July 2022

Celebrating Our Country’s Birthday

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City firefighters light up the sky with a dazzling display of pyrotechnics that could be viewed in Jennings and beyond. The fireworks show was the culminating event at this year’s Stars and Stripes Festival, put on annually by Jennings Festival Association and the City of Jennings. Daily News photos by Erin Hargrave

CELEBRATING FREEDOM

WELSH — The community is invited to Richmond Park Saturday to celebrate freedom and the joyful recognition of the perseverance and spirit of African Americans in the nation.

LDWF warns residents about fish kills

Officials from the state wildlife service recently reported a change in the oxygen levels in the water in central and southern Louisiana, which could lead to many species of fish dying.

Agent: Williamson agrees to five-year, $193M extension

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Zion Williamson’s lost season to injury and unusual absence from the New Orleans Pelicans during his recovery didn’t stop the club from betting big on their long-term future together.

Braves’ Rosario returns from IL, starting against Cardinals

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta Braves outfielder Eddie Rosario has been activated from the injured list and is starting in left field against the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night.

NBA teams going all-in, and that’s what it takes

(AP) — The 2023 NBA playoffs are more than nine months away, and one thing is already clear.

Red Sox win 8th straight on Fourth of July, beat Rays 4-0

BOSTON (AP) — Trevor Story hit a solo homer, Kutter Crawford pitched 5 1/3 innings of two-hit relief and the Boston Red Sox won their eighth straight Fourth of July game, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 4-0 on Monday.

First oil sales on public land under Biden bring $22 million

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Energy companies bid more than $22 million to secure drilling rights on about 110 square miles (285 square kilometers) of public lands in the western U.S. on Thursday, during the first onshore oil and natural gas lease sales since President Joe Biden took office.

STATE BRIEFS

Appeals court won’t block new health facilities for jail

Stocks open slightly lower, continuing dismal start to year

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are off to a weak start on Friday, continuing a dismal streak that pushed Wall Street into a bear market last month as traders worry that inflation will be tough to beat and that a recession could be on the way as well. The S&P 500 slipped 0.2 percent in the early going. It’s down 21 percent since hitting its most recent record high at the beginning of the year. The market just wrapped up its worst first half of a year in decades. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.2 percent and the Nasdaq lost 0.6 percent. Crude oil prices rose.