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Louisiana Main Street offers redevelopment incentive grants
Natchitoches Main Street is soliciting redevelopment incentive grant (RIG) applications from downtown commercial building and/or business owners. The Louisiana Main Street program is able to offer ...
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Wins iPod Shuffle
Guidroz Physical Therapy owners Jason Parker and Jerry Jones raffled an iPod Shuffle at the Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Office DARE Kids Healthfest recently. L.P. Vaughn Elementary student Xavier...
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Market to host Zumba class, planting demo
The Cane River Green Market (CRGM) will continue its summer season Saturday, May 12 with activities celebrating National Salsa Month, National Physical Activity and Sports Month, and Mother’s Day. ...
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VA to host open house
The Natchitoches Veterans Administration Primary Outpatient Clinic will host an open house and free luncheon for all veterans Thursday, May 24 from 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. in observance of Memorial Day...
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Louisiana Poet Laureate to read in Lake Charles
Louisiana Poet Laureate Julie Kane will do a poetry reading in Lake Charles Saturday, May 12 at 4 p.m. at the Imperial Calcasieu Museum. Kane, a professor of English at Northwestern State Universit...
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Tortoise and the Hare
The NSU Middle and Elementary Lab Schools pooled their talents to present “The Tortoise versus the Hare: The Greatest Race.” Performances were Saturday, March 3 at 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. in the Eleme...
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IRS tax liens against Robeline keep mounting
The Village of Robeline has been hit with another federal tax lien of $10,697, according to the Internal Revenue Service for period ending Dec. 31, 2011. The lien is the latest in a series placed a...
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Wins Scholarship
Savan Patel of Lake Charles and Cameron Triay of Hammond, seniors at the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts, have been awarded scholarships by the ArkLaTex Chapter of the Armed Forces...
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Physician among those named ‘best doctor’ in peer ratings for second year in a row
For the second year, Dr. Stephen W. Wheat is among “Louisiana’s Best Doctors,” a survey conducted by Best Doctors Inc., a Boston-based company that compiles professional peer ratings. The survey ap...
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School Bank
City Bank offered its “Bank at School” program to NSU Elementary Lab Students for the 13th consecutive year. The “Bank at School” program teaches students the importance of saving and how compounde...
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Who’s Who at Northwestern State
Name: Richard Bach Jensen Title: Professor of history Education: B.A. Macalester College M.A. University of Kansas Ph.D. European history with a specialty in modern Italian history, University of M...
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Fairview Alpha Elem./Jr. High School named its Kiwanis Terrific Kids for March. On front row from left are Raegan Cannon, Simone Roberson, Christopher Walker, Stephan Prud’homme, Allie Hill, Ariel Joseph and Memphis Grappe. On second row are Fredrick Smith, Robbie Blanchard, Jacob Townsend, Sarah Jones, Carleigh Lofton, Cadence Winslow and Tramon Lloyd. On back row are Adrianhya Gray, Charlisha Pottain, Sainequa Brown, Essence Ford, Raven Speir, Cole Jones, Joeseph Davis, Douglas Reliford and Kiwanian Carrie Beth Hough.
Fairview Alpha Terrific Kids

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Seniors Clayton Thomas and Hannah Lee Ward were named the 2011-12 Mr. and Miss SMH at St. Mary’s High.
St. Mary’s names Mr. and Miss SMH
Seniors Clayton Thomas and Hannah Lee Ward were named the 2011-12 Mr. and Miss SMH at St. Mary’s High School. Clayton Thomas is the son of Robert and Tama Thomas. He has maintained a 4.0 grade poin...
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NSU Elementary Lab School named its Kiwanis Terrific Kids for January. On front row from left are Austin Hernesman, Madelynn Misuraca, Kelsee Bienvenu, Kelsie Moore, Liam Conn, Madison Brian and Laina Martin. On back row are Cesar Ochoa, Braden Arnold, Tyler Cedars, Meya Nutt, Anna Walker and Principal Caron Coleman.
NSU E-Lab Terrific Kids

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Cloutierville Terrific Kids
Cloutierville Elem./Jr. High named its Kiwanis Terrific Kids for April. On front row from left are Hunter Pierce, Dacey Boyett, Veronica Coutee, Isaiah Smith, Joseph Lewis and Kada Monette. On seco...
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Firefighters and utility workers respond to the transformer that exploded May 9 on NSU’s campus. The fire was extinguished with no injuries reported. Photo by Andrew Shirley
Electrical malfunction causes transformer to explode at NSU, cancels baseball game
Northwestern State’s baseball game against Louisiana Tech Wednesday night was canceled due to a transformer fire behind the right field wall at Brown-Stroud Field. The transformer exploded around 3...
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As part of Scholastic’s Summer Reading Challenge, La. First Lady Supriya Jindal read “Courdoroy” to kindergarten students at L.P. Vaughn Elem./Middle School and urged them to read a little every day during the summer. Photo by Leigh Guidry
La. First Lady Supriya Jindal encourages learning with visits to local schools
La. First Lady Supriya Jindal visited two Natchitoches Parish elementary schools Wednesday to get students excited about learning. Jindal first stopped at L.P. Vaughn Elem./Middle School to read to...
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Rotarian Dr. James Carter introduced the Rev. Tommy Rush, pastor of First Baptist Church, who discussed the mission work of the church. His work in the missionary field began in 1998. Accompanying Rush were church youth who participate in the church’s mission work. From left are Carter, Kevin Niette, Tanya Conlay, Katherine Murchinson, Rush and Josh Hargett. Conlay coordinates the church’s mission work.
Rotarians hear about trip to Africa
Renee and Steve Crews treated the Natchitoches Rotary Club to an entertaining Power Point presentation tracing their 25th wedding anniversary trip to Tanzania at the May 8 Rotary meeting. The pho...
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Felipe Hernandez
Student invited to join US Physics Team
The American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) has invited Felipe Hernandez, a senior at the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts to join the U.S. Physics Team. Hernandez is one o...
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Blood drive begins today at drug store
Natchitoches community blood drives will be held at the following dates and locations on the LifeShare bus: Friday, May 11 at the Keyser Ave. Walgreen’s from 1 p.m. until 6 p.m. Saturday, May 12 a...
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