Red River Junior High is inviting local youth to get active this spring with the Believe • Achieve • Succeed League Youth Athletics program, offering opportunities for boys and girls to participate in basketball, dance, and cheer. The school will hold a drive through registration Mon Mar 9 and Tue Mar 10 from 3:30-5:15pm. Just drive up and fill out the forms. The program is open to children ages 5–13 and will run every Saturday from May 16 through June 13. The cost to participate is $40.

Join your friends for Luck o’ the Irish Bingo at the Red River Parish Library on Wed Mar 11 at 1pm. Lots of prizes, refreshments, and fun!

LSU Ag Center will hold their next Homesteader Series: Basics of Backyard Poultry Processing workshop Sat Mar 21 at 9am at the NW Region Red River Research Station in Bossier City.

Singer Bruce Hornsby drops new singles feature the LSU women’s basketball team in the video.

Oil prices have jumped past $100 a barrel as the Iran war disrupts oil production and shipping in the Middle East.

The US Postal Service Postmaster announced last week it expects to run out of money in a year without help from Congress.

Sarah J Maas, the author of the “A Court of Thorns and Roses” book series revealed that the story will continue with books six and seven. Book six will arrive Oct 27, and book seven Jan 12, 2027.

New United Airlines policy allows the airline to ban passengers who don’t use their headphones.

The United States Coast Guard is purchasing the 192-acre Birmingham-Southern College campus to be the home for a new training center.