Natchitoches Balloon Festival

Saturday, July 5 – Natchitoches Fairgrounds ($25 Per Carload)5 p.m.– Gates Open5-9 p.m.– Live Music by Mike McKenzie Band

Church News

The Natchitoches Prayer Coalition will hold Bridging the Gap Wednesday, July 16 at noon in the First Baptist Church Shults Chapel. The chapel is accessible from the Corner of Second and Touline streets. The service will to pray for the community and its members.

Native American Crafts workshop set

A Native American crafts workshop to be held at the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Northwest Louisiana History Museum Saturday, July 12, from 2- 4 p.m. The event will be interactive, with four Native American tradition bearers their cultural knowledge.

Keep Louisiana Beautiful adds 5 new community affiliates

Keep Louisiana Beautiful (KLB) welcomes five new Community Affiliates to its network of community improvement organizations: the city of Alexandria, the city of Carencro, the city of Grambling, the town of Sterlington, and the Jefferson Westbank.

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St. Tammany Parish educator named La. Public Interest Fellow

The Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) announced Carra “Beth” Melton of Bayou Woods Elementary in St. Tammany Parish as the 2025 Louisiana Public Interest Fellow.

Highway Safety Commission appoints judicial outreach liaison

The Louisiana Highway Safety Commission (LHSC) is pleased to announce the selection of Judge Timothy Marcel as the new State Judicial Outreach Liaison.

Ask Rusty:

When will funds stolen from Social Security be replaced?Dear Rusty: When will the funds stolen from the SS Fund be replaced? They used Social Security when the government ran out of money and used it for illegals.

Local Student on Dean’s List at Washburn University

Washburn University has announced its spring 2025 Dean’s List honorees. To qualify for the Dean’s List, a student must be enrolled in 12 hours of graded credits and earn a semester grade point average of 3.4 to 3.99.Among those students was Reagan Bolton from Natchitoches.

Rice farmers take a break to learn about industry’s trends for better crop

With harvest season rapidly approaching, rice farmers took a break from their own fields and converged on those at the LSU AgCenter H.