January 2021

Vaccines available for state’s elderly

As of Monday, Jan. 4, Louisiana pharmacies can begin distributing COVID-19 vaccines to residents over the age of 70.

According to the office of the governor, the vaccines are in limited supply, and this round will be given to certain healthcare workers in addition to elderly citizens. Statewide, this accounts for around 640,000 individuals.

JPD reports busy New Year weekend

Police here say calls for fireworks and gunfire were rampant over the weekend.

“We had numerous complaints over the weekend,” said Jennings Police Department Chief Danny Semmes. “We recovered 77 shell casings on one street. When you shoot a bullet up into the air, it is going to come down somewhere.”

Semmes urges the public to be aware of the dangers of shooting a celebratory gunshot into the air.

“This is very dangerous,” he said. “We were fortunate enough that nobody got hit.” Semmes added that there were also many calls regard

4-H sponsoring virtual contests this year

Jeff Davis Parish 4-H is kicking off a new year by planning several virtual contests including a pet show, cooking portfolio competition and Spring Challenge.

‘2020 took a toll’

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Storms and resulting debris removal have posed the greatest challenges to the Jeff Davis Police Jury this year.

Police Jury Donald Woods said this week that managing the budget through the storms was his biggest challenge this year.

“The storms really took a toll on us,” he said. “And we are still dealing with this in the way of debris removal.”

So far the police jury has spent upwards of $1 million dollars on debris removal. Of that total, the state will reimburse the police jury 75 percent.

Saints rout Panthers 33-7 to earn No. 2 seed in NFC playoffs

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — While the Saints didn’t get the first-round bye in the NFC playoffs they coveted, they proved again they can win big games without star players.

And that could come in handy in the postseason.

Drew Brees threw for 201 yards and three touchdowns, the Saints had five interceptions and New Orleans routed the Carolina Panthers 33-7 on Sunday without their top two running backs and fullback to wrap up the No. 2 seed in the NFC playoffs.

The Saints (12-4) will host the seventh-seeded Chicago Bears in the wild-card round next Sunday at 4:40 p.m. EST.

Houston Baptist beats Northwestern St. 99-93 in OT

 

 

Kinsey lifts Marshall over Louisiana Tech 80-73

RUSTON, La. (AP) — Taevion Kinsey had 20 points as Marshall beat Louisiana Tech 80-73 on Saturday night.

Mikel Beyers had 17 points for Marshall (7-2, 1-1 Conference USA). Jarrod West added 13 points. Andrew Taylor had 13 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists.

Isaiah Crawford had 18 points and seven rebounds for the Bulldogs (8-3, 1-1), whose four-game win streak ended with the loss. Cobe Williams added 17 points and seven rebounds. Amorie Archibald had 11 points.

Texas State ends Ragin’ Cajuns’ sevengame win streak

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Isiah Small scored 18 points as Texas State beat Louisiana-Lafayette 71-59 on Saturday.

Caleb Asberry added 12 points and Mason Harrell chipped in 10 points as did Quentin Scott for the Bobcats (7-4, 1-1 Sun Belt Conference).

Mylik Wilson had 14 points for the Ragin’ Cajuns (7-2, 1-1), whose seven-game win streak came to an end. Cedric Russell added 11 points. Theo Akwuba had nine rebounds.

The Bobcats leveled the season series against the Ragin’ Cajuns with the win. Louisiana-Lafayette defeated Texas State 83-77 on Friday.

Fields’ day: No. 3 Ohio State routs No. 2 Clemson 49-28

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Numbers have fueled Ohio State all year.

There was 29-23, the score of last season’s painful playoff loss to Clemson.

Six, the number of games the Buckeyes played in this pandemicaltered season, which a lot of people thought was too few for them to deserve a return trip to the College Football Playoff.

Then there was No. 11, where Clemson coach Dabo Swinney placed Ohio State on his ballot in the final regular-season coaches’ poll.

In a rematch with Swinney’s Tigers in the Sugar Bowl, Justin Fields and the Buckeyes had Clemson’s number.

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