NATCHITOCHES PARISH, LA (KSLA) – Drug canines searched three Natchitoches Parish high schools on Friday, Sept. 16th; as part of, an ongoing effort to ensure that students in Natchitoches Parish are safe while at school.

Agents with the Multijurisdictional Drug Task Force and members of law enforcement agencies around the parish dispatched seven K9’s to search Natchitoches Central High School, Lakeview High School, and St.

More than 100 volunteers from Northwestern State University, the Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts, the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training joined forces with the City of Natchitoches/Keep Natchitoches Beautiful and the Cane River Patrol for a successful afternoon of removing trash from the dry bed of Cane River Lake in downtown Natchitoches Friday. 

Faculty and students from several disciplines at Northwestern State and two busloads of students fromLSMSA, as well as volunteers and personnel from the City donned protective gloves and rubber bo

The August Scholarship Auction 2011 to benefit Northwestern State athletics hit a high mark this year, raising 30 percent more money than the previous auction in 2009.

This year's biennial auction raise $86,400 for the scholarship program. The event was held at the end of August in the Natchitoches Events Center.