October 2020

In closely-watched Congressional race, a Republican flirts with QAnon

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In a normal universe, the baseless and appalling QAnon conspiracy theory would be the plot to the worst action thriller you’ve ever seen.

ADA talks contractor fraud

With so many in need of repairs due to the recent hurricanes that tore through southwest Louisiana, contractor fraud is becoming rampant.

Deaf row

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“Come to “church with me,” my 91-year-old aunt always encourages when I’m visiting for the weekend.

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Satellite photos show construction at Iran nuke site

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has begun construction at its Natanz nuclear facility, satellite images released Wednesday show, just as the U.N. nuclear agency acknowledged Tehran is building an underground advanced centrifuge assembly plant after its last one exploded in a reported sabotage attack last summer.

Social media CEOs get earful on bias, warning of new limits

WASHINGTON (AP) — With next week’s election looming, the CEOs of Twitter, Facebook and Google were scolded by Republicans at a Senate hearing Wednesday for alleged anti-conservative bias in the companies’ social media platforms and received a warning of coming restrictions from Congress.

Heightened unrest in Philadelphia after black man’s killing

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A tense Philadelphia braced for more demonstrations Wednesday over the police killing of a Black man following two nights of protests that set off unrelated pilfering of stores on the other side of the city.

Edwards rejects bill to give lawmakers more emergency power

BATON ROUGE (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards on Tuesday vetoed the centerpiece bill of Louisiana’s just-ended special session, a measure seeking to give lawmakers more authority in a governor’s emergency decisions, including the ability to jettison individual coronavirus restrictions.

Play it safe this Halloween

Ghosts, goblins, witches and werewolves will be out and about knocking on doors this evening in celebration of All Hallows Eve ... better know as Halloween.

JDP Library grant to provide financial information

The Jeff Davis Parish Library Tuesday announced plans to expand its personal finance collections following receipt of a grant from the FINRA Investor Education Foundation (FINRA Foundation).