Natchitoches Parish Library 2024 statistics as reported to state:

Natchitoches Parish Library 2024 statistics as reported to state: Main Branch Books: 51,539 Campti Branch Books:7,854 Bookmobile Books:11,311 Adult Materials: 30,048 Juvenile Materials: 24,746 Serials:1,051 AV Materials:E-Books: 27,686 E-Audio: 9,176 E Serial: 3,328 Electronic Content Use: 54,016...

Chair fitness classes set

Voices 4 Autism is offering a Chair Fitness Class geared toward older active adults or anyone who needs a low impact class to stay strong and mobile.The free weekly class is held Thursdays from 10 to 11 a.m. at the MLK Recreation Center dance studio. Instructor is Ms. RM Reilford.

Engineering tech students complete Level 1 training for certification

Four students from Northwestern State University’s Department of Engineering Technology, Carson Comeaux of Robeline, Christopher Ezernack and Ethan Goldberg of Many and Abdullah Yusuf of Dhaka, Bangladesh, have completed the FANUC (Fuji Automatic Numerical Control) CERT Handling Tool Operations and...

Ask Rusty:

Can a spouse receive their spouse’s benefits while spouse is stil alive?Dear Rusty: A friend of my wife told her, and she believes, she could receive a Social Security benefit based on my SS benefit that I’m currently receiving while I’m still alive.

The Guardian Angel

Judy was still young when World War II broke out. When she went onboard, she became the only female among about 50 males on the Royal Navy’s insect-class ship HMS Gnat. She could not speak English, but she understood a few words after a while.

Church News

Mt Olive Baptist Church is seeing a dedicated, spiritually grounded musician to serve during Sunday worship services and special programs. Must be dependable, musically skilled with the ability to play with excellence, and committed to supporting an hour of worship per that honors God.

OLD BETHEL NEWS

Sunday, Old Bethel members sang happy birthday to Leslie Salley.Then we sang happy anniversary to Bro. Wayne and Leslie Salley. Other birthdays in December were John Bynog and Ryder Ammons, who were not present. Other anniversaries were Archie and Madeline Dore’. They were not present either.

Catholic Daughters

Catholic Daughters

Lodge Officers

Lodge Officers

State will see several laws in effect Jan. 1

Several new Louisiana laws go into effect Jan. 1.• The grace period for Louisiana’s expanded “hands-free” driving law ends, and law enforcement will begin issuing fines for violations.Drivers may not physically hold a mobile phone for any use while operating a vehicle, except for emergency calls.