March 2022

N.O. police: First black police superintendent dies

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Police Department’s first Black superintendent has died.

US inflation soars 7.9 percent in past year, a 40-year high

WASHINGTON (AP) — Propelled by surging costs for gas, food and housing, consumer inflation jumped 7.9 percent over the past year, the sharpest spike since 1982 and likely only a harbinger of even higher prices to come.

VP Harris embraces call for war crimes probe of Russia

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday embraced calls for an international war crimes investigation of Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, citing the “atrocities” of bombing civilians, including a maternity hospital. Speaking alongside Polish President

Stocks slump on Wall Street as oil, inflation worries rise

NEW YORK (AP) — Back down went stocks on Wall Street Thursday as global markets keep swinging on uncertainty about where inflation, interest rates and the global economy are heading.

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Lockout gives fans chance to enjoy real baseball

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Disgusted and indignant fans have a message for near-universally detested MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, the league’s billionaire owners, and its pampered, overpaid players–Take your overpriced tickets, tasteless hot dogs, and warm, flat beer and stuff them.

Do Biden and party have new hope for November?

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There was a striking moment on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday. Moderator Chuck Todd brought up a poll recently released by National Public Radio and Marist that showed President Joe Biden’s job approval rating at 47 percent, with a disapproval rating of 50 percent. The screen showed that poll in contrast to another NPR/Marist survey from two weeks earlier that showed Biden’s approval rating at 39 percent, with a 55 percent disapproval rating. One poll was done before Biden’s State of the Union address and the Russian invasion of Ukraine; the other was done after.

Residents agree assistance needed for small business

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Representatives from Louisiana Economic Development (LED) hosted an event Wednesday in Jennings to discuss future improvement ideas for Jeff Davis Parish (JDP) with local residents, who say assistance for small businesses is the most pressing need in the parish.

Welsh electric rates to increase

WELSH — Due to the rising cost of operations, failing infrastructure and safety hazards, town council members decided to increase rates for all 1,750 of their residential and commercial customers.