May 2019

After several quiet years, tornadoes erupt in US

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — After several quiet years, tornadoes have erupted in the United States over the last two weeks as a volatile mix of warm, moist air from the Southeast

No end seen to struggle as Miss. flood enters month 4

HOLLY BLUFF, Miss. (AP) — Larry Walls should have been out working in his fields last week. Instead, his John Deere tractor is parked on high ground, just beyond the

James Ronald Domingue

Funeral services for James Ronald Domingue will be held at Cornerstone Baptist Church in Jennings on Sunday, June 2, 2019, at 4 p.m., with Reverend Andy Buckley officiating. Visitation will

House lawmakers refuse to legalize sports betting

BATON ROUGE (AP) — The odds of legalizing sports betting in Louisiana grew even longer Tuesday, growing very near to impossible. The House Appropriations Committee voted 14-6 to shelve Republican

Jeff Davis Parish Pride

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Home Bank’s Jennings team includes (top row, from left) LeAnne Cormier, Betty Loewer, Michelle Iguess, Ronnie Petree, Sonja Landry, Marilyn Watkins, (bottom row) Alicia Daigle, Jule McGee, Lakyn Ringuet and

JDP number two in state for grad rates

Jeff Davis Parish School System has the secondbest cohort graduation rate in the state, meaning the majority of its firsttime freshmen complete high school within four years.

The scores released by the Louisiana Department of Education are based on the 2017-2018 academic year. Jeff Davis came in second overall with a score of 98.4 percent. Three high schools including Elton, Hathaway and Lake Arthur boasted 100 percent cohort rates. Welsh High followed with a rate of 98.7, Lacassine scored 97 percent and Jennings High earned 96.9 percent.

McNeese Baseball headed to Vanderbilt Regional

LAKE CHARLES – The McNeese Cowboys will be heading to Music City U.S.A. when on Monday, the team learned of its destination host for the 2019 NCAA Tournament – the Vanderbilt Commodores and the Nashville Regional

The Cowboys (35-24) captured the Southland Conference’s automatic berth after cruising through the league tournament with a perfect 4-0 mark.

Tigers land Regional at Alex Box

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(AP) - Brandt Broussard smirked, and Gavin Dugas grinned.

Few of the gathered Tigers at Monday’s selection show viewing party reacted at all when the brackets for the 2019 NCAA Baseball Championships came out in full, but surely those watching at home might’ve reacted like the two Louisiana natives turned LSU infielders.

One seed LSU, host of the Baton Rouge regional and the No. 13 overall national seed.

Thousands of US kindergartners unvaccinated without waivers

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — States are heatedly debating whether to make it more difficult for students to avoid vaccinations for religious or philosophical reasons amid the worst measles outbreak in decades, but schoolchildren using such waivers are outnumbered in many states by those who give no excuse at all for lacking their shots.

Felicia Marie Fruge Conner

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It’s with great sadness and heavy hearts that the family of Felicia Marie Conner announces her passing from this life on May 24, 2019, at the age of 50.

Funeral services for Felicia Marie Fruge Conner, 50, of Jennings were held at Matthews and Son Funeral Home Chapel in Jennings on Monday, May 27, 2019, at 3 p.m., with Father Susil Fernando officiating.

A gathering of family and friends was held at the funeral home Monday, May 27, from 9 a.m. until the time of her service at 3 p.m.

Burial followed in Andrus Cove Cemetery.