March 2018

Making the Drop

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A helicopter dropped over 50,000 eggs onto the city recreation fields on Academy Avenue Saturday as part of Our Savior Church’s Egg Drop Eggstravaganza.

JDP Library, Jennings Kiwanis Club join to host event

The Jeff Davis Parish Library and the Jennings Kiwanis Club will merge two events usually held separately by the organizations into one large event to be held Saturday, April 14.

The Library on the Lawn event which serves as a way to educate residents on the many services offered by the library will join forces with the Super Summer Sign-Up event held by the Jennings Kiwanis Club, which serves as a way for parents to learn about events their children can take part in during the summer.

Albert L. Guidry

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” - Maya Angelou

LA man arrested for mower theft

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Suspect connected with 2015 murder

A man connected with the 2015 murder of a Lake Arthur man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly stealing lawn equipment from a Jennings home.

Vaughn Robinson, 40, of 504 Commercial Street in Lake Arthur was arrested and charged with illegal possession of stolen things, Jeff Davis Parish Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Chris Ivey said.

At the time of his arrest Robinson was out of parish jail on bond for two different arrests, Ivey said.

Spain charges 13 Catalan separatist leaders

MADRID (AP) — A Spanish Supreme Court judge charged 13 Catalan separatist politicians with rebellion Friday for their attempts to make the region independent of Spain, dealing a heavy blow to the secessionist movement with an indictment that could put its political elite behind bars for decades.

Judge Pablo Llarena ordered five of the Catalan politicians who answered a court summons Friday to be held without bail. Another of the summoned politicians, the ERC party’s Marta Rovira, did not heed the order and announced in a letter she was fleeing the country to live “in exile.”

China targets $3B of US goods in tariff spat

BEIJING (AP) — China announced a $3 billion list of U.S. goods for possible retaliation in a tariff dispute with President Donald Trump and girded Friday for a bigger battle over technology policy as financial markets sank on fears of global disruption.

The Commerce Ministry said higher duties on pork, apples, steel pipe and other goods would offset Chinese losses due to Trump’s tariff hike on steel and aluminum imports. It urged Washington to negotiate a settlement but set no deadline.

Extremist slain after deadly rampage in southern France

TREBES, France (AP) — A gun-wielding extremist unleashed bloodshed in a quiet corner of southern France on Friday, killing three people as he hijacked a car, opened fire on police and took hostages in a supermarket, where panicked shoppers hid in a meat freezer or ran through the aisles.

The 26-year-old attacker was slain as police stormed the market with the help of a heroic officer who had switched places with a captive and suffered lifethreatening wounds — one of 16 people injured in the day’s violence.

Trump signs $1.3T budget after threatening veto

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed a $1.3 trillion spending measure Friday, averting a midnight government shutdown just hours after declaring he was considering a veto.

Trump said he was “very disappointed” in the package, in part because it did not fully fund his plans for a border wall with Mexico and did not address some 700,000 “Dreamer” immigrants who are now protected from deportation under a program that he has moved to eliminate.

George Courville, Sr.

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It’s with the great sadness and heaviest of hearts that the family of George Courville, 87, announces his passing from this life on March 22, 2018.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Jennings on Saturday, March 24, 2018 at 1 p.m., with Father Susil Fernando officiating.

Fox attends D.C. forum on La. economy

A group of travel professionals from Louisiana attended the annual Desitination Capital Hill sponsored by the U.S Travel Association which took place March 21-22.

Marion Fox, president and CEO of Jeff Davis Parish Economic Development and Tourism Commission, was part of that group.