Editor’s note: The following is the seventh part in an eight-part series on school shootings that will be featured each Sunday in an effort to find the answer to the question: could a school shooting happen in Jeff Davis Parish?
LAKE ARTHUR — Funeral services for Mr. Percy Lander Duhon, 86, of Lake Arthur will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 30, 2022, at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church, with Rev. Roland Vaughn officiating.
BATON ROUGE — For most Louisiana residents or fans of the LSU Tigers, a trip to Tiger Stadium is an annual pilgrimage to see the Fighting Tigers. Some may only ever hear stories of one of the most iconic football venues in all of college football. For one Hathaway High School (HHS) graduate though, he got a front row seat to all the action over the last two seasons.
“The greatest among you will be your servant. For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.” —Matthew 23:11-12 NIV
Funeral services for Mr. Joseph Lloyd Guidry, Sr., 92, of Jennings will be held at 1 p.m. today, Friday, July 29, 2022, in Miguez Funeral Home, with Deacon Wayne Chapman officiating.
In the Wednesday, July 27 edition of Jennings Daily News, two candidates were omitted in error from the final list of candidates that qualified to run in the race for Jeff Davis School Board member in the Nov. 8, 2022 election. Blake Frey qualified to run for District 12 school board member and Maddie Dugas Brassell qualified for District 13 school board member.
On Wednesday afternoon, the Jeff Davis Parish (JDP) Police Jury discussed the necessity of hiring an engineering firm to represent the parish for the procurement of funds for all Water Sector projects throughout all JDP water districts.
