March 2021

Man arrested, charged with capital murder in deputy slaying

GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man accused of fatally shooting a sheriffs deputy last month was arrested Tuesday and chargedwith capitalmurder. Joseph Michael Rohrbacker, 30, was taken into custody without incident by special agents of the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation in connection with the Feb. 1 shooting death of Lt. Michael Boutte, according to an agency statement. Until he was taken into custody, Rohrbacker had been receiving treatment at a Louisiana hospital for wounds sustained in the shooting, officials said. He is being held at a detention center in Gulfport, Mississippi, near the state line with Louisiana.

Homeland Security head rejects claims of border ‘crisis’

WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Department of Homeland Security pushed back Wednesday against Republican criticism of the Biden administration’s border policies, refusing to say that the surge of migrant children entering the United States is a “crisis.”

Police investigate suspect’s motive in Atlanta-area killings

ATLANTA (AP) — A gunman accused of killing eight people, most of them of Asian descent, at three Atlanta-area massage parlors claimed to have a “sex addiction” and apparently lashed out at what he saw as sources of temptation, officials said Wednesday.

GOP attorneys general question stimulus barring tax cuts

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Republican attorneys general from 21 states are questioning a provision in the $1.9 trillion pandemic rescue plan that bars states from using its funds to offset tax cuts.

Pre-embryos made in lab could spur research, ethics debates

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, scientists have used human cells to make structures that mimic the earliest stages of development, which they say will pave the way for more research without running afoul of restrictions on using real embryos.

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Smartphone addiction is real

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Concerning my prior use of the word “addiction” in association with smart phones and children (including teens), some people think I am speaking figuratively. To set the record straight No, I am speaking quite literally.

Jeff Davis Library to host blood drive Monday

Jeff Davis Libraries is hosting a blood drive to replenish critical supplies here in the parish.

INhars up with tantrums at age 5P

Q: My 5-year-old continues to throw tantrums when he doesn’t get his way. His father and I are divorced. I have primary custody. He is with his dad every other weekend, basically. My ex- has very poor emotional control and I’m concerned that our son may have inherited that from him. When he throws a tantrum, I make him sit in a “tantrum chair” in the living room, something I read about in one of your books. It sometimes takes him nearly an hour to fully calm down. Is there anything else I can do to help him get control of himself or should I just stay the course? I’m thinking five years old is too old for tantrums and that there may be more going on with him than I’m aware of.

Hathaway, Lacassine place nine on All-District Team

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20216-B Boys’ All-District Team