Tom Faber and Clay Leblanc from the Dixie visit Cory Crowe on Lagniappe.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The holidays begin on December 1 at 6 PM with the Annual Christmas Tree Lighting at the Monroe Civic Center

The Holidays at ULM festivities will take place at Scott Plaza, adjacent to the ULM Library. The event will be hosted by the newly crowned Miss ULM Katherine McCullars and Mr. ULM Braden Tucker. ULM President Dr. Carrie Castille will offer remarks and light the tree.

The public is invited to view the official lighting of the City Hall Christmas Tree as well as several live Christmas Trees located on the grounds of City Hall that have been decorated by local schools and organizations.

The project is expected to create 127 new job opportunities in Acadiana