June 2020

Cedar gavel from Jeff Davis’ boyhood home

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Tupper Upgrades

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Tupper Museum workers are using their down time by upgrading a number of exhibits including the Strand Theatre and telephone exhibits. Daily News photos by Allison Cryer

Jennings woman detail jail complaints

A Jennings woman is claiming preferential treatment that has caused problems for her son at the parish jail.

OUT OF CONTROL

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The channeled apple snail is an invasive species that has invaded 29 parishes throughout Southwest Louisiana. The snails have been known to wreak havoc on rice plants, posing a severe threat to both the rice and crawfish industry here.

Work starts on Fenton school

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Injunction extended against removing Lee statue

Injunction extended against removing Lee statue in Virginia By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press

Race for virus vaccine could leave some countries behind

LONDON (AP) — As the race intensifies for a vaccine against the new coronavirus, rich countries are rushing to place advance orders for the inevitably limited supply to guarantee their citizens get immunized first — leaving significant questions about whether developing countries will get any vaccines in time to save lives before the pandemic ends.

Aunt Jemima brand retired by Quaker due to racial stereotype

NEW YORK (AP) — America’s painful struggles over racism have finally caught up with Aunt Jemima, that ubiquitous fixture served up at breakfast tables for 131 years.

Court rejects Trump bid to end young immigrants’ protections

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected President Donald Trump’s effort to end legal protections for 650,000 young immigrants, his second stunning election-season rebuke from the court in a week after Monday’s ruling that it’s illegal to fire people because they’re gay or transgender.

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