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NSU biology professor gets Fleming Thomas literacy award for encouraging library use
Northwestern State University Professor of Biology Dr. Curt Phifer has been named the 2012 recipient of the Fleming A. Thomas Faculty Information Literacy Award. Recipients of the award must meet s...
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Events
Events that appear in this column are open to the public. The City of Natchitoches Planning and Zoning Commission will meet Tuesday, Aug. 7 at 5:30 p.m. at the Natchitoches Arts Center. The Histo...
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NSU cheerleaders win awards at cheer camp
The Northwestern State University cheerleaders and Demon Dazzlers won awards at the College Cheer Camp held recently in San Marcos, Texas. The cheerleaders won first place in the sideline competiti...
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NCPTT intern Laura Lee Worrell prepares weathered wood samples with different primers for her research.
Interns will showcase projects that are teaching cultural heritage preservation
The Natchitoches-area National Park Service organizations will present Preservation In Your Community Tuesday, Aug. 7 at 5:30 p.m. It will showcase preservation research and projects of the Natio...
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Magnolia Steel employee Phillip Lang holds a 57-inch rattlesnake killed near Hagewood. The snake had 15 rattles and a button.
Another Rattlesnake

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City Court lists arraignment docket for July
City Court Judge Fred Gahagan lists the criminal arraignment docket for July 23. Quantario D. Adams, open container, dismissed. Andrea Austin, disturbing the peace/fighting, BW failure to appear. A...
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National Park offers end of summer activities in series of programs
The Cane River Creole NHP’s summer ranger programs are underway. The park announces the premier of “Race, The Red River Campaign, and the Promises of Reconstruction.” This program was developed by ...
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New students entering public schools must take placement tests Friday
The Natchitoches Parish School Board will administer placement tests Friday, Aug. 10 at the Natchitoches Magnet School, 3707 University Parkway. Students who wish to enter public school in 1-9 fro...
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Union Pacific Railroad presented the City of Natchitoches with a $5,000 award for continued improvements at City Park.Funds will go toward the construction of a new pavilion and other park amenities. From left are Rep. Terry Brown, Drew Tessier of Union Pacific Railroad, Mayor Lee Posey and City Recreation and Parks Director Kendrick Llorens.
Park Improvements

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School board making progress on return to unitary status
The Natchitoches Parish School Board has met three of the required five “Green Factors” in its journey to be removed from the desegregation it has been operating under since the 1980s. Supt. of Sc...
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Kilcoyne
Interim gets job in business school
Dr. Margaret Kilcoyne has been named director of the School of Business at Northwestern State University. Kilcoyne served as interim director. The University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisor...
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Just Talkin’
The Louisiana Angels may have fallen short of their bid to win the World Series of Dixie Softball but still did their city proud. They even made the local paper in Troy, Ala. The paper there was ta...
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Queens Scholarship pageant set
Contestants are being sought for the 2012 Natchitoches Queens Scholarship Program to be held Sunday, Sept. 30 at the Natchitoches Events Center. The Miss Merry Christmas Pageant and Miss Natchitoch...
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Boys and Girls Club members played on the waterslide that the Kiwanis Club provided for kids who attended the club’s summer camp. Kiwanis Club members and board members of Boys and Girls Club board cooked hamburgers and had popsicles for the campers.
Summer Fun
The Kiwanis Club of Natchitoches sponsored a waterslide day for the Boys & Girls Club of El Camino Real July 27. The club provided a huge waterslide, cooked hamburgers ad and popsicles for all of ...
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Grant
Jermaine Thomas, a fifth grade mathematics teacher at L.P. Vaughn Elem./Middle School, was the July recipient of the KTBS 3 “One Class At A Time” Grant. The grant is written by teachers who express...
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Inside the Hospital
More West Nile cases confirmed
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Driving School
The Natchitoches Area Chamber of Commerce welcomed Platinum Driving School as a new member.  The school offers 38 hours driving school which includes 30 hours of classroom and 8 hours of behind the...
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Opening Thursday at regional airport
Flight Academy of New Orleans (FANO) will hold the grand opening of its campus at the Natchitoches Regional Airport Thursday, Aug. 2 from 4-6 p.m. at Natchitoches Regional Airport.
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Hospital CEO to take new job
Mark Marley, Chief Executive Officer of Natchitoches Regional Medical Center for the past 13 and one-half years, has resigned his position effective Aug. 31, to become CEO at two hospitals in Opelo...
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La. Angels will be broadcast on KZBL/KDBH
The Louisiana Angels World Series games will be broadcasted on KZBL/KDBH this weekend. The Angels play Saturday at noon against Florida. The pregame show goes on the air at 11:30 a.m. Stay tuned ...
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