October 2018

Sarver family welcomes son

Justin and Megan Sarver of Estherwood announce the birth of their son, Charlie Wait Sarver, born Oct. 5, 2018.

Charlie weighed eight pounds, one ounce at birth and was 19 inches long.

He was welcomed home by his brothers, Lane, Lucas and Levi Sarver of Estherwood.

Maternal grandparents are Tony and Adrienne Smith.

Paternal grandparents Chris and Bernadette Sarver.

Great-grandparents include Vance and Lauralie Mackey, Louis and Joyce Sarver.

Godparents are Kysha Gathreaux of Crowley and Ross Mackey of Katy, Texas.

Evacuation not an option for many

As we watched Hurricane Michael slam into the Gulf Coast as a Category IV monster, we knew devastation awaited. No major hurricane comes ashore without leaving a mess in its wake.

So far 11 deaths have been attributed to the storm, and aerial views of dozens of communities resemble Holly Beach after Hurricane Rita 2005, with nothing but debris where homes and businesses once stood.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Reader responds to letter

Dear Editor,

(Responding to a Letter to the Editor published in the Sunday, Sept. 30 edition of Jennings Daily News.)

Sue A. Smith does not speak for all veterans nor their family members, and having a family member being a veteran doesn’t automatically make you patriotic. A patriotic is one who loves his country and upholds its interests.”

What happens behind closed doors

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I’M JUST SAYIN’

We were in high school, I think our freshman year. She had started dating him two or three months before, and they were seen as one of those perfectly matched couples, a teenage power couple, if you will. She was beautiful and popular, he was the bad boy.

La. Dept. of Health targets maternal mortality

The Louisiana Department of Health released a new report on maternal mortality in Louisiana. Maternal mortality is a pregnancy-related death occurring up to 42 days following the end of a

What’s the new secretary of state to do?

Special statewide elections in Louisiana are only a few weeks away. At the top of the ballot on November 6thwill be an office second in line to the governorship. A

Now it’s the Roberts Court

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At his White House swearing-in ceremony, Justice Brett Kavanaugh described a role for the Supreme Court that was often obscured during his rancorous confirmation process. “It is not a partisan

Trump: US investigators looking into missing writer

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday the United States is being “very tough” as it looks into a Saudi writer missing and feared murdered in Istanbul, adding “we

German magazine stands by its reporting on Christiano Ronaldo

BERLIN (AP) — The German weekly magazine that first published the rape allegation against Cristiano Ronaldo says it has “hundreds of documents” that substantiate its report and there is no

Library renovation bid accepted

Jeff Davis Libraries Jennings Branch will soon see nearly $200,000 in renovations to the basement the building’s exterior. Police jurors unanimously approved a motion to accept bids for the work