Good morning, Monroe.

The Geaux Far Louisiana tour kicked off Monday, Sept.

28 at 10 a.m. at the Children's Coalition for Northeast Louisiana (117 Hall St. in Monroe) and will continue in eight cities until Oct. 2, featuring talks on early childhood education and legislative wins.

Louisiana Blue and local groups will give winter coats to elementary students in Shreveport on Tuesday, Sept.

29 and in Monroe on Wednesday, Sept. 30 to help keep them warm this fall and winter. Volunteers help students pick the right fit before they head back to class.

The Northeast Louisiana Arts Council today announced its October Brown Bag Concert series during a chat on Good Morning ArkLaMiss, sharing plans for live music & creative performances that will feature local talent.

The concerts are set to take place throughout October at several community venues.

CVS Pharmacy presented $5 million to ULM School of Pharmacy + Gov. Jeff Landry attended a ceremony marking the school’s 70th anniversary to support strengthened pharmacy education in Louisiana.

United Way’s Read. Learn.

Succeed. program is set to begin next week — Oct. 5 for readers and Oct. 10 for Pen Friends — to help 2nd and 3rd graders improve reading and writing skills. The 10-week initiative involves about 400 students and 240 volunteers.

The University of Louisiana Monroe hosted a grand reopening of renovated Sugar Hall on Monday in Monroe, with legislators and university officials attending a ribbon cutting (the $27 million project now supports med labs, speech and occupational therapy, dental hygiene and toxicology programs).

Local high school football featured standout plays by Hartwell, Blackston and Bradshaw in Aaron’s Aces on Monday, Sept.

28. Their dominant game energized school fans.

ULM Football fell to Florida Atlantic 45 to 17 on Saturday as FAU built an offensive edge by posting 578 yards, leaving ULM with a 0 to 4 record.

The team will hit the road to face South Alabama at 6 p.m. in Mobile on Oct. 3.