by staff reporter Nora Drenner Natchitoches Parish School students head back to school August 31. That was the decision made by the school board during a special called virtual meeting Friday, July 24. The school board initially kicked around the idea of a later start during its regular […]
Elsie Lucille Roberts Taylor, 92, of Natchitoches, died on July 21, 2020, at her home surrounded by family. Private graveside services were held in Provencal Cemetery on July 23, 2020, with Reverend Glen Howard, a childhood family friend, officiating. Mrs. Taylor was born on May 26, 1928, in […]
COVID-19 cases in Louisiana as of noon on Friday, July 24, according to the Louisiana Department of Health website. Louisiana Population: 4,648,794 Positive rate based on state population: 2.23 percent Total Tested: 1,199,726 Tested Negative:1,053,547 Negative Rate: 91.36 percent Tested Positive: 103,723 Positive Rate: 8.64 percent […]
by staff reporter Nora Drenner Topping the agenda at the July 13 Natchitoches City Council meeting was a request for an appeal regarding the subdividing of land at Highway 504 into two separate parcels for commercial development. Those asking for the appeal cited plans for the subdivided […]
by Mary Brocato Many City Hall’s east wall is blooming with a new mural that features flowers and hummingbirds. It’s the first mural to be painted in the Cultural District, and Mayor Ken Freeman is hoping there will be more to help beautify downtown Many. […]
Funeral services honoring the life of Thomas Joseph “T.J.” Ott, 80, will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 25, 2020 at Spring Ridge Baptist Church in Pleasant Hill, Louisiana with Rev. Ricky Wead officiating. Assisting the service will be Bro. Jonathan McManus. Interment will follow at […]
Funeral services for Mable Masters Dowden Grafton, 89, of Hornbeck, LA, will be held on Saturday, July 25, 2020 at 3:00 PM at Prewitt’s Chapel Baptist Church with Rev. Nick Hilton officiating. Burial will follow in the Prewitt Chapel Cemetery. Visitation will begin on Friday, July 24, 2020, […]
A notary public exam prep course will be offered through Northwestern State University’s Office of Electronic and Continuing Education starting Aug. 18. The online course will be taught on Tuesday and Thursday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. An early […]
by staff reporter Nora Drenner Gov. John Bel Edwards and state Attorney General Jeff Landry are at odds over the mask mandate and other COVID-19 restrictions the govern imposed earlier this month. The two have exchanged letters stating their respective opinions. Landry issued his written opinion that Edwards’ […]
Jane White Johnson died peacefully at her home in Natchitoches, Louisiana, on July 16, 2020. According to her birth certificate, Jane was born at home on April 29, 1930, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas to Alverda Pearl Fore White and Ray Douglas White. But, Jane’s mother insisted that […]
