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Talk Back to the Times: What do you hope becomes of the Cloutierville School...
Everyone hates to see a school close, but when it does the question of what happens to the facility rises.
What do you, the readers...
Juneteenth Celebration
The 10th Annual Juneteenth Celebration will be Tuesday, June 19 at Ben Johnson Park, 700 MLK Drive, Natchitoches from 6-9 p.m. There will be...
Traffic stop yields firearm
NPD
At midnight on the morning of Sunday, June 17, NPD patrol shift B and ASP team officers performed a traffic stop on a vehicle...
Local man to perform nuptials on Disney’s Fairy Tale Wedding tonight
Tune in tonight, June 18, at 7 p.m. Central on Suddenlink Channel 63 to see former resident, the Rev. Glen Ferguson, marry the couple...
Unconventional Summer Stands
By Hannah Richardson, lifestyleeditor@natchitochestimes.com
Monday morning, I was driving on Front Street when out of the corner of my eye, I saw two girls behind...
LSHOF induction weekend is June 29
The Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame induction weekend is June 29. Events will include a free Rockin’ River Fest featuring Johnny Earthquake and the...
Password Problems
Keeping up with all those
technology-related passwords
these days is stressful
for those of us who grew up
when passwords were easy
to remember and not used
very often.
The only...
Preschool registration will be June 20 and 27
Public school Pre-K registration and enrollment will be June 20 and June 27 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Title 1 Center at 310...
Board votes to close Cloutierville school
By Carolyn Roy, carolyn@natchitochestimes.com
By a vote of 6-5, the Natchitoches Parish School Board voted to close Cloutierville Elementary/Jr. High during a special called meeting...
What a mess! Mayor determined to clean up
By Carolyn Roy, carolyn@natchitochestimes.com
Mayor Lee Posey believes the community can do a better job of cleaning up and asked the City Council to back...
UNT College of Music names undergraduate Presser Scholar
Ruth Mertens, a harp music performance student from Natchitoches, was named the University of North TexasCollege of Music’s 2018-19 Presser Scholar and recipient of a...
Yesteryear
Alphonse Prudhomme, Wilber Cloutier, Kenneth Prudhomme and Skippy the dog in the front yard of the big house at Oakland, circa 1937-38.
Courtesy: Prudhomme Family...
Tragic celebrity suicides should be a reminder to listen
By Christine Flowers When I heard my brother Jonathan had taken his own life, my first thought, unfiltered through the sieve of reason, was:...
Just Talkin’ … June 14, 2018
The school board meeting this afternoon will probably be a contentious one. The vote should come on whether to close the Cloutierville school.
Traditionally, the...
Is Loiusiana kick-the-can state as legislator says?
Rep. Barry Ivey of Baton Rouge said during the ill-fated special legislative session earlier this month that “Louisiana is shaped like a boot, because...
Sun’s Out Fun’s Out – Brossette
Mathis Charles Brossette, 8 months, enjoys his first pool day.
He is the son of Terah Brossette and grandson of Charles Brossette.
Send your Sun’s Out...