In the first 15 days of October, 92 inmates were booked into the Lincoln Parish Detention Center. In mid-September, 34 arrests were made in three days. Currently, there are approximately 37 inmates being housed at other facilities because the LPDC has run out of room. This costs the parish about $900 a day — and the numbers keep on growing.
The school band helped to spread holiday cheer by performing at home and in the community.
On Dec. 13, the band participated, for the 27th consecutive year, in the Grambling Christmas Parade. The performers marched through the main streets of the city, ending their display of talent at Grambling Town Hall.
The D’Arbonne Watershed Lake Commission has completed a contract with Southwestern Energy for the oil company to extract water from lake D’Arbonne to be used for fracking.
The contract agreement was reached following an uproar by water conservationists when SWN pulled 17 million gallons out of the Sparta Aquifer last spring.
The fifth annual ARToberfest featured a host of local and statewide brewers showing off their most prized infusions in support of the North Central Louisiana Art Council.
Pictured, local brewer Ryan Nestrud cheers taste testers Erin Mitchell (back) and Macky Brewer as the Louisiana Tech University students tried Nestrud’s two home brews -— “Biscuit,” a citrusy “first beer of the mornin’” Indian Pale and “Breakfast Blend,” a lager infused with a bohemian coffee blend.
The nights event also featured live music from four local bands, raffle prizes, food, contests and games.