Ruston and Lincoln Parish have moved from COVID-19 red zones to yellow zones, according to the latest state report from the White House Coronavirus Task Force.
Gov. John Bel Edwards said it’s too soon to know whether the impact of Hurricane Laura will force Louisiana to remain in Phase Two of economic recovery when the current order ends Sept. 11.
Before Hurricane Laura forced Lincoln Parish schools to close for at least four school days beginning Thursday, class had been in session for six days under new guidelines to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the classroom.
As the parish, state and country continue to slowly emerge from measures put in place to hinder the spread of COVID-19, many trends that developed during the initial stay-at-home orders are now being discovered.
Students in first through sixth grades at Lincoln Parish’s public schools, plus the “A” group of students in grades seven-12, reported to class Wednesday for their first day of school for the 2020-21 year.
