The Ruston Daily Leader understands why Gov. John Bel Edwards last week vetoed a major bill on car insurance that had been amended too quickly in its rush to approval in the regular session of the Legislature.
On July 5, 2016, Alton Sterling was shot at close range by two police officers outside a Baton Rouge convenience store. Sterling, 37, was black; the officers, white.
After months of trying to move toward finding a replacement for their retiring administrator, the Lincoln Parish Police Jury finally settled on a new face to put in the parish’s top staff seat Tuesday.