Vivie Watson, 7, (from left) and Jackson Dennis, 6, enjoy a little bit of late afternoon fishing on the pond. The duo, who are great pals, live the country life in Hathaway.
Jennings officials approved the authorization of a contract allowing use of acreage between the mayor and a local gun shop owner at a recent council meeting.
ELTON — Town and parish officials are teaming up with a regional outreach organization to discuss the reality of drug addiction and its effect on the community.
JENNINGS — Alex Chaisson Jr., 85, of Welsh, Louisiana passed away on Wednesday, July 12, 2023, surrounded by his loving family. Alex was born on May 3, 1938 in Pine Island.
JENNINGS — Funeral services for Mrs. Joyce Marie Bertrand Williams, 82, of Jennings, will be held on Monday, July 17, in the Miguez Funeral Home Chapel at 10 a.m. with Pastor Kyle Sonnier officiating. Interment will follow in St. John the Evangelist Catholic Cemetery in Lacassine under the direction of Miguez Funeral Home.
(AP) — A state judge has thrown out obstruction of justice charges against two of the five Louisiana lawmen indicted in the fatal 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene, a death authorities initially blamed on a car crash before long suppressed bodycamera video showed the white officers beating, stunning and dragging the Black motorist as he wailed, 'I'm scared!'
WASHINGTON (AP) — A prisoner suspected of stabbing Larry Nassar at a federal penitentiary in Florida said the disgraced former sports doctor provoked the attack by making a lewd comment while they were watching a Wimbledon tennis match on TV, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
BATON ROUGE (AP) — A small-town police chief in Louisiana was convicted after taking money seized in narcotics investigations and stealing a family's COVID-19 stimulus money, leaving them homeless, officials said Monday.
