January 2023

Ecclesiastes, the sequel

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After the boxes and wrapping paper from Christmas Past had been discarded or recycled, I assumed a horizontal position on my favorite sofa, pulled the blanket up to my chin and grabbed the clicker, listening to all the television banter about the year coming to a close.

Water district lists audit results

WELSH — A state audit recently showed no major issues of noncompliance for Central Waterworks District in Welsh.

PJ kicks off new year by electing president, launching website

( Editor’s Note: One Year Later is a Jennings Daily News series of stories from 2022 that our staff chose to reprinted exactly as they ran in 2022 as a reminder of progress made in the parish over the last year.)

City looks forward to new year

Jennings Mayor Henry Guinn looks back on a hectic but productive year with plans to continue that pace into 2023 with over $17 million in projects aimed at enhancing City infrastructure and quality of life for its residents.

Former LA mayor looks back at 2022

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LAKE ARTHUR — This year proved to be a very positive and productive year for the Town of Lake Arthur.

Betty Lou Hebert Simon

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Published in Jennings Daily News January 4, 2023

Samuel David Henry Moreau

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Published in Jennings Daily News January 4, 2023

Leonard Dale Troutman

Published in Jennings Daily News January 4, 2023

California braces for more storms following Saturday’s flood

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Northern California residents are bracing for another round of powerful storms this week after flooding from a New Year’s Eve deluge killed one person, prompted the evacuation of more than 1,000 inmates in a county jail and washed away a section of a levee system that protects mostly rural farmland.

Facial recognition tool led to mistaken arrest, lawyer says

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana authorities’ use of facial recognition technology led to the mistakenidentity arrest of a Georgia man on a fugitive warrant, an attorney said in a case that renews attention to racial disparities in the use of the digital tool.