ELTON — Due to a considerable number of complaints, Elton’s Town Council is working to add stop signs and speed limit signs throughout town to combat speeding.
Nearly 20 percent of Jeff Davis Parish residents fall below the poverty level, with 15 percent battling food insecurity. Today, Catholic Charities of Southwest Louisiana will hold its monthly food distribution to city residents in need.
Funeral services for Mrs. Wanda Stutes Courville, 77, of Jennings will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, in Miguez Funeral Home Chapel, with Pastor Michael Tadlock officiating.
BATON ROUGE (AP) — State Sen. Sharon Hewitt announced Friday that she is running to become Louisiana’s governor, making her the third Republican to enter this year’s race.
If all goes according to plan, Bucee’s will open a $50 million travel center in Ruston in 2025. The center will be the first Buc-ee’s location in Louisiana and will be located off the Tarbutton Road I-20 exit directly across from Ruston Junior High School.
(AP) — A U.S. Navy destroyer is going to bear the name of a Medal of Honor recipient from Massachusetts who continued to direct his unit despite being severely wounded inVietnam. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro announced Wednesday that an Arleigh Burke destroyer will be named after retired Navy Capt. Thomas Gunning Kelley. The Massachusetts native was leading a column of eight river assault craft on a mission to extract infantry soldiers from a riverbank when the boat came under fire in 1969. He overcame his injuries and continued to serve. After his military service, Kelley worked for the Massachusetts Department of Veterans’ Services, becoming secretary in 2003.
