July 2022

New study shows promising research about cause of SIDS

Dear Doctors: Is it true that a new study figured out what causes SIDS? My sister lost her baby daughter that way, and even though it was almost eight years ago, our family is still struggling. It would help if we could understand what actually happened. Dear Reader: Sudden infant death syn

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Traffic stop results in drug arrest

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Two arrests were made this weekend, one from a routine traffic stop on Saturday and another for a firearm being discharged at a party Friday night.

Cajun Jam

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Cajun musicians of all ages participate in the Southwest Louisiana Acoustic Cajun Jam at the Gator Chateau at the Louisiana Oil and Gas Park Saturday. Musicians of all proficiencies are invited to join in or just watch from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. every other Saturday. See page 2 for more photos from this past Saturday’s event. Submitted photos

Space camp offered to parish students

LAKE CHARLES — Region five students are being offered the opportunity to participate in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) camps. Calcasieu Parish School Board (CPSB), the Region 5 STEM Center and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are hosting Astro Camp July 25-29 for students in grades K-12, including Jeff Davis Parish.

AgCenter registering students for 4-H STEM Day Camp

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There is still time for 4-H and public students to sign up for a day camp involving science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) projects.

SPORTS BRIEFS

Royals’ Merrifield ends streak of playing 553 straight games

Jordan named baseball assistant coach/recruiting cooordinator

BATON ROUGE – Josh Jordan, a National Assistant Coach of the Year who helped lead the Duke baseball program to unprecedented success, has been hired as assistant coach/ recruiting coordinator at LSU, coach Jay Johnson announced Friday.

Banchero’s Summer League is over; Jefferson grabs a whistle

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Paolo Banchero showed the Orlando Magic plenty in his two Summer League contests.

Biden signs order on abortion access after high court ruling

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday to protect access to abortion as he faced mounting pressure from fellow Democrats to be more forceful on the subject after the Supreme Court ended a constitutional right to the procedure two weeks ago.