November 2024

Shoebox drives sends love around the world

First Baptist Church will wrap up their annual shoebox drive next week, sending children in difficult situations some much needed love and cheer this Christmas.

Committee approves police jury engineer

A new full-time engineer position has been approved by the Jeff Davis Parish Policy Jury Office Police Committee, a request made by Parish Administrator Ben Boudreaux.

Saints interim coach Darren Rizzi seeing emphasis on closing out games paying off

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Saints interim coach Darren Rizzi jokes that he's started to resemble the cartoon character 'Bob the Builder' during team meetings.

YOUTH FOOTBA L L COACH OF T H E WEEK

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YOUTH FOOTBA L L COACH OF T H E WEEK

Indians defeat Basile 22-18 in bi-district round

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ELTON — Friday night lights in Cleve Beard Stadium would be round two of the Battle of the Bayou as the Elton High Indians hosted the Basile High Bearcats in the Division IV bi-district playoff round. There would be no room for error as the winner of the contest will advance to Regionals while the losing teams’ season comes to an end.

Report: Louisiana could pay off liabilities, invest with reserve funds

— A report provides suggestions on ways Louisiana can save and make money by investing reserves and paying off liabilities.

Holiday Shopping

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Over the weekend, holiday shoppers flocked to Lake Arthur Park for an afternoon of holiday shopping and live music.

Area farm under quarantine

ELTON — A deer farm here is under quarantine after a neurogenerative disease was detected by state wildlife officials in a deceased member of its herd.

JDEC outage planned

JeffDavisElectricCo-opannouncedascheduledoutage at the Compton Substation on Thursday, Nov. 21, that will begin at 1 p.m. and is expected to last approximately two hours. Co-op members north of Jennings, in Hathaway, Pine Island and Welsh will be affected by this outage. According to JDEC officials, the outage is necessary to allow JDEC’s transmission service provider, Entergy, to make repairs to their transmission equipment.

Vehicle hits propane tank storage

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Vehicle hits propane tank storage