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On Thursday, October 22nd at 5:30 p.m., the ULM Museum of Natural History celebrates Archaeology Month in Louisiana with guest speaker Diana M. Greenlee. The talk is entitled “The ‘Great Mississippi Flood’ of 1927: Archaeological Investigation of Camps for Displaced People,” and will be held in the museum STEAM room on the first floor of Hanna Hall, 708 University Ave., on the ULM campus.

On Friday, October 9th, United States District Judge Jerry Edwards, Jr., sentenced Shreveport resident Timothy Wayne Griffin to 130 months in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release for Distributing a Controlled Substance and Possessing a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime. Griffin previously pled guilty to the charge on June 9, 2026.

The City of Monroe will have a temporary road closure on Plum Street, from Georgia Street down to Jackson Street. To safely install a new 42’ force main pipeline, Pulley Construction, Inc. will close this section to all through traffic. For this closure, the eastbound lane will be closed, and the westbound lane will remain open to allow local traffic access to homes on this section of Plum Street.

The City of Monroe and the Monroe Police Department extend their deepest condolences to the family and those affected by this tragedy. Mayor Friday Ellis and Police Chief Vic Zordan published an official statement to the public and the family regarding the child homicide investigation. “As a father, my heart breaks for this family. No parent should ever have to endure the unimaginable pain of losing a child. A young man with dreams, promise, and a future yet to be written is gone far too soon.

On Thursday, October 8, West Monroe resident Heath A. Foster was sentenced to 156 months in federal prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance, followed by five years of supervised release. Foster previously pled guilty to the charge on June 18, 2026.

The Bayou D'Arbonne Folk Festival will return to Union Parish on Saturday, October 24, 2026 for the sixth year in a row. Featuring live bluegrass music, traditional crafts, food, re-enactors, and even a pie-eating contest; there's plenty of fun for both kids and adults alike. This festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on October 24th, at the plaza of the Union Museum of History and Art, and the neighboring streets. This festival is free and open to the public.

While Pope Leo's lung cancer diagnosis may have come as a shock to Catholics this week, the prognosis is likely a lot less scary. The cancer, adenocarcinoma, is a common one, and while worrisome if caught late, has a track record of high rates of survival with early intervention. "The fact that surgery was the first tool that they utilized is a really good sign," says Dr. Vin Gupta, a pulmonologist and board member of the American Lung Association.

Nights are getting colder, but inflation is heating up. A report from the Labor Department on Wednesday showed consumer prices in September were up 3.7% from a year ago. That's a larger annual increase than the previous month. A spike in energy prices tied to the U.S. war with Iran drove the cost of living higher. Prices jumped 0.6% between August and September. "It's not looking good," said economist Brian Bethune of Boston College.

Mario had his moment. Now it's Zelda's turn. After The Super Mario Movieand The Super Mario Galaxy Moviemade billions, Zelda is heading to the big screen next April. So to keep the franchise front and center, Nintendo is lavishly remaking its 1998 classic The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The game debuts Nov. 5th, two weeks before the meteoric arrival of Grand Theft Auto VI — the only major release to dare compete with it that month.

The products promise younger-looking skin. The salespeople promise special deals. But customers at skincare stores across the country say they've walked away with something else entirely: thousands of dollars in unexpected charges and purchases they can't return. Over the past year, NPR investigated complaints from shopping malls in Michigan to hotel spas in Hawaii, where customers reported being pressured into spending thousands of dollars on skincare products they never wanted.