August 2018

Trump renews campaign on ‘fake news’

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump is renewing his campaign against the media, claiming at a Pennsylvania rally that the media is the “fake, fake disgusting news” and casting journalists as his true political opponent.

Prosecutors turn to Manafort taxes, unreported bank accounts

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Prosecutors headed toward the heart of their financial fraud case against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort on Friday, with jurors hearing testimony that he never told his tax accountants about offshore bank accounts containing millions of dollars.

KEEPING TRADITION ALIVE

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ELTON – 41-year-old Donnie Bruchhaus has waited his time and paid his dues as one of the most revered assistant coaches throughout Southwest Louisiana High School Football. However, in 2018 Bruchhaus will get the coveted chance he’s longed for so many years, and at a place that he says means the world to him.

Horse owners should plan ahead for tropical storms

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CROWLEY — Horse owners should prepare for a hurricane long before a tropical system threatens to enter the Gulf of Mexico. “Planning is the key to keeping your horses safe,”

LWF Commission sets 2018-19 oyster season

The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission recently set the 2018-19 oyster season based on the annual oyster stock assessment provided by Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries biologists and comments received from members of the public, including the oyster industry.

The following dates were set for the upcoming oyster season:

LSU AgCenter sweet potato field day set for Aug. 16

CHASE — The LSU AgCenter Sweet Potato Research Station near Chase will showcase the latest research and demonstration plots at a field day on Aug. 16.

“The annual field day features the latest sweet potato research and offers producers and industry representatives an opportunity to discuss emerging issues,” said Tara Smith, station coordinator and AgCenter region director.

Registration will begin at 8 a.m. at the station, with opening comments and field tours at 8:45. The station is located at 130 Sweet Potato Road, Chase.

AgCenter experts will provide updates on:

Campaigns on their own as cyber threats roil midterms

NEW YORK (AP) — Kamala Harris has been the target of social media misinformation campaigns since she became a U.S. senator.

Every month for the last 18 months, her office has discovered on average between three and five fake Facebook profiles pretending to be hers, according to a Harris aide. It’s unclear who creates the pages, which are often designed to mislead American voters about the ambitious Democratic senator’s policies and positions.

US stocks inch higher after solid jobs report for July

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are mostly higher Friday morning after the Labor Department said hiring remained solid in July. Retailers are making some of the largest gains while industrial and technology companies are slightly lower. There was little immediate reaction to China’s threat to put tariffs on $60 billion in American goods.

With scant record, Supreme Court nominee elusive on abortion

Twice in the past year, Brett Kavanaugh offered glimpses of his position on abortion that strongly suggest he would vote to support restrictions if confirmed to the Supreme Court.

One was in a dissent in the case of a 17-yearold migrant seeking to terminate her pregnancy. The other was a speech before a conservative group in which he spoke admiringly of Justice William Rehnquist’s dissent in the 1973 Roe v. Wade case that established a woman’s right to abortion.

Hawaii judge evicts Oahu nudists from rental house

HONOLULU (AP) — A Hawaii judge has ordered the eviction of the tenants of an Oahu rental home that advertised naked parties and gained the ire of neighbors. The judge