September 2023

Voter registration deadline approaches

Louisiana residents desiring to vote in the Oct. 14 primary election who are not currently registered to vote have until this Saturday, Sept. 23, to do so.

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FOO FACTS: Week Three

Foo F acts

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Daniels, Nabers unstoppable

LSU rolls past Mississippi State, 41-14

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JPD make felony arrest

Jennings Police Department (JPD) officers responded to a call that led to the arrest of a Lake Charles man.

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Carmakers and the United Auto Workers are talking. No signs of a breakthrough to end the strike

(AP) — The United Auto Workers and Detroit's Big Three carmakers resumed talks aimed at ending a strike now in its fourth day, and under the threat that the walkout could soon spread.

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A Supreme Court redistricting ruling gave hope to Black voters. They're still waiting for new maps

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court's decision siding with Black voters in an Alabama redistricting case gave Democrats and voting rights activists a surprising opportunity before the 2024 elections.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

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Low Mississippi River limits barges just as farmers want to move crops downriver

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A long stretch of hot, dry weather has left the Mississippi River so low that barge companies are reducing their loads just as Midwest farmers are preparing to harvest crops and send tons of corn and soybeans downriver to the Gulf of Mexico.

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Five Americans detained in Iran walk free, released in deal for frozen Iranian assets

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Five Americans detained for years in Iran walked off a plane and into freedom Monday, most arm-in-arm, as part of a politically risky deal that saw President Joe Biden agree to the release of nearly $6 billion in frozen Iranian assets owed by a third country, South Korea.