October 2020

A Halloween Tale

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Local families enjoyed a Halloween-themed story time at the Jeff Davis Parish Library Monday. Daily News photos by Jonathan Smith

CADA to host events in November

Jeff Davis Communities Against Domestic Abuse (CADA) will be hosting two events this fall.

Bulldog defense quietly dominating opponents

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Although offense sells tickets and attracts fan attention, most of the time defensive play is the most vital part of a championship football team. After replacing some key roles on the defensive side of the football in 2020, the “Maroon Wall” has continued to gel from game-to-game as the season progresses. Jennings relied on stellar play from their front seven, led by defensive linemen Keenan Landry, Jayden Sonnier, Cassidi Smith and Isley Mouton. The trio of linebackers consisting of Kolby Estes, Gavin Hanks and Ethan Jardell has been extremely instrumental in defending the run, against the pass and especially in pressuring opposing quarterbacks. With the huge Bulldog front chewing up multiple blockers, these fast and physical linebackers have been able to roam freely from sideline-to-sideline.

New protests loom as Europeans tire of virus restrictions

MILAN (AP) — Italy braced Tuesday for more protests in cities nationwide against virus-fighting measures like regional curfews, evening shutdowns for restaurants and bars and the closures of gyms, pools and theaters — a sign of the growing discontent across Europe with renewed coronavirus restrictions.

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Barrett sworn in as Supreme Court’s ninth justice

WASHINGTON (AP) — Amy Coney Barrett was formally sworn in Tuesday as the Supreme Court’s ninth justice, her oath administered in private by Chief Justice John Roberts. Her first votes on the court could include two big topics affecting the man who appointed her.

Hurricane warning issued for N.O.

CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — Storm-weary Louisiana is once again under a hurricane warning, with Zeta leaving Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula on a path that could hit New Orleans Wednesday night.

4-H announces enrollment, upcoming activities

Jeff Davis Parish 4-H has a busy fall ahead, with several activities planned.

Edwards sues House GOP

BATON ROUGE (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards filed a lawsuit Monday challenging House Republicans’ efforts to rescind Louisiana’s statewide mask mandate, business restrictions and other limits the Democratic governor enacted to combat the coronavirus, keeping the rules in a sort of legal limbo.

US Senate set to confirm Barrett as ninth justice

WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Senate is set to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, giving the country a ninth justice Monday as Republicans overpower Democratic opposition to secure President Donald Trump’s nominee the week before Election Day.