June 2024

Elton officials seek new council member

ELTON — Elton residents who are interested in throwing their names into the hat to become a temporary council member are currently being sought by town officials.

Let's learn to SWIM

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Let's learn to SWIM

School board to hold teacher job fair

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LACASSINE — Jeff Davis Parish School Board ( JDSB) is hosting its annual teacher job fair to recruit educators for the upcoming school year.

Parade of planets to occur early Monday

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A somewhat rare occurrence of six planets aligning in the night sky about an hour before sunrise on June 3 will allow for a few of the planets to be viewed with the naked eye, with the others better seen with binoculars or a telescope.

Louisiana visitors increase

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Tourism is an area of the state’s economy with ample room for growth, according to state officials. Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungessor is making the pursuit of new visitors and increased tourism a focus, thanks to a $300,000 grant from the U.S. Commerce Department.

TRUMP WILL TRY TO TURN GUILTY VERDICT INTO CAMPAIGN FUEL

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is gearing up to give a defiant response to his historic New York criminal conviction. The Republican ex-president is holding a news conference Friday at his namesake tower in Manhattan as he tries to turn what would ordinarily be a career-ending judgment into campaign fuel. Trump returns to the campaign trail as the first former president to be convicted of a felony. Lawyers and allies of the former president and presumptive Republican nominee describe him and his operation as ready to fight. Trump was convicted Thursday of trying to illegally influence the 2016 election by falsifying business records to hide a hush money payment to a porn actor.

INFLATION GAUGE CLOSELY TRACKED BY FEDERAL RESERVE RISES AT SLOWEST PACE THIS YEAR

WASHINGTON (AP) — A price gauge closely tracked by the Federal Reserve cooled slightly last month, a sign that inflation may be easing after running high in the first three months of this year. Friday’s report showed that an index that excludes volatile food and energy costs rose 0.2% from March to April, down from 0.3% in the previous month.