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.
Do we always have to know why? Or what? Or how come? Why look for an answer to questions to which we know there are no answers? Cue in our friendly neighborly atheists. They know how to ask numerous questions in which there are no “logical” answers (in their mind). “If God is so good and loving why does God allow suffering? Why does God allow good people to die and bad people to live? Why God at all when religion in general has caused the deaths of countless millions through the centuries? For that matter, why did God create a universe that is out to kill us all with one big meteor whack?” (Granted, a fivemile rock would do us all in).
During the January meeting of James O. Hall Post 19 of the American Legion, Department of Louisiana, Commander Horace Naquin (right) presented a $100 donation from the Post to Vicky Rushing (left) of God’s Pantry in Jennings. Many individual Post members also made donations to this deserving operation. God’s Pantry provides food and other supplies (no clothing) to the needy of the Jennings Community. Submitted photo
Students from First United Methodist Church Preschool collected canned goods for surrounding food banks and one Lake Charles elementary school recently. Submitted photos
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards has officially called a March 20 special election for Louisiana voters to select two new members of the U.S. House, with an April 24 runoff if needed.
A group of Jennings residents who attended this week’s pro-Trump rally in the nation’s capitol said the majority of people in the crowd were there to show support for their president and country, not engage in violence. Becky Johnson said she and friends answered
District Attorney Kevin Millican was sworn in by his predecessor, Michael Cassidy, who served in the position for over 30 years. Millican was joined by his wife, Kristy. Daily News photo by Allison Cryer
