February 2020

Conservative group opposes death penalty

BATON ROUGE – Wednesday a number of politically conservative individuals will announce the creation of Louisiana Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty during an 11 a.m. news conference at Capitol Park Event Center.

JDSO receives clean audit

The Jeff Davis Sheriff’s Office (JDSO) showed healthy finances with no findings of noncompliance for the year ending June 30, 2019.

Best in State

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The Gator Chateau was recently awarded the Louisiana Travel Association LOUEY Award for the “Attraction of the Year.” The award was given Jan. 30 at LTA’s

Rudolph ‘Rudy’ William Tonn II

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Published in Jennings Daily News February 4, 2020

Reneé Marie Pearson

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Published in Jennings Daily News February 4, 2020

Melvin Cormier

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The family and friends of Melvin Cormier are mourning the loss of their loved one who was called from this life on Jan. 29, 2020, at the age of 91.

Funeral services for Melvin Cormier, 91, of Welsh were held at Matthews and Son Funeral Home Chapel in Jennings on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020, at 2 p.m., with Brother Darrel Hieronymus officiating.

A gathering of family and friends was held at the funeral home Saturday, Feb. 1, from 10 a.m. until the time of his funeral service.

Burial followed in Oaklawn Cemetery with Full Military Rites.

CORRECTION

In Thursday’s edition of the Jennings Daily News, it was printed in error that teacher Brenda Lejeune oversees classes for a Candied Apple Fundraiser in Lake Arthur. The teacher’s name is Brandon Lejeune.

Ready for Crawdads

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Birds are ready for crawfish, too. Gulls were spotted swarming a crawfish pond in Jeff Davis Parish, deciding when to swoop in for a snack. 

Lawsuit: EPA has dragged feet on oil spill dispersant rules

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Environmental groups and women from Alaska and Louisiana are asking a federal court to make the Environmental Protection Agency set new rules for use of oil spill dispersants, citing worries about the chemicals’ health and environmental effects.

“We want our foods to come to us. What’s going to happen to them if they come through these areas where dispersants are used?” said Rosemary Ahtuangaruak, who lives in a village on the Arctic Ocean, in a telephone interview. She’s a plaintiff in the lawsuit filed Thursday afternoon in federal court in Washington, D.C.

US advises no travel to China, where virus deaths top 200

BEIJING (AP) — The U.S. advised against all travel to China as the number of cases of a worrying new virus spiked more than tenfold in a week, including the highest death toll in a 24-hour period reported Friday.

The virus has infected almost 10,000 people globally in just two months, a troublesome sign of its spread that prompted the World Health Organization to declare the outbreak a global emergency.