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Phlebotomy Technician Training class to begin March 31 at NSU

A phlebotomy technician training class will be offered by Northwestern State University’s Office of Electronic and Continuing Education in Natchitoches starting March 31. The course was originally scheduled to begin on March 17. The class will be on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6 p.m. to 9 p.

Deadline to turn in photos for 2027 Get it Growing calendar quickly approaching

The deadline to turn in photo submissions for the LSU AgCenter’s 2027 Get It Growing Lawn & Garden Calendar is i March 31. Forty photos will be selected by project coordinator Elma Sue McCallum and AgCenter faculty.

Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue concert in City Park

The Louisiana Folklife Center at Northwestern State University will present a public concert by Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue on Tuesday, April 7, at 6 p.m.in Natchitoches City Park at 401 Amulet St.

St. Denis Art League Spring Festival Board announces Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court for the 58th Presentation and Ball

Nineteen young women will make their debut as Ladies of the Court.Miss Lainey Rebecca Bennett is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy Thomas Bennett. She is the granddaughter of Mr. Donald Curtis Horne, Mrs. Connie Bischoff Tomlin, and Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Wayne Bennett.

Demons hang on to edge Privateers, take series

After a six-run sixth inning, it appeared the Northwestern State baseball team was on its way to a decisive victory in Sunday’s Southland Conference series finale against New Orleans.

Beavers wins two events in tremendous final day at Louisiana Classics

It was a sensational indoor season for Kalen Beavers and he proved once again to be one of the best sprinters in the Southland Conference in the beginning of the outdoor season.

Legendary Demon football coach Sam Goodwin dies at 82

Sam Goodwin, the architect of Northwestern State’s golden modern era of football, died Friday night following complications from a recent surgery.

DOTD installing traffic count devises in Red River Parish

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) is notifying residents and motorists that traffic count devices are being temporarily installed on various local roads across the state. Data collection is currently underway in several parishes, including Caddo, Sabine, St. John, St.

Breaking Ground

Ground was broken last week on construction a next-generation consolidated dispatch facility in partnership with Sheriff Glen Edwards and the Red River Parish Police Jury.