🌱 Madison Boys Varsity Basketball @ Block and 10 more events

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 53 and low of 41 degrees.
• Wednesday: A passing morning shower, temps: high: 64, low: 58.
• Thursday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 77 and low of 37 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Madison Boys Varsity Basketball @ Block
  Block High School , 300 Division St , Jonesville
  5:00 pm
• Grant Cougars vs Castor High School
  Grant High School , 17779 US-167 , Dry Prong
  5:00 pm
• Tioga Boys Varsity Basketball @ Richwood
  Richwood High School , 5901 Hwy 165 Bypass , Monroe
  6:00 pm
• City Council Meeting
  West Monroe, LA Calendar , 2305 N 7th Street , West Monroe
  6:00 pm
• CENLA Gift of Gab Toastmasters
  Rapides Parish Library Westside Regional Library , 5416 Provine Pl , Alexandria
  6:10 pm
• Shake Your Flakes - Snowman
  Painting with a Twist , 1818 Tower Dr , Monroe
  7:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Coca-Cola Christmas Truck Night at the Biedenharn Museum
  West Monroe-West Ouachita Chamber of Commerce , 2000 Riverside Drive , Monroe
  5:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• City Court in Session
  Courthouse
  8:00 am
• Steel Magnolias Christmas Porches Walking Tour
  550 2nd St , Natchitoches
  5:00 pm
• Christmas at Kiroli Sip and Stroll
  West Monroe, LA Calendar , 820 Kiroli Road , West Monroe
  6:00 pm
• Holiday Sip and Stroll at Kiroli Park
  Kiroli Park - West Monroe
  6:00 pm

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Federal Bureau of Prisons posted a job opening for Correctional Officer in Olla. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Pineville

• Rapides Parish Early Childhood Network recognizes growth, improved performance (rapidesparishjournal.com)
• IHOP, Logan's among restaurants that closed in 2025 in Rapides Parish (thetowntalk.com)
• Remembering Jody Ray Berry (rapidesparishjournal.com)

Alexandria

• LSU Alexandria men's basketball falls to Texas A&M-Texarkana in overtime battle (cenlanow.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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