The Jennings Garden Club recently recognized gardens of the month for August. The business garden of the month is located at the Jeff Davis Parish School Board. The residential garden of the month went to Doug and Melanie Hoffpauir at 511 East Third Street.
BATON ROUGE — The LSU AgCenter has been awarded a total of $50,000 a year for three years from Nutrien, a Canadian fertilizer company with operations in Geismar. The donation will help fund educational initiatives for students in Iberville and Ascension parishes.
Fifty-one Union soldiers are buried in Greenwood Cemetery, many miles away from their native land…but in actuality, many may not be buried that far from their descendants.
1,450 soldiers with a payroll around $5,000 per day will bivouac at the fair grounds in Jennings from August 5 to October 1, it was learned by the News today on the highest authority.
When Postmaster Harry Monroe went to the depot Friday morning for the mail, he discovered the mail box had been broken into and all mail from No. 2, Eastbound morning train, had been stolen.
Editor’s Note: An arrest does not indicate whether a person is guilty of the crime with which they have been charged. A person is not considered guilty until they are convicted of a crime in a court of law.
