🌱 Prairie View A&M Panthers at Grambling State Tigers Baseball and 11 more events

Good morning Arcadia! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Partly sunny, breezy and warm, with a high of 86 and low of 65 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: A shower and thunderstorm, temps: high: 76, low: 47.
• Sunday: Partly sunny and less humid, with a high of 71 and low of 46 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Prairie View A&M Panthers at Grambling State Tigers Baseball
  Wilbert Ellis Field at R.W.E. Jones Park
  6:00 pm

Saturday April 18

• Autism Acceptance Walk
  Miller Quarters Park , 198 Gleason St , Minden
  9:00 am
• Ruston Farmers Market
  Ruston Farmers Market , 220 E Mississippi Ave , Ruston
  9:00 am
• "Arms Around Autism" Acceptance Walk
  Miller Quarters Park , 198 Gleason St , Minden
  9:00 am
• Junior Performance Lab
  Squire Creek Country Club , 289 Squire Creek Pkwy , Choudrant
  12:00 pm
• Midget Mayhem at The Rev
  The Revelry , 2647 S Service Rd W , Ruston
  9:00 pm

Friday April 24

• Micah Tyler
  First Baptist Church of Minden , 301 Pennsylvania Ave , Minden
  7:00 pm

Saturday April 25

• Cotton Country Open Horse Show Association -Welcome Show
  North Louisiana Exhibition Center , 165 Fairgrounds Rd , Dubach
  9:00 am
• Joe Woods Wildwood Express
  Dixie Center for the Arts , 212 N Vienna St , Ruston
  6:00 pm
• 2026 Joe Woods Wildwood Express
  Dixie Center for the Arts , 212 N Vienna St , Ruston
  6:00 pm
• 19th Annual Joe Woods Wildwood Express
  Dixie Center for the Arts , 212 N Vienna St , Ruston
  6:00 pm

Saturday May 2

• Scottish Tartan Festival
  MINDEN CIVIC CENTER , 520 Broadway St , Minden
  9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Sodexo posted a job opening for Senior Food Supervisor in Grambling. Apply here.
• State of Louisiana posted a job opening for Police Officer 1 in Grambling. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Arcadia here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Ruston

• Local Business Visibility Program launches in Ruston (lincolnparishjournal.com)
• Woodard, Jr. appointed new board member for Louisiana National Bank (lincolnparishjournal.com)
• Kats hit road to La Tech (gobearkats.com)

Quitman

• Quitman High wins both girls and boys divisions of Llewellyn Starks Invitational (jacksonparishjournal.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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