Natchitoches Mayor Ronnie Williams, Jr., announces that the City of Natchitoches has been awarded $1,142,566 for street improvements under the FY 2023 Louisiana Community Development Block Grant Program.This program, which targets public facilities improvements within low to moderate income…
Louisianans may soon lose access to great swaths of government records currently made available upon request under the state public records law.A Senate panel voted 6-2 Wednesday to advance a bill — backed by Gov. Jeff Landry and sponsored by Sen. Heather Cloud, R-Turkey Creek — that would gut…
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD), advises the public that, weather permitting, on Tuesday, April 23, LA 478, at the west intersection of LA 120, will be closed for maintenance to replace a cross drain. This project is expected to last one day and should begin at 8…
There was a lot of laughing at JT’s house the other day…and it was at his expense.He mistakenly had a pair of blue jeans starched at the cleaners without telling them to use light or medium starch.Well they came back “heavily “ starched. It was like the pant legs had been glued together.JT was…
April marks Second Chance Month, a time to celebrate the resilience of individuals who have overcome incarceration and are now rebuilding their lives to create stronger communities.To that end, the Natchitoches NCLA Reentry Coalition is hosting a Job & Resource Fair open to all on Tuesday,…
More than 40 Soldiers of the Louisiana Army National Guard’s 1021st Engineer Vertical Construction Company are conducting a two-week pre-mobilization training at the Louisiana National Guard Training Center Pineville.This training, which focuses on sharpening skillsets and basic warrior skills…
Many times, midweek baseball game are about opportunities for players to show off what their behind-the-scenes work has produced.That was on display Tuesday night in Northwestern State’s 14-0, seven-inning run-rule win against visiting LSU-Alexandria at Brown-Stroud Field.From sophomore catcher JD…
In softball Select Division IV #7 seed St. Mary’s, was set to play #2 seed Catholic Pointe Coupe Friday night at 5 p.m. at Hornet Park in the Quarterfinals. A win puts the Tigers in the semi-finals against the winner of #3 seed Riverside Academy and #6 seed acred Heart.In Baseball #14 seed St Mary’…
In less than a month, Northwestern State athletics fans will be able to send their Demons into summer with a little boost.The NSU Athletic Department has set May 15 as its annual Giving Day as a way to assist its studentathletes’ success on and off the field.Fans can make a donation to the summer…
LA Lightning 10U Coached by Donovan Ohnoutka and Luke Mahloch won the USSSA 10U City of Lights Tournament in Natchitoches. 12 teams competed for the title. LA Lightning won 5 of the 6 games all weekend. Sunday they played 4 games and won them all to become the champions. From left are players…
