May 2019

JUST LIKE MOM

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The Jennings Daily News held its annual Mom and Me Look Alike Contest just in time for Mother’s Day. Photographs of mothers with their children were submitted and readers had

LET'S BE A POLLINATION NATION

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Pollinator gardens are all the buzz right now, literally. There’s nothing my family and I love more than sitting out on the back porch or looking out from our kitchen

Lead-safe certification class set for May 14

BATON ROUGE — Despite the headlines and public awareness of lead poisoning from contaminated water supplies, lead-based paint in homes built before 1978 is actually a far more common source

POLICE REPORT

Editor’s Note: An arrest does not indicate whether a person is guilty of the crime with which they have been charged. A person is not considered guilty until they are

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Calendar Guidelines Items for Community Calendar must be submitted during regular weekday business hours at least two weeks prior to the day of the event. Events run in the order

Thanks, Mom

What’s so special about Mother’s Day? It honors some of the strongest, most selfless women we are privileged to know. Almost every mother is overworked and underpaid. In addition, very

TODAY IN HISTORY

1789 - William Wilberforce makes his first major speech on abolition in the UK House of Commons, reasoning the slave trade morally reprehensible and an issue of natural justice 1875

Letters to the Editor

Resident shares parish jail concern Dear Editor, I think these issues concerning the new parish jail would be of interest to your readers. • Why is the jail not open

An open letter to the graduate

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Dear Graduate, You will likely not take anything to heart that I am about to write but you will never be able to say, “No one told me about this

ASSIST to hold summer feeding, recreation program

During the summer months, children do not receive the meals provided by schools. As a way of ensuring they get enough to eat while school is out of session, a program will be offered free of charge.

The ASSIST Agency will be sponsoring a Summer Food Service and Recreation program at Jennings Elementary School that will be open from May 28- July 3, Monday through Friday.

“There is no charge or registration for the meals,” said Community Services Director Edna Simar. “Children ages 1-18 are eligible to participate in the food service program.”