May 2020

Grant will provide take-home devices for students

All Jeff Davis Parish public school students will have access to take-home devices in the next school year as part of the Strong Start Grant.

On the passing of Richie Havens

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(January 21, 1941 – April 22, 2013)

Focus on yourself, loved ones during this time

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Resiliency is something we know well here in Jeff Davis Parish. With many of our workforce in oil-related jobs and agriculture, we are used to cyclical highs and lows. We have become accustomed to hurricanes and floods wreaking havoc on our lives every few years. Resiliency is something rooted deep in our ancestry, back to the original people who lived on this land and everyone who moved in after. So why does this current pandemic feel so unsettling?

Reeves, Eason to wed

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Daphne Paige Reeves of Welsh and Anthony William Eason of Evangeline announce their plans to wed Aug. 8, 2020.

Gary name Council’s Knight of the Month for April

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During the May meeting of Knights of Columbus Council 2012 from Our Lady Help of Christians (OLHC) Parish in Jennings Grand Knight Carl Benoit recognized Michael W. Gary (pictured) as the council’s Knight of the Month for April 2020.

Memorial Services

The memorial services for the old soldiers was held in the Methodist church Sunday at 11 a.m.

Reburial rites for Pvt. Leo Jeanise held

A guard of honor from the American Legion met the remains of Daniel Leo Jeanise yesterday afternoon and escorted it to the Catholic church where the Rev. Law M. Fournet officiated at services.

Names of 22 soldiers who lost lives in WWI to be commemorated in BR

The names of twenty-two soldiers from Jefferson Davis Parish who lost their lives in the World War, either from wounds or disease, have already been assembled and will be inscribed in bronze on the new memorial tablet which will be placed in the War Memorial Building on the

Lost in TV Space: A flashback to our favorite sci-fi from the 60’s

In 1966, the U.S. was mired in a Cold War with the Soviet Union, and fears that world leaders might one day push the nuclear panic button seemed justified. We were sinking deeper into a conflict in Vietnam that would soon sow dissent among generations, and racial tensions led to violence and injustice in hot spots throughout the country. Our world felt – out of this world. On television there was plenty of what we might call entertainment, from Gunsmoke to Gilligan’s Island to Gomer Pyle. There was even a campy new Caped Crusader who could CRACK! down on crime in Gotham City.

FBI says Texas naval base shooting is ‘terrorism-related’

(AP) - A shooting at a Texas naval air station that wounded a sailor and left the gunman dead early Thursday was being investigated as “terrorism-related,” the FBI said, but divulged few details as to why.