School is back in session and 4-H club meetings begin soon. Riverdale Academy 4-H will begin on Tuesday, September 4 for grades 3-12. Meetings will be the first Tuesday of every month. Meetings will be held at other schools and as soon as notified, The Journal will pass the dates along.

A reminder that if your church, school or other public group is having and event or doing something that others would be interested in, send details to The Journal. Deadlines are noon Tuesday for the Wednesday edition and noon Thursday for the Friday edition. And send pictures. We love pictures!

Here are your meeting dates for September.
Police Jury has been moved from the first Monday, September 3rd to Thursday of next week due to Monday falling on Labor Day. The meeting will be Thursday, September 6th at 6 pm in the Police Jury meeting room on the third floor of the courthouse.
School Board will meet the second Monday or September 10th at the Administration Building on Alonzo Street at 6:30 pm.
Town Council meets the second Tuesday or September 11th at Town Hall at 5:30 pm.
These meetings are open to the public.

The saying is “Elvis has left the building” but has he? There was an Elvis sighting here in Coushatta recently. Lots of people saw him. Did you? The story will be in Friday’s edition of The Journal. It hits your email inbox at 5:55 am, so get up early and get all the news first.