January 2023

Forecast: Chance of tornadoes, severe storms in Gulf states

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A cold front forecast to move across the Gulf Coast will bring an enhanced threat of severe storms and tornadoes to communities from Louisiana to Florida.

Legal, political strategy in letting FBI search Biden’s home

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s decision allowing the FBI to search his home in Delaware last week is laying him open to fresh negative attention and embarrassment following the earlier discoveries of classified documents at that home and a former office. But it’s a legal and political calculation that aides hope will pay off in the long run as he prepares to seek reelection.

Wall Street rises as Fed rate move nears, earnings ramp up

(AP) — Wall Street kicked off the week with a broad stock market rally Monday, as investors look ahead to a busy week of company earnings reports and grow more confident that the Federal Reserve will turn the screws on the economy less aggressively.

EPA considers tougher regulation of livestock farm pollution

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it will study whether to toughen regulation of large livestock farms that release manure and other pollutants into waterways.

NTSB details deadly airport accident

WASHINGTON (AP) — A co-worker who saw an Alabama airport employee nearly knocked over by exhaust from a jet tried to warn her to stay back, but moments later the employee walked in front of one of the engines and was pulled in, killing her on Dec. 31, federal investigators said Monday.

SB updates district roof project

Jeff Davis Parish School Board (JDSB) officials recently updated board members about the progress of the Phase 1 roofing project.

US proposes once-a-year COVID shots for most Americans

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials want to make COVID-19 vaccinations more like the annual flu shot.

LifeShare releases blood donation schedule

With all the advances in modern medicine today, there is still no substitute for human blood. Every two seconds, someone somewhere needs blood and one in every seven people who enter the hospital will need blood.

Rout by Bengals exposed a Bills team that may be regressing

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Sitting glumly at a table inside the Bills’ practice facility on Monday, quarterback Josh Allen had difficulty coming to grips with how much his team accomplished and overcame, only to wind up no closer to the Super Bowl.

A Walk Downtown

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Jolyne Landry and her mom