School Board meeting Thursday afternoon will be streamed live on The Journal’s facebook page.  Meeting starts about 4:30.

The Journal is putting together the crews to broadcast live sports this fall.  We will carry both Red River and Riverdale football games.  And we have job openings for sportscaster, color commentator, camera operator, etc.  Email us if interested at RedRiverParishJournal@gmail.com.

Northwestern State University is enrolling now for its Master of Science degree in computer information systems, set to begin this fall.   The 30-hour program will offer its first three classes, CIS 5300 – Advanced Data Communications Systems, CIS 5600 – Strategic Applications of Enterprise Software and CIS 5810 – Emerging Technologies and Human Computer Interaction. 

The 33-hour degree program is offered completely online, the only program of its type offered by a public college or university in Louisiana.  Students in the program will gain an in-depth knowledge in six computer information systems areas: cyber security, database administration and data mining, networking, programming, project management and software applications.