May 2023

City looks to upgrade sewer treatment facility

The city is looking to garner a loan from the state to upgrade and expand the city’s sewer treatment facility.

TITLE 42 ENDS, US IMMIGRATION POLICY CHANGING

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WASHINGTON (AP) The U.S. is putting new restrictions into place at its southern border to try to to stop migrants from crossing illegally and encourage them instead to apply for asylum online through a new process.

New ag dealership breaks ground

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An agricultural dealership broke ground Thursday and officials say this is only the beginning of an economic boom north of the interstate in Jennings.

Jennings’ unsung heroes honored for service in Vietnam

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(Editor’s Note: This following is the first story of the five-part series, “Jennings Heroes,” which honors decorated Vietnam War heroes who graduated from Jennings High School (JHS). The five stories are being pulled from the third book in a series by writer, researcher, 1965 JHS graduate and Vietnam veteran John Semmes about former JHS students who were decorated Vietnam War heroes. The five-week series begins today, Sunday, May 14 (Page 10) and will print in each Sunday edition through Sunday, June 11. The stories are all being published as they were submitted.)

Sonniers win Mom and Me Look- Alike contest

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Winners of the annual Jennings Daily News Mom and Me Look-Alike contest have been selected. Kim and Hannah Sonnier of Hathaway are the new reigning ‘ twining’ champs of Jeff Davis Parish.

TRUMP’S VERDICT MARKS RARE MOMENT OF ACCOUNTABILITY

PHILADELPHIA (AP) A civil jury’s finding that former President Donald Trump sexually assaulted a writer in the 1990s comes at what one scholar calls an “ambiguous moment” for American women. Columnist E. Jean Carroll is savoring the civil court judgment that orders Trump to pay her $5 million in damages. Yet few call the verdict a death knell for his political career. UCLA gender studies professor Juliet Williams believes millions of women would support Trump in 2024 to promote their personal interests. Twenty-fiveyear- old Cassandra Nu√±ez, of Los Angeles, calls Trump’s defeat of Hillary Clinton in 2016 “a double whammy” for women given Clinton’s loss and Trump’s behavior.

RITA MARIE CHAISSON

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JENNINGS — Rita Marie Chaisson, 69, entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Rita was born in Jennings on Friday, Dec. 4, 1953, and was the daughter of Paul and Leola Guidry Chaisson. Rita was a longtime parishioner of St. Lawrence Catholic Church and a member of the Catholic Daughters of America. She enjoyed playing bingo, watching soap operas, helping with household chores and picking eggs. Rita loved cats. Above all, she was loved by all that knew her and will be greatly missed by her family and friends.

City approves annexation for new dealership

The city is gearing up for significant economic growth thanks to the city council and the mayor’s efforts to expand services north of Interstate 10.

Suspect in Natalee Holloway disappearance faces extradition to US on fraud charges

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru's government will allow the extradition to the United States of the prime suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American student Natalee Holloway on the Dutch Caribbean Island of Aruba, bringing her family hope there will be justice in the case.