June 2022

Lacassine graduate shares experience at queen’s contest

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LACASSINE — A local graduate was recently chosen to represent agriculture and Jeff Davis Parish (JDP) in a Queen’s Contest at a Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation (LFBF) convention for its centennial celebration held in New Orleans.

Parish schools to see cuts in government program

The school board is approving changes to a federally funded supplemental meal program for students that ha been in place at all parish schools since the 2020 hurricanes.

Parish employment growth continues

Parish job growth is on the rise and continues to recover from hurricanes, as well as a global pandemic.

AP source: Timberwolves, Prince reach 2-year, $16M extension

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Timberwolves are bringing back reserve forward Taurean Prince, who became a vital part of the second unit in his first season with the club.

Last remaining WWII Medal of Honor recipient dies at 98

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Hershel W. “Woody” Williams, the last remaining Medal of Honor recipient from World War II, died Wednesday. He was 98.

State officials approve new pathway programs for high school students

Louisiana students now have new options to start college courses while still in high school to give them a head start on the future.

Local credit union seeking cell phones for troops

CSE Federal Credit Union is partnering with the non-profit, Cell Phones for Soldiers, in order to provide a lifeline to America’s bravest citizens.

Jan. 6 takeaways: ‘Heated’ Trump, Pence’s near miss with mob

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Capitol insurrection used its latest public hearing on Thursday to focus on the pressure that then-President Donald Trump put on his vice president, Mike Pence, to delay or reject the certification of Joe Biden’s election victory on Jan. 6, 2021. The committee is trying to show how that pressure incited a violent mob to lay siege to the Capitol that day.

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Slow effort to ID San Antonio migrant dead, toll rises to 53

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Victims have been found with no identification documents at all and in one case a stolen ID. Remote villages lack phone service to reach family members and determine the whereabouts of missing migrants. Fingerprint data has to be shared and matched by different governments.