The South Webster Industrial District’s Sibley business site has earned Louisiana Economic Development’s certified business site designation, confirming it as development-ready and positioned for new industrial investment. The certification strengthens Webster Parish’s competitiveness by reducing risk for companies and supporting efforts to attract employers, create jobs, and grow the region’s industrial base.

Operation Christmas Child launches its annual National Collection Week, inviting Louisiana residents to pack and donate shoebox gifts filled with essential items and toys for children in need worldwide. Shoeboxes can be dropped off at locations across the state now through Nov. 24.

The intersection at Vicksburg Street, Wood Street and South 11th Street will be closed on Thursday, November 20, 2025, beginning at 8AM.

Texas resident Charles Logwood, 34, has been sentenced to a total of 204 months (17 years) in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release. In July 2025, a federal jury convicted Logwood of possession of drugs and a firearm.

The University of Louisiana Monroes Humanities Institute will host the final installment of the Atlantic World Series on Nov. 18, 2025, at 3:30 p.m.

Abortion is supported by 3 out of 4 Mainers, but a popular network of clinics that provides it alongside primary care has been shut out of Medicaid by the Trump administration, which also targeted Planned Parenthood.

Insurance companies are dropping customers as the cost of disasters goes up. Some communities in California are working to reduce their risk, but so far, insurance companies often aren't factoring that in.

Even before the president's falling out with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., over the Epstein files, some Republicans questioned Trump's policy interpretation of what "America First" means.