🌱 Who No. 7 Oakdale faces in Friday’s playoff softball showdown
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In today's newsletter:
- Who No. 7 Oakdale faces in Friday’s playoff softball showdown
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 88 and low of 65 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: Cloudy, warm; a p.m. t-storm, temps: high: 86, low: 52.
- Sunday: Periods of sun; not as warm, with a high of 75 and low of 46 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Check out the LHSAA softball first-round schedule for the Monroe area (thenewsstar.com) — Oakdale softball fans can catch No. 7 Oakdale hosting No. 26 Delhi in a first-round LHSAA playoff game Friday at 5:30 p.m. The roundup also highlights other Monroe-area matchups, byes for top seeds, and recent first-round results that shape the postseason picture. 
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Rocky's Live Music
Rocky's Cajun Kitchen , 1415 Laurel St , Eunice
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A Farmers' Market // Downtown Eunice
Prairie Acadian Cultural Center , 250 Park Ave , Eunice
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Savoy Music Center Jam Session
Savoy Music Center , 4413 US-190 , Eunice
9:00 am -
Prarie Acadian Culture Center- The Cajun Way
Prairie Acadian Cultural Center , 250 Park Ave , Eunice
10:00 am -
Kinder Food Distribution- St Philip Neri
607 4th Ave , Kinder
2:30 pm -
"Denim & Diamonds: The Quartet Edition."
Martin Luther King Community Center , 868 Alton Locks St , Ville Platte
5:00 pm -
We R Called: LOUISIANA: BREAKAWAY CAMP
Tall Timbers Baptist Conference Center , 10218 US-165 , Forest Hill
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LOUISIANA: BREAKAWAY CAMP
Tall Timbers Baptist Conference Center , 10218 US-165 , Forest Hill
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LA05 Meylian-Harris Productions
Ted Johnson Arena , 1893 LA-121 , Hineston
5:00 pm
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What your neighbors are talking about on social media
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🗞 Nearby News
Glenmora
- Change of plea hearing set for Oakdale businessman in immigration fraud case (americanpress.com)
Basile
- Investigation ongoing into ‘unexpected death' of inmate at Angola prison (wgno.com)
- 2026 Coaches' All-District 9-2A baseball team (crescentcitysports.com)
Eunice
- Eunice man arrested after woman survives overdose (klfy.com)
- Balfa Cajun and Creole Heritage Week celebrated (eunicetoday.com)
- 2026 LHSAA softball brackets released (katc.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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