This & That…Monday, June 8, 2026

Golden Tempo has done it again–last to first–to win the Belmont Stakes over the weekend! Trainer Cherie DeVaux becomes the first female trainer to win two Triple Crown races. 

According to multiple reports, no tickets are to be issued for expired Louisiana inspection stickers.

Northwestern State University has named Jason Anderson as the 14th head coach in the history of the Lady Demons softball program. Anderson brings nearly 800 career victories and a reputation for building championship-caliber teams, most recently leading Southern Arkansas to seven conference championships, 10 consecutive NCAA Regional appearances and two trips to the NCAA Division II Women’s College World Series. Over 19 seasons as a head coach, he has compiled a 796-233 record while developing numerous All-Americans, conference champions and national award winners. Anderson said the strong support for athletics at Northwestern State and the opportunity to compete for championships made the position especially appealing. He and his family will now make their home in Natchitoches as he begins a new chapter leading the Demons softball program.

Applications are now open for the Louisiana Department of Health’s Office of Rural Health Transformation and Sustainability (ORHTS) Rural Clinician Credit Bank, a new $5.6 million program designed to help rural health care providers recruit and retain physicians, nurses, dentists, EMS personnel, behavioral health professionals, and other clinicians serving in the state’s rural communities.

The NSU Summer Dinner Theatre will take audiences back to the disco scene of the 1970s when it presents “Death by Disco” on June 16-20 and 23-27 on the stage of the A.A. Fredericks Auditorium. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and dinner begins at 6 p.m. Robert Richoux is the director. 
Tickets are $60.54, which includes dinner and the show. To purchase tickets, go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nsu-summer-dinner-theatre-death-by-disco-tickets-1989841576721?aff=oddtdtcreator  For more information call (318) 357-4483. 
 
The Louisiana GOP shared it is only 702 registered voters away from becoming the majority party in the state for the first time ever.
 
Obama Presidential Museum set to open on Juneteenth in Chicago.