April 2023

Officials Urge Dryer Safety.

Doing laundry is most likely part of your every day routine. Taking care of your clothes dryer is incredibly important to the safety of your home.

Local schools send athletes to state meet

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Jeff Davis Parish teams had a fantastic showing this week at their regional meets all over the state. Several qualified to move on to the LHSAA State Track And FIELD Championship on the campus of LSU this coming week. Lacassine and Hathaway are sending several athletes to the state meet in Baton Rouge, while Elton, Lake Arthur, Welsh and Jennings all had an athlete advance.

White woman whose claim caused Emmett Till murder has died

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of whistling at and accosting her — which caused his 1955 lynching in Mississippi and galvanized a generation of activists to rise up in the Civil Rights Movement — has died at 88.

Error, confusion kick millions off Medicaid

WASHINGTON (AP) — Days out from a surgery and with a young son undergoing chemotherapy, Kyle McHenry was scrambling to figure out if his Florida family will still be covered by Medicaid come Monday.

Dam Was Blown Up

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Blown Out — Was Expected As Had Been Threatened

Congratulations To Our Secretary’s Day Winners

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Congratulations To Our Secretary’s Day Winners

Praise the Little Folks.

If you wish to get a child to do its best, encourage rather than discourage him, discouragement acts like a wet blanket and puts out the fires of ambition most effectually in the childish nature.

Adult cigarette smoking rate hits new all-time low

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. cigarette smoking dropped to another all-time low last year, with 1 in 9 adults saying they were current smokers, according to recently-released government survey data.

YOU’RE FIRED!

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N ow that the cable TV news networks are firing people left and right, how about if they fire Donald Trump? Sure, he can be a short-term ratings booster, but what about the long-term costs? If Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon could be shown the door, why not the most ubiquitous talking head of them all?

Distracted Driving

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A s summer approaches, many teens in Jeff Davis Parish will be using their time off to visit the local department of motor vehicles in order to obtain their license to drive.