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Announcing Christmas, in July: 32-acre holiday park coming to Stonewall
STONEWALL, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Plans for a 32-acre holiday park and immersive Christmas experience coming to DeSoto Parish in November have been announced. Lumiere Events, LLC shared details of the $2 million investment, including 3D holiday displays, the state’s tallest Christmas Tree, and a lighted ADA-compliant trail. “We’re...
Weather Service Warns – Excessive Rain This Weekend in Louisiana
The Weather Prediction Center has issued an ominous alert for cities such as Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Lafayette, Lake Charles, and Shreveport. That alert which covers the entire state over the next three days suggests that several "life-threatening" weather events could occur and residents should be prepared. The catalyst for...
Race for Louisiana’s new second majority-Black congressional district is heating up
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — In a critical election year, the race for Louisiana’s new mostly Black congressional district is heating up as three candidates — including a longtime Democratic state lawmaker and former congressman and an 80-year-old Republican who is a former state senator — officially submitted paperwork on Wednesday to run in November. […]
Revealed – This is Louisiana’s Favorite Swear Word
A recent survey has discovered that residents of Louisiana actually do have a favorite swear word and because the word we love to not say in front of our mothers is so versatile we've managed to use it as a noun, a verb, an adjective, and I am pretty sure a few other parts of speech. Heck, I am sure someone somewhere even has this as their nickname.
BGC confirms second Super 1 Foods coming to Ruston in 2025
A spokesperson from Brookshire Grocery Company (BGC) has confirmed that the company will be building a second Super 1 Foods on Farmerville Highway in Ruston. Morgan Jones, Director – Communications & Community for the company, provided the LPJ the following statement in regards to the decision. Local speculation has...
Heavy rainfall in south Natchitoches Parish causes flooding, power outages
Heavy rainfall in south Natchitoches Parish causes flooding, power outages. CLOUTIERVILLE, La. -- Nearly 5 inches of rainfall since Wednesday night has caused localized flooding and some power outages in the Derry and Cloutierville areas as of Thursday morning. Thunderstorms began around 7 p.m. with high wind, lightning and rain that led to downed trees, some of which took down power lines. SWEPCO is working on at least 130 reports of customers without service in the sound end of the parish in the communities of Cloutierville and Marco. Natchitoches Parish sheriff's deputies are patrolling the area. Natchitoches Parish Fire Protection District No. 1 firefighters, state and parish highway departments crews and citizens are responding and removing trees and debris.
NPFD extinguish mobile home fire in Campti
CAMPTI, La. (KALB) - Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Office reported that a mobile home caught fire on Thursday, July 18, in Campti. Deputies and Natchitoches Parish Fire District #9 responded to the 100 block of Raphiel Street in Campti at around 8:30 a.m., within minutes of receiving the call. Firefighters...
Long Purple Line Class of 2024 filled with Demon athletic ties
Northwestern State’s annual Long Purple Line induction ceremony will have a distinctly athletic feel in 2024. Of the six inductees into the university’s Alumni Hall of Distinction announced Wednesday, four have direct ties to the Northwestern State Athletic Department. Former Demon student-athletes Jack Brittain Jr., Dr. Chris Maggio...
Louisiana Ticket Claims $230,000 in Wednesday Lottery Drawing
As an observer of lottery drawings in Louisiana, I feel obligated to suggest to those who want to strike it rich playing lottery games with the Louisiana Lottery should be participating in those games over the next week or so. The reason? Lady Luck appears to have moved back into Louisiana and she's apparently applying her "magic" to lottery tickets sold here in The Boot.
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