The West Monroe West Ouachita Chamber of Commerce along with the City of West Monroe present Shop West Santa Hunt, a holiday shopping scavenger hunt designed to encourage the public to shop at locally-owned small businesses. The activity will launch on Shop Small Saturday, an annual American shopping holiday, which is scheduled for Saturday, November 27. The scavenger hunt will run until the contest drawing date on Thursday, December 16.

The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) is partnering with the Bayou Classic and the National Medical Association to offer free COVID-19 vaccines at Bayou Classic events this Friday, Nov. 26 and Saturday, Nov. 27. Adults and children getting their first shots will receive a $100 Shot for 100 debit card.

City of Monroe Transit Services will be suspended Thursday, November 25, 2021 in recognition of Thanksgiving.

The University of Louisiana Monroe campus will close for the Thanksgiving holidays at noon, Wednesday, Nov. 24, and remain closed Thursday and Friday, Nov. 25-26.

Thousands of Christmas lights will be on display in Kiroli Park to add holiday magic to this year’s Christmas season.

GivingTuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good.

The federal government is proposing threatened status for a southern river cooter.

The Food Bank of Northeast Louisiana, in partnership with First West Baptist Church, will host a mobile food distribution on Tuesday, November 30 for Ouachita Parish residents in need of food.

Stephen Sondheim has died at 91. Pop Culture Happy Hour's Linda Holmes looks back on her favorite Sondheim tunes.

India is repealing controversial farm laws that sparked a year of protest from farmers. Analysts say it's both a victory for nonviolent resistance, and a shrewd political move.

The celebrated composer-songwriter died on Friday. He had won several Tonys and Grammys, as well as an Oscar and Pulitzer, for musicals including West Side Story and Company.

A rare Roman mosaic is the latest discovery from a crack team of British archaeologists.

The World Health Organization deemed it a variant of concern, and the U.S. is banning travel from parts of Africa where it's spreading. Here's what scientists know and what they're trying to learn.

Women's colleges have adapted admissions policies for a generation that increasingly identifies as nonbinary. Hollins University's exclusion of nonbinary applicants has raised hackles.