WELSH — For the first time, the town will be holding an art walk downtown, which will showcase local artisan craftwork, street performances, activities for youth and a band.
The fall hosts a wide range of events in Jeff Davis Parish (JDP), to include a festival returning for its fifth season to raise funds for college scholarships to be awarded to parish graduates.
The Harvest Moon lights up the night sky over Jennings with its eerie orange hue. It’s the first full moon closest to the autumn equinox, which will be Thursday, Sept. 22.
ATLANTA (AP) — A group of computer and election security experts is urging Georgia election officials to replace the state’s touchscreen voting machines with handmarked paper ballots ahead of the November midterm elections, citing what they say are “serious threats” posed by an apparent breach of voting equipment in one county.
( Editor’s Note: An arrest does not indicate whether a person is guilty of the crime with which they have been charged. A person is not considered guilty until they are convicted of a crime in a court of law.)
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Across the globe, the death of Queen Elizabeth II has prompted reflections on the historic sweep of her reign and how she succeeded in presiding over the end of Britain’s colonial empire and embracing the independence of her former dominions.
