February 2024

Citizens show support for parish-wide animal shelter

During a recent meeting of the Jeff Davis Parish Police Jury, residents voiced their support for a new parish-wide animal shelter and offered their help and expertise to get one up and running.

Elton Mardi Gras this weekend

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ELTON — The town is ready to let the good times roll this weekend during its Mardi Gras celebration.

Jennings Mardi Gras ready to roll

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City officials here are gearing up for the first-ever two-day City of Jennings Mardi Gras Festival happening this weekend.

Elton water meter installation continues

ELTON — Town officials here discussed the progress of replacing the town’s existing water meters with radio frequency meters.

Coalition of states criticize Biden's natural gas export freeze

— A coalition of about two dozen state attorneys general sent a letter to President Joe Biden Tuesday blasting the president’s recent decision to freeze the approval of new export sites for liquefied natural gas.

Missing Marine Corps helicopter located

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Marine Corps helicopter that had been missing with five troops aboard as an historic storm continued drenching California was found Wednesday morning in a mountainous area outside San Diego.

Nonprofit Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana seeks approval for sale to Elevance

BATON ROUGE (AP) — State officials are continuing discussions of a possible $2.5 billion sale of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, a non-profit health insurer used by nearly half of the state's residents, to a much larger for-profit insurer based in Indiana.

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Russia says former Fox News host Tucker Carlson has interviewed Vladimir Putin

(AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has been interviewed by former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, the Kremlin confirmed Wednesday. It is Putin's first interview to a Western media figure since his full-scale invasion of Ukraine two years ago.

Lawmakers investigate where Ukraine funds, munitions are going

(The Center Square) — The U.S. House Oversight Committee is investigating U.S. taxpayer funding for Ukraine after a watchdog report found a large percentage of the equipment has gone unaccounted for since last June.