August 2021

August Garden of the Month Selected

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The Jennings Garden Club recently announced the August Garden of the Month. The garden is located at the home of Gerald and Connie Doucet, of 505 East Division Street. Submitted photo

POLICE REPORT

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.

Minnesota celebrates Olympic champion with parade

ST. PAUL,, Minn. (AP) — The city of St. Paul will host a parade to celebrate Olympic champion Sunisa Lee, who took home the gold medal in the women’s gymnastics all-around, as well as a silver in the team event and a bronze in the uneven bars.

Joint practices help NFL teams tackle tedium of camp

NEW YORK (AP) — The monotony of training camp is starting to settle in around the NFL.

USA’s Steveson scores late to win wrestling gold

CHIBA, Japan (AP) — With 10 seconds remaining, Gable Steveson trailed the biggest wrestling match of his life by three points.

US women’s volleyball avenges loss to Serbia, reaches final

TOKYO (AP) — U.S. volleyball star Foluke Akinradewo Gunderson woke up with a vision that her team was poised to make it back to the gold medal game.

Forbes: NFL average team value soars to nearly $3.5B

(AP) — Even with a pandemic forcing empty stadiums in most franchise cities, NFL team values increased by 14% in the past year to an average of $3.48 billion, according to Forbes.

NEW ORLEANS APPROVES MEASURES TO DECRIMINALIZE MARIJUANA USE

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — City leaders in New Orleans have approved measures to end penalties for people found with small amounts of cannabis.

VA. GOV: MOST STATE WORKERS MUST BE TESTED, VACCINATED

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Most of Virginia’s state workers will have to be vaccinated or agree to regular COVID- 19 testing, under a new requirement Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday. The order will take effect Sept. 1 and will apply to more than 120,000 executive branch employees, the governor’s office said in a news release.

‘An honor for our family’

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In honor of former Jeff Davis Sheriff’s Office (JDSO) Deputy Winston Guillory, a plaque was placed at Police Memorial Park Thursday, on the one year anniversary of his passing.