus restrictions is primarily a move to get Gov. John Bel Edwards to give lawmakers input in deciding the state’s continued response to the COVID-19 health emergency, Rep. Chris Turner said.
Lincoln Parish does not qualify to increase the crowd size at high school outdoor stadiums, based on the new rules Gov. John Bel Edwards announced Thursday.
New cases of the novel coronavirus among Louisiana Tech University students, faculty and staff plummeted during the fourth week of the fall quarter, according to the latest self-reported case count published by the university.
Newly confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus continue to increase by double digits in Lincoln Parish, even as a Ruston state representative joins the Legislature’s move to curb Gov.
After two weeks of classes, Louisiana Tech University has reported a total of 219 confirmed cases of COVID-19 among students, faculty and staff this fall quarter.
More than 60 individuals in the Lincoln Parish School District have contracted COVID-19 since the start of school on Aug. 19, according to figures released by the school system Thursday afternoon.
Local confirmed cases of COVID-19 jumped more than 50% over the week from Sept. 18 through Friday, according to figures posted by the Louisiana Department of Health.
