TEE MAMOU — Funeral services for O’Neal Peters, will be held at 4 p.m. Monday, March 6, 2023 in the chapel of Matthews and Son Funeral Home in Jennings.
Funeral services for Evanna Lee Williams-Douglas, 78, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 11, 2023, at Union Baptist Church in Jennings, with Rev. Kieran Coleman officiating.
(AP) — The death toll rose to two on Monday following a stampede at a rap concert in Rochester, New York, that authorities said may have been triggered by unfounded fears of gunfire.
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — Four Americans who traveled to Mexico last week to seek health care got caught in a deadly drug-related shootout and were kidnapped by heavily armed men who threw them in the back of a pickup truck, officials from both countries said Monday.
BATON ROUGE (AP) — With just seven months until Louisiana’s election for governor, Shawn Wilson officially entered the gubernatorial race Monday, becoming the first prominent Democrat to seek the seat later this year.
By JOSH BOAK and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has decided to set aside the usual big White House budget unveiling to showcase his new fiscal year plans this week in Pennsylvania. Not coincidentally, that’s a must-win state in the 2024 election. His trip to Philadelphia on Thursday is a sign that the president’s budget proposal will be a form of political messaging, not just an outline of the government’s finances. Biden hinted in a Monday speech that tax increases on the wealthy will be at the core of his budget plan, saying he will be proposing a tax that targets billionaires.
(AP) — The Transportation Department is rolling out a “dashboard” to let travelers see at a glance which airlines help families with young children sit together at no extra cost.
