April 2023

LDWF to hold annual boating education day

A state wildlife agency will be hosting an instructional event at various locations throughout the state.

City emergency sewer repairs underway

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Emergency work is being completed to repair a collapsed sewage line, that ultimately caused the collapse of the city’s storm drain.

TURN IT U P TUESDAY

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TURN IT U P TUESDAY

DOTD: Lane closure begins Tuesday for I-10 bridge work

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LACASSINE/IOWA — Drivers traveling on I-10 next week should be aware of full lane closures between Lacassine and Iowa due to repairs being made for the I-10 widening and overpass replacement project.

Area club seeks vendors for market

LACASSINE — An area civic organization is hosting an indoor flea market to benefit parish high school students.

Hannah ‘Didi’ Cade Cassidy

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Visitation for Hannah “Didi” Cade Cassidy will be held at Miguez Funeral Home on April 6, 2023, from 8:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. followed by a funeral service led by Rev. Keith Pellerin. A rosary will be recited at 11 a.m.

Educators, parish mayors promote early education

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Parish government and education leaders recently came together to promote early education and discuss the opportunities that are available in Jeff Davis Parish for children from birth to pre-K.

Trump set to be arraigned in historic moment

NEW YORK (AP) — An extraordinary moment in U.S. history will unfold in a Manhattan courthouse on Tuesday: Former President Donald Trump, who faces multiple electionrelated investigations, will surrender and be arraigned on criminal charges stemming from 2016 hush money payments.

Virgin Orbit seeks bankruptcy protection after mission fail

(AP) — Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after a failed mission this year and increasing difficulty in raising funding for future missions.

A ship for windpower takes shape in La. oil country

HOUMA (AP) — In Louisiana bayou country, where oil rig supply ships are as much a part of the waterside scenery as shrimp boats, a new kind of seagoing behemoth is taking shape that marks offshore wind power’s growing presence in the energy seascape.