June 2022

Historic Homes of Jennings

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C.S. Morse

What if no one answers the call?

No one wants to have to face the loss of life or property due to a fire, but when that day comes, what if no one was there to answer the call for help?

Craving some fatherhood advice?

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No one wants to have to face the loss of life or property due to a fire, but when that day comes, what if no one was there to answer the call for help?

On Flag Day: Eisenhower’s baseball ‘secret’

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Since baseball’s earliest years, U.S. presidents have been big fans of the national pastime. Among the most avid baseball fans were William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson and Richard M. Nixon. After his political career ended, the players’ union lobbied to have Nixon appointed to head the Major League Baseball Players Association.

Justice Department opens probe into Louisiana State Police

BATON ROUGE (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department is opening a sweeping civil rights investigation into the Louisiana State Police amid mounting evidence that the agency has a pattern of looking the other way in the face of beatings of mostly Black men, including the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene.

US stocks lose ground; European markets slip on rate news

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell in afternoon trading on Wall Street Thursday as investors struggle to find some direction for markets amid persistently choppy trading.

STATEL BRIEFS

Half of Louisiana town’s police department out with COVID

Jan. 6 Capitol attack committee goes prime time with probe

WASHINGTON (AP) — With neverseen video, new audio and a “mountain of evidence,” the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol will attempt to show not only the deadly violence that erupted that day but also the chilling backstory as the defeated president, Donald Trump, tried to overturn Joe Biden’s election victory.

Officials: Millions of COVID-19 shots ordered for youngest

NEW YORK (AP) — Millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses have been ordered for small children in anticipation of possible federal authorization next week, White House officials say.