LANGSTON, Okla. - Jennings native Dr. Ruth Ray Jackson began her interim position at Langston University in Langston, Okla., recently. Jackson will serve until a nationwide search for the University’s seventeenth president assumes office.
On Monday, July 10, Jeff Davis Parish Police Jury announced the burn ban in place for Jeff Davis Parish was lifted. The recent storms throughout the area over the last week were substantial enough to rescind the order.
(Photo above) Camp participants create a picture of a rooster using dyed rice during the recent Welsh High School (WHS) Ag Fun Day Camp. Offered for students entering 1st-3rd grade who are interested in agriculture, campers learned about chickens, plants and sheep.
LACASSINE — An area civic organization is seeking vendors for an upcoming indoor flea market to benefit parish students. Lacassine Optimist Club (LOC) is hosting its quarterly Country Flea Market from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, July 22 at the Lacassine Community Center, located at 310 Community Center Rd.
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METAIRIE (AP) — A former Catholic priest in Louisiana has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to drugging and molesting 17 men he met in a popular tourist area in New Orleans, a prosecutor said.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Biden administration asked a federal appeals court Monday to temporarily block a lower court's order limiting executive branch officials' discussions with social media companies about controversial online posts.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar, who was convicted of sexually abusing Olympic and college female gymnasts, was stabbed multiple times by another inmate at a federal prison in Florida that is experiencing staffing shortages.
