May 2020

Can hand sanitizer ignite if left in a hot vehicle?

Can hand sanitizer ignite if left in hot vehicle?

Welsh planning new shelter

WELSH - Officials here are looking at spending an estimated $5,000-$8,000 to rebuild the town’s animal shelter that was destroyed during bad weather in March.

Workforce bill clears the House

SB 79 by District 25 State Senator Mark Abraham was finally passed by the full House Wednesday with a vote of 97-0.

Feeding Program Kicks Off

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The ASSIST Agency kicked off the Summer Feeding Program this week. Jeff Davis Parish residents ages 1-18 are eligible to pick up enough food to provide meals for seven days. Food boxes will be distributed from elementary schools across the parish once per week through the month of July.

Panic as expiration date on immigration order approaches

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Time is short to the expiration of President Trump’s Executive Order that suspended some immigration, and expansionists are pulling out all the stops. At stake is employment-based visas’ short-term future, specifically whether the White House will permit this year’s annual 85,000 allotment of foreign-born H-1B workers to enter.

Rural trash rates increased

The Jeff Davis Police Jury approved a rate increase on trash services for rural residents Wednesday. Republic Services recently requested a rate increase on their prices for rural residents in Jeff Davis Parish.

Social media is not a right or a trusted source

While it might sound ironic coming from a newspaper, the old adage is true: Don’t believe everything you read. That’s a rule those on social media desperately need to learn.

Sessions, a wild Senate race and Trump’s ‘personal feelings’

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Jeff Sessions is in a surreal place. He spent 20 years as a senator from Alabama, followed by 21 months as U.S. Attorney General, and now he is in a tightly competitive race to win back his old Senate seat. He was the first important national figure in government to endorse candidate Donald Trump back in early 2016. That endorsement was an important boost for Trump, whom other Republicans were dismissing at the time. The newly elected Trump picked Sessions for attorney general.

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US on cusp of marking at least 100K deaths from virus

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States was on the cusp of marking at least 100,000 deaths from the coronavirus, a once-unthinkable toll that now appears to be just the beginning of untold misery in the months ahead as Las Vegas casinos and Walt Disney World make plans to reopen, crowds of unmasked Americans swarm beaches and public health officials predict a resurgence by fall.