LQHBA Announces Scholarship Drawings on Saturday, Mar. 29 at Louisiana Downs

The Louisiana Quarter Horse Breeders Association (LQHBA) is set to offer significant rewards for Quarter Horses and Louisiana students alike on Saturday, March 29, at Louisiana Downs.The LQHBA will award five $2,000 scholarships to further the education of Louisiana students that afternoon..

Keep Louisiana Beautiful And Louisiana Blue Partner During Love The Boot Week

During Love the Boot Week, April 5-13, 2025, Keep Louisiana Beautiful (KLB) will partner with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana (Louisiana Blue) with a goal of communicating that a clean and beautiful Louisiana is a healthy Louisiana.

Community Culture Parade

Golf tournament raises funds for football scholarship

The James Oliphant Memorial Golf scramble is scheduled for Saturday, May 10, at Northwestern Hills Golf Course. Tip off will be at 8 a.m., with continental breakfast starting at 7 a.m., followed by the awards presentation for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place, Longest Drive, Closest to Pin and raffle prizes.

At the Border

U.S. Northern Command service members are working with the Office of Homeland Security to augment U.S. Customs and Border Protection along the southern border to carry out President Donald J. Trump’s executive orders on protecting the territorial integrity of the United States.

Program Finalist

Michelle Shirley, a science teacher at NSU Middle Lab, has been selected as a Louisiana state-level finalist for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) Program.

City Council introduces budget for next fiscal year

The City Council introduced the budget for 2025-26 at the Council meeting Monday. The new budget year begins June 1.The General Fund budget will be $22,154,234.

Governor’s order suspends late fees on driver’s licenses

Due to persistent intermittent system outages affecting the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles, Governor Jeff Landry has issued an executive order extending the expiration date and waiving the delinquent fees of Class E driver’s licenses for up to 30 days past the expiration date on the license.

LDOE updates standards to reflect map change to Gulf of America

The Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) is updating its Freedom Framework social studies standards to reflect President Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. Following a recommendation from Louisiana State Superintendent of Education Dr.

JUST TALKIN’

It’s kind of hard for JT to complain about the weather with the blooms on the trees and flowers looking as pretty as they do.There are a couple of places around town where the azaleas are just gorgeous That’s the good news about this time of year.