May 2021

Interesting facts about MEMORIAL DAY

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Each year on the last Monday of May, Americans celebrate Memorial Day. Memorial Day is a federal holiday that honors and mourns American military personnel who died while performing their duties in service to the United States Armed Forces.

A Place of Honor

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A Lake Charles Army veteran was laid to rest here in Jennings recently, marking the 94th to be honored at the Southwest Louisiana Veterans Cemetery since its opening last year.

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Knicks tickets to go only to fully vaccinated

The New York Knicks will sell tickets only to fully vaccinated fans if they reach the second round of the playoffs.

Myers Family Named 2021 Family of the Year

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The Myers family, of Jennings, won Louisiana Angus Association Family of the Year at the 2021 Louisiana Junior Angus Association Annual Banquet, May 21, in Shreveport. Shown are (from left) Dale Schexnayder, Louisiana Angus Association treasurer, presenting the award to Linda Myers and Lana Myers. Submitted photo

Feds: Semi driver who killed 5 kids lied on health forms

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A fiery 2019 Florida interstate crash that killed five children from a Louisiana church headed to Walt Disney World was caused by a truck driver who hid his long medical history becoming incapacitated and losing control of his semi, investigators said in a report released Thursday.

Children’s hospital patients, staff name baby orangutan

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Patients and staff at Children’s Hospital New Orleans have chosen “Madu” as the name for an endangered Sumatran orangutan born in February at the zoo in New Orleans. The word is Malay for “honey.”

The Misfits: Unhappy trails for a Hollywood era

Like a Western riding off into the sunset (which it was), The Misfits also served as a black-and-white swan song of a Hollywood era that ended around 1961.

Cheers to Jupiter’s Legacy

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Cheers to Jupiter’s Legacy