Marine, NFL Rookie Rayuan Lane visits Pentagon, meets Defense Secretary

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth lofted a football to the young officer and recent NFL draftee on the Pentagon steps, a first for the secretary at the iconic building.

Pick Up Your Brush painting classes

Northwestern State University’s Office of Electronic Learning and Global Education offers a Pick Up Your Brush painting class on July 10 and 17 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on the second floor of South Hall. The fee is $45.

Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival will soon take flight

The 45th Annual Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival will be held on Saturday July 19 in air-conditioned Prather Coliseum located at 220 South Jefferson Street on the campus of Northwestern State University in Natchitoches.

Red Beans & Rice Cookoff to be part of Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival

This year’s Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival on July 19 will include a Red Beans and Rice Cookoff. Professionals and hobbyists alike can compete to demonstrate their cooking skills. Registration and the cooks’ meeting will take place at 8 a.m. in the N-Club Room inside Prather Coliseum.

Northwestern State hosts “Dinner and Doo Wop”

The NSU Summer Dinner Theatre will present “Dinner and Doo Wop” July 22-26 and July 29 – Aug. 2 at The Venue on Front Street located at 530 Front Street in Natchitoches. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Dinner and the show starts at 6 p.m.Tickets are available at https://www.eventbrite.

Free Native Crafts workshop will be at Sports Hall of Fame & Museum

The Louisiana Folklife Center at Northwestern State University will present a Native American Crafts Workshop on Saturday, July 12, at 2 p.m. at the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Northwest Louisiana History Museum at 800 Front Street in Natchitoches.

Folk, country & bluegrass come alive at the Louisiana State Fiddle Championship

The Louisiana State Fiddle Championship will take place as part of the 45th annual Natchitoches- NSU Folk Festival to be held on the Northwestern State University campus on July 19. The Fiddle Championship will be held at 1 p.m.

Recent donation by DAR will support renovations to gallery spaces in Arlington Cemetery memorial

ARLINGTON, Va.

Campti native Edith Marie Wimberly was among nurse heroines in World War II

The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution has committed to support of the Military Women’s Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery.As part of that effort, members of the Cane River Chapter, NSDAR, are documenting military women’s experiences and their history.

Happy Independence Day

It is the Soldier by Charles M. Province It is the soldier, not the minister, who has given us freedom of religion. It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us the freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.