August 2024

Fair board discusses upcoming fall event

With the Jeff Davis Parish Fair right around the corner, its board of directors met this week to review the plan for the upcoming event.

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LA demolition projects await next step

LAKE ARTHUR — Efforts to clean up the town landscape are on hold while engineers calculate how to go about addressing asbestos and lead findings in buildings slated for demolition.

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ABOB announces auditions

A Block Off Broadway Community Theatre is hosting auditions for its next production, “Christmas Belles” by Jamie Wooten, Jessie Jones and Nicholas Hope.

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Literacy council helps adults earn diploma

Improving educational skills and helping adults achieve their high school equivalency diploma is the mission of the Literacy Council of Southwest Louisiana, as well as raising community awareness about services available to prepare individuals that need a boost.

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State parks to receive adaptive playground equipment

BATON ROUGE — Construction is now underway on playground projects at Bogue Chitto and Fontainebleau state parks. The specialized playgrounds provide multisensory play experiences enabling children of varying ages and abilities to play and interact together.

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Louisiana's Office of Human Trafficking Prevention educates youth leaders

— Education on human trafficking prevention highlighted the Louisiana Legislative Youth Advisory Council meeting on Tuesday.

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Officials in Lafourche Parish work to clean up oil spill

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A storage tank spilled tens of thousands of gallons of crude oil in a southern Louisiana parish, threatening drinking water and wildlife as officials work to clean it up.

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Biden admin Title IX rule blocked in four more states, bringing total to 26

— A federal appeals court has ruled that the Biden administration can’t implement its Title IX rules in an additional four states, bringing the total number of statewide injunctions to 26.