March 2020

Lacassine thumps Jennings 11-0 in softball action

The Lacassine Lady Cardinals hammered the Jennings Lady Bulldogs by a final of 11-0 Wednesday at Jennings High School. Lacassine pitcher Breanna Talbot tossed the complete game shutout while receiving plenty of help from her teammates on offense. Lacassine pounded out 10 hits in the win, while Talbot allowed seven hits and struck out four while

SPORTS BRIEFS

Atwood scores 20, Lamar defeats McNeese 80-59 in Southland

Donald Edward Hebert

Sept. 3, 1944 – March 11, 2020

Ruby Mae Vincent

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GUEYDAN - The family and friends of Ruby Mae Vincent are mourning the loss of their loved one who was called from this life on March 11, 2020, at the age of 87. Ruby was born in Waterloo,

A MATTER OF BALANCE

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COA’s Matter of Balance program is ongoing until Tuesday, April 4.

Alabama to exhibit artifacts from last US slave ship

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The state of Alabama will provide artifacts from the last slave ship to dock in the United States for a special public exhibition later this year, officials said Tuesday.

Virus threat: New Orleans St. Patrick’s Day parade canceled

BATON ROUGE (AP) New Orleans officials canceled the city’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade and other related weekend events, in a preventative measure as the number of new coronavirus cases rose Tuesday to six in Louisiana

US states race to contain cases exceed

(AP) - As coronavirus cases crop up across the United States, some governors and other leaders are scrambling to slow its spread, banning large public gatherings, enforcing quarantines and calling National Guard troops.

Biden has another big primary night, wins 4 more states

WASHINGTON (AP) Joe Biden decisively won Michigan’s Democratic presidential primary, seizing a key battleground state that helped propel Bernie Sanders’ insurgent candidacy four years ago. The former vice president’s victory there, as well as in Missouri, Mississippi and Idaho, dealt a serious blow to Sanders and substantially widened Biden’s path to the nomination.

Down syndrome abortion ban is going before a federal court

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal court in Cincinnati will hear complex legal arguments Wednesday for and against Ohio’s Down syndrome abortion ban in a case viewed as pivotal in the national debate over the procedure.