July 2024

Local priest reflects on time in parish

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Catholic Priest Father Trey Ange, who was assigned to Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Jennings from July 1, 2021, to June 30, 2024, shared his homily from the last mass he led. It was written as both a thank you and a farewell to the community.

Still shocked by shells

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Many of you refrain from watching national news or reading daily newspapers for a variety of reasons: you dislike the liberal media, you don’t enjoy watching politicians argue or you simply don’t care.

POLICE REPORT

(Editor’s Note: An arrest does not indicate whether a person is guilty of the crime with which they have been charged. A person is not considered guilty until they are convicted of a crime in a court of law.)

Biden’s Title IX rewrite threatened by new legal landscape

(The Center Square) — President Joe Biden’s attempt to re-interpret Title IX and thereby implement a sweeping LGBTQ agenda at schools around the country may be put on hold after a few key court rulings.

Animal shelter plans under review

Jeff Davis Parish Police Jury studied architecture plans for the parishanimalshelterduringarecent agenda meeting. Architects for the project, Beazely and Longo Shelter Design of Lafayette, submitted initial plans for jury’s review, which included recommendations for special shelter features and sizing elements that could double the projected initial costs.

Jennings police make arrests for guns, narcotics

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The Jennings Police Department made three separate traffic stops earlier this week, leading to the seizure of firearms and illegal drugs.

LA deals with on-going park issues

LAKE ARTHUR — The board of aldermen listened to complaints on Martin Luther Park maintenance and gave updates on issues related to demolition projects.

Justice of the Peace financial reports released

The state recently released audit reports on the financial health of multiple parish entities.

HURRICANE BERYL SLAMS INTO MEXICO’S COAST AS A CATEGORY 2 STORM; 11 DEAD ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN

TULUM, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Beryl has slammed into Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula near the resort town of Tulum as a Category 2 storm after leaving a trail of destruction and at least 11 dead across the Caribbean. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said early Friday that Beryl is expected to rapidly weaken to a tropical storm as it crosses over the peninsula before it reemerges into the Gulf of Mexico and likely regains hurricane strength. On Tuesday, Beryl became the earliest storm to develop into a Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic before spreading destruction in Jamaica, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Barbados in recent days.

IRAN HOLDS RUNOFF PRESIDENTIAL VOTE PITTING HARD-LINER AGAINST REFORMIST AFTER RECORD LOW TURNOUT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran is holding a runoff presidential election pitting a hard-line former nuclear negotiator against a reformist lawmaker. Bothmenearlierstruggled to convince a skeptical public to cast ballots in the first round that saw the lowest turnout in the Islamic Republic’s history. Government officials up to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei predicted a higher participation rate as voting took place Friday.