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Country music fans get ready for top lineup at Boot Music Festival

News Staff
Thursday, May 28, 2026
The Northwestern State athletic department is bringing one of country music’s biggest hitmakers of the past decade and an emerging force in the Texas country/Americana scene to headline the two-day Top of the Boot Music Festival from Oct. 16-17.Lee Brice, who had a string of eight No.

NPD seeking suspect in Grace Avenue shooting

White
Thursday, May 28, 2026
As of Monday, May 25, the Natchitoches Police Department reported that Tedrick White, BM, 25, of Nathitoches was a suspect wanted for a homicide that occurred earlier this month on Grace Avenue.

Natural hazards affecting farm losses in Parish

News Staff
Thursday, May 28, 2026
Natchitoches Parish Farms Lose $537.4K per Year to Natural HazardsA new study on behalf of Trace One has identified the U.S. counties and states with the largest agricultural losses due to natural disasters.•The impact of natural disasters on Natchitoches Parish ag.

JUST TALKIN’

News Staff
Thursday, May 28, 2026
Here’s a few things to ponder while adjusting to the fact LSU Baseball won’t be in Omaha this year...one year after winning the National Championship. The last time they missed the NCAA Tournament was in 2011.

Specialists giving Northwestern’s pipe organ a glow-up

News Staff
Friday, May 22, 2026
N o r t h w e s t e r n State’s pipe organ is getting a glow-up Specialists from Reuter Organ Company arrived in Natchitoches this week to disassemble, pack and transport Northwestern State University’s famed pipe organ back to its place of origin in Lawrence, Kansas, where it will undergo...

New schoolmobile takes books to Parish students

News Staff
Friday, May 22, 2026
The Natchitoches Parish Library (NPL) has placed a new Schoolmobile into service, extending free educational resources into the schools and neighborhoods of Natchitoches Parish and ensuring that distance and transportation are never barriers to learning.

Friends of Library book sale underway until May 30

News Staff
Friday, May 22, 2026
The Friends of the Natchitoches Parish Library (FoNPL) invites the community to browse hundreds of affordable titles at their Mini Book Sale, running May 15 through May 30 at the Natchitoches Parish Library (NPL) Main Branch.

Mark Your Calendars! MAY

News Staff
Friday, May 22, 2026
Complimentary Downtown Walking Tours of the Natchitoches National Historic Landmark District Wednesday-Saturday 10 a.m. Depart from the Natchitoches Visitors Center on Front St. Call 318/356-5555 for more information and to book group tours.
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