On April 27, for the second consecutive year, the Lincoln Parish School Board will ask citizens in the Ruston district (and this time in the Choudrant district as well) to approve bond financing and tax extensions to pay for facility projects they want to perform.
Over the last five years, the city of Ruston has sunk more than $3 million into lease payments on the mostly empty Monster Moto building on South Farmerville Street.
In my formative years, I was lucky enough to be surrounded by a large family that was very close knit. It wasn’t unusual for most of the family to gather on Sundays at my grandparents’ house after church for a large lunch and an afternoon of family time.
Having raised three daughters, I’ve gained, in the words of Liam Neeson, “a very particular set of skills.” Unfortunately, none of these skills would be useful in the event of an international kidnapping.
The calendar has turned to March, and that means an election is approaching. Louisiana will hold its presidential preference primary on March 23, and the deadline for Lincoln Parish residents who haven’t registered is tomorrow.
Last week I wrote about my affinity for collecting musical relics that might as well be ancient history for a whippersnapper like me: vinyl records from decades before I was born.
