The Lincoln Parish Police Jury personnel committee considered an employee grievance in executive session that lasted almost two hours Monday.
While matters discussed in executive session are not made public, the police jury's three-step grievance procedure, which was distributed at the meeting, makes it clear the only way an employee grievance would come before the personnel committee is if the grievance is against the parish administrator, who in this case is Courtney Hall. Hall was asked to leave the room along with attendees during the executive session.
The executive order that gave the American Civil War a new moral purpose by outlawing slavery in the Confederate States will be the topic when noted Lincoln scholar Edna Greene Medford speaks at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 21 at the Lincoln Parish Library.
The event, organized by the Department of History at Louisiana Tech University, is free and open to the public. February is Black History Month and marks the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
BATON ROUGE — This week, Louisiana Economic Development and the U.S. Small Business Administration announced the 2014 Louisiana Small Business Award winners at an event honoring small business leaders who exemplify the entrepreneurial spirit of Louisiana. The winners were honored in a private reception at the Governor's Mansion.
Ruston Police Department and Ruston Fire Department Emergency Medical Services personnel responded Saturday afternoon to a two-car collision at the intersection of U.S. Highway 167 and Kentucky Avenue. The collision occurred when a Ford F150 rear-ended a Chevrolet Z71 pick-up at a stoplight. Medical personnel are shown at right bandaging the injured man, who was transported to Northern Louisiana Medical Center.
When "Lets Make A Deal" airs on Friday on CBS, psychology graduate students Tyesha White, of Ruston, and Shalonda Jackson, of Jonesboro, plan to have a few friends and family over.
Others in Lincoln Parish might want to tune in as well, because back in November, when the announcer said, "Come on down," Tyesha White did.
"I was clapping and in astonishment all the way down," White said.
White isn't yet able to talk about the things she won, but the prizes exceeded material items.