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The "Give the Joy of Learning" fundraiser for KEDM also puts books in the hands of 2nd graders in northeast Louisiana. Each $20 gift to KEDM provides one book to a student in one of 20 schools selected by the United Way as having the most potential to increase reading scores.
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From 400-year-old globes to cosmic funeral shrouds, how the Osher Map Library in Maine shows people that maps aren't just for navigation — but windows into history, culture, and how we see the world.
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FMOL Health | St. Francis and the Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency will host the annual Tree of Life & Candlelight Vigil, a memorial ceremony honoring donor heroes and supporting the families who chose to give the gift of life through organ, tissue, and eye donation.
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The United States Postal Service has launched its real-time Holiday Mail Counter and announced Louisiana’s readiness for the busy mailing season, highlighting major network upgrades, expanded sorting capacity, and improved delivery speeds for holiday mail and packages. -
A woman previously reported missing in West Monroe has been located safely, according to the Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office. -
The University of Louisiana Monroe has named S.J. Tuohy as its new director of athletics, bringing extensive experience from Oral Roberts, UCF, Liberty, and Arkansas. His hiring marks a new chapter of growth for ULM Athletics as he prepares to lead the university’s 16 Division I programs.
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There was yet another sign this week of a potential 2026 wave that could hand control of the House of Representatives to Democrats. -
Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom was fatally shot in Washington, D.C., while Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe was seriously wounded. Trump says the deployments are necessary to fight crime, but others disagree. -
Trump officials are reviewing changes to racial and ethnic categories that the Biden administration approved for the 2030 census and other federal government forms, a White House agency official says.
The project is expected to create 127 new job opportunities in Acadiana
Doug Duffey and BADD took top honors at the 2025 Ouachita River Blues Challenge. The Monroe-based group competed in the solo/duo category and will advance to the International Blues Challenge in Memphis. Their win adds another milestone to Duffey's celebrated Louisiana blues career.
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