November 2024

Semmes family presents Christmas wonderland

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HATHAWAY — Every year, a local couple turns their yard into a dazzling Christmas display filled with lights, trees and Christmas figures for the public to walk through and create pictureperfect memories with their families.

Christmas raffle items sought

Holiday parties are in full swing and the Jeff Davis Parish Council on Aging is preparing for their annual Christmas party for aging residents sponsored by Entergy. Food and many door prizes will be provided by Entergy, but the council is looking for any donations of raffle items with proceeds helping fund the next party geared toward community and fellowship among area seniors.

State budget expected to be in surplus for eighth consecutive year

(The Center Square) — The Louisiana Legislature is expected to enjoy another budget surplus in 2025, which would be the eighth year in a row.

HEADED TO HAYNESVILLE

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The No. 9-seeded Welsh Greyhounds

Mexico, Canada, China cool to Trump's tariff plan

(The Center Square) — President-elect Donald Trump's vow to hit America's top trading partners with 25% tariffs on imported goods prompted a cool response from neighbors and China.

Dorothy Miller LaFosse

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Interment will be in the Grace Community Baptist Cemetery.

Annual wreath ceremony grows

A special ceremony to remember the country’s military servicemen and women continues to grow since a simple idea turned into a nationwide movement after an iconic picture in 2005 showed beautiful Christmas wreaths adorning snow-covered graves of the fallen at Arlington National Cemetery. The movement is called Wreaths Across America and currently spans all 50 states and 4,600 locations.

Biden proposes Medicare, Medicaid cover weight-loss drugs

(The Center Square) — President Joe Biden plans to require Medicare and Medicaid to offer coverage for weight-loss medications, a move that could cost $36 billion for the two federal programs over the next decade.

Hounds go north to face Golden Tornado

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WELSH — For the second year in a row, the Welsh Greyhounds have reached the quarterfinals and for the second year in a row, they will now face the number one seed in the playoffs. Welsh will travel Friday to the northernmost part of the state and take on the top-ranked Haynesville Golden Tornado in the Division IV non-select state playoffs. The Golden Tornado will enter the fray with an unblemished 12-0 record, as they have yet to taste defeat this year. Welsh will enter the contest with a 7-5 overall mark following a bye win last week when the Ferriday Trojans were disqualified following a fight during their bi-district clash with Lake Arthur.

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