St. Mary’s presents Pink Out proceeds

St. Mary’s Catholic School recently raised funds from the annual Pink Out T-Shirt sales for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The funds this year were raised in honor of Shelley Townson. Shelley is married to Jeff and they have four children, Mallory, Jeffrey, Dylan and Brooklyn.

Backpacker Joe

Backpacker Joe is returning to Natchitoches. On Friday, Oct. 25, he will be at Story Brew Café on Front Street from noon to 3 p.m. Residents can stop by to for a visit.

Churches, organizations planning safe Halloween activities on different dates

Golden Star Chapter No. 62 is hosting Trunk or Treat Saturday, Oct. 26, from 4 to 6 p.m. in the parking lot at MLK Recreation Center. The center is located at 600 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Parents are invited to bring their children to collect lots of treats.The Beta Club and PTO at St.

Deputies will monitor sex offenders during trick-or-treating Oct. 31

The Natchitoches Parish Sheriff ’s Office and Louisiana Probation and Parole-Natchitoches District Office will be monitoring sex offenders during trick or treating festivities on Halloween, Oct. 31, according to Sheriff Stuart Wright.

Attend symphony concert to hear patriotic music program Oct. 29

The Natchitoches-Northwestern Symphony Orchestra will present a special patriotic concert on Tuesday, Oct. 29 at 7:30 p.m. in Magale Recital Hall. Tickets are $16.50 if purchased online at https://nnssla. org/ticket-sales or $15 at the door. Veterans and current service members are admitted free.Dr.

956 Brass Trio to perform at Northwestern Thursday

The 956 Brass Trio will present a concert at Northwestern State University on Thursday, Oct. 24 at 6 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public. A livestream of the concert will be available at nsula.edu/capa/capali vestream.956 Brass includes Dr. Alexander Sanso on trumpet, Dr.

Sheriff announces promotion

Sheriff Stuart Wright announces the promotion of Deputy Sgt. Cory D. Campbell to the rank of Deputy Lieutenant. He is assigned to the Natchitoches Parish Sheriff ’s Office Patrol Operations Bureau.

‘The Moth’ highlights narrative by Northwestern storytellers

Northwestern State University students opened up about personal experiences and drafted true stories centered on change that were presented before a live audience last weekend.

STEM Day at Northwestern

Northwestern State University’s School of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) hosted more than 450 high school students from around the state for Fall STEM Day Friday, Sept. 27.

Northwestern State Presidential Investiture will include welcome from Gov. Landry

A formal investiture ceremony for James Genovese, Northwestern State University’s 21st president, will take place at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 25 in A.A. Fredericks Auditorium.The investiture is the formal ceremony that confers the office of the university president to Genovese.