Events Events that appear in this column are open to the public.
There will be a Relay For Life of Natchitoches community interest meeting Thursday, Nov. 15 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in room 221 of the NSU Stu...
Festival armbands on sale for Dec. 1 The 86th Annual Natchitoches Christmas Festival of Lights is only a few weeks away and now is the time to get your armbands.
Armbands can be purchased in advance at these local businesses and all...
East Natchitoches in line for DOTD traffic improvements The City will get help with its East Natchitoches traffic according to Mayor Lee Posey.
The La. DOTD will let bids in June of next year on a project to widen South Drive to three lanes from Choate’...
NSU to offer investigator class A 40-hour basic private investigator course will be offered through Northwestern State University’s Office of Electronic Education Nov. 15-18. The class will be 8 a.m.-7 p.m. each day in South Hall...
Caroline Dorman Friends to buy property that was part of estate The Board of Directors of The Caroline Dormon Foundation met Friday, Nov. 9 at Briarwood Nature Preserve. One topic on the agenda was to authorize the purchase of the Bayliss Farm. This property ...
Pick Up Sticks A little before 9 a.m. Monday, a semi-trailer truck hauling logs overturned on Campti Cutoff. The unidentified driver was heading northwest and lost control after taking the curve near Blewer Famil...
Women’s Resource Center will take program to schools The Rapides Foundation awarded a $10,000 grant to the Women’s Resource Center to reach public school students in Natchitoches Parish. The grant will focus on a curriculum-based program designed to ...
Social Security Administration changing office hours this month Effective Nov. 19, La. Social Security offices will be open to the public Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., a reduction of 30 minutes each weekday. Beginning Jan. 2, 2013, offices will...
2 withdraw from parish council race Two parish council candidates have dropped out of the race.
District 4 candidate David Dollar withdrew Friday according to Clerk of Court Louie Bernard.
“I know Mr. Bedgood has a sincere desire to...
Streetcar line to get Super Bowl debut NEW ORLEANS (AP) — With the Super Bowl less than three months away, New Orleans is rushing to lay streetcar tracks through one of its busiest corridors to connect by trolley the Louisiana Superdome...
Marthaville man dies in I-49 wreck Friday A Marthaville man died Friday in a one-vehicle crash on I-49 just south of Hwy. 177 in DeSoto Parish.
Shortly before 10:30 p.m., 58-year-old Robert Thompson was traveling south in a 2004 Chevrolet...
appointment as president of the University of Louisiana System Jimmy Long Sr. of Natchitoches, a member of the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System, is shown with Sandra Woodley Friday after her appointment as president of the University...