April 2022

Astros put Jose Altuve on injured list with hamstring strain

HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve was placed on the 10-day injured list Wednesday with a strained left hamstring.

Dodgers beat Braves 5-1, take 2 of 3 vs World Series champs

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tony Gonsolin tossed six shutout innings, Freddie Freeman hit a two-run homer in the first and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves 5-1 Wednesday to take two of three from the defending World Series champions.

No. 14 Lady Hounds fall to Lady Vikings in opening round

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WELSH — The Avoyelles Public Charter Lady Vikings softball team came into town and pillaged the homestanding Welsh Lady Greyhounds by a 14-3 score in the bi-district round of the class 2-A nonselect playoffs. The Lady Vikings, now 11-12 for the season, will host number one ranked Many in the regional round of the playoffs. Avoyelles Charter entered the playoffs as the seventeenth ranked team.

Tips offered to keep money from becoming unclaimed property

BATON ROUGE — Louisiana State Treasurer John M. Schroder administers the state’s Unclaimed Property Program that works to connect owners with their lost and forgotten assets. Common examples of unclaimed property include unpaid life insurance benefits, forgotten bank accounts, uncashed payroll checks, stock dividends, and utility deposit refunds. The Unclaimed Property Program allows the public to easily search for and claim their unclaimed property at no cost.

LifeShare schedules blood drives for May

With blood supplies at critically low levels, Lifeshare Blood Centers will be conducting several collection drives in Jeff Davis Parish (JDP) in May.

Jennings, 1911

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This pictorial view looking west from the intersection of North Market and Main streets in Jennings was captured in 1911, just one year before the birth of Jeff Davis Parish and the end of a 16-year fight between the territories of Imperial Calcasieu Parish. The booming City of Jennings was selected as the parish seat in October 1912.

No war, no retreat: Mideast foes resume risky balancing act

JERUSALEM (AP) — Days of violence in Jerusalem and an exchange of fire in Gaza overnight have raised the possibility that Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers will once again go to war, as they did less than a year ago under similar circumstances.

Invest in our planet

With two Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfunds in our area, now is the time to take action before it is too late.

Cheating and lying spawned border invasion

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The hour is late to save America from the White House-sanctioned, sovereignty-busting illegal immigrant invasion. To draw a baseball parallel, patriotic citizens are in the bottom of the eighth inning, getting a 6-0 shellacking from the Americalast Biden administration.

Dreaded mask mandate makes a comeback

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Philadelphia mayor Jim Kenney has issued another edict. As of Monday, everyone who wanders into a public indoor space in the city must wear a mask. Or to put it in Biblical terms, So Let It Be Fastened, So Let It Be Worn.