Red River Parish Schools will present all athletic teams at Meet the Bulldogs on Wednesday, August 27 from 5-8pm. There will be games, food, a cakewalk, face painting, corn hole, raffles, and much more. Tickets for activities and food are $1 each. Admission is free.

Coushatta Family Medicine shared it will be closed in observance of Labor Day on Sept. 1. 

After a long, hard-fought QB battle, the New Orleans Saints have named a starting quarterback: Spencer Rattler. Saints head coach Kellen Moore announced the decision on Tuesday. He said it came down to consistency, and he’s seen that from the second-year QB to this stage. “I thought he did some really good things,” Moore said. “Certainly, the last couple weeks of practice, he had consistent performances just day in and day out.”

Get your purple and gold ready, color games are coming back to Death Valley. Gold Game will be Sept. 13 vs Florida and the Purple Game is November 15 against Arkansas. LSU also announced that Garrett Nussmeier will wear No. 18 this season. He’s the first QB in over 20 years to wear it.

A line dancing class will be offered by Northwestern State University’s Office of Electronic Learning and Global Education starting Tuesday, Sept. 9. The class will be taught on Tuesdays from 5:30-7pm through Oct. 14 in Room 127 of the Health and Human Performance Building. The fee is $65. No dance experience is required. Attire for the class is casual with soft soled shoes required. For more information or to register for classes, go to checkout.nsula.edu or call (800) 376-2422 or (318) 357-6355.

Morgan Wallen has officially declined to submit his 2025 album I’m the Problem—along with any of its singles—for consideration at the 2026 Grammy Awards.

Cracker Barrel loses almost $100 million in value after logo redesign. After days of backlash, the company announced it is returning the old logo.

The two Louisiana Buc-ee’s locations have been delayed. Ruston likely to not open until 2027 and Lafayette delayed until 2028.