A Ruston man is out of jail after being arrested Tuesday by the Lincoln Parish Sheriff ’s Office (LPSO) for dog fighting. Jerry Perkins, 51, bonded out on Thursday afternoon after a $35,000 bond was set on one dog fighting charge.
Louisiana Tech University has thus far awarded more than $2 million in CARES Act grants from the federal government to students who experienced economic hardship as the coronavirus pandemic disrupted campus operations, the university announced Wednesday.
After two and a half years of construction, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) anticipates that the Tarbutton Road interchange will be opened in the next month or month and a half, weather permitting.
DEAR HARRIETTE: Working from home every day and staring into a computer screen is making me nuts. I feel like I sit all day long. And I have the extra weight to prove it.
