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'THIS WAS NOT MY PLAN'

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(Editor’s note: January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. In each of this month’s weekend editions, Jennings Daily News is featuring an article that aims to educate women on the facts of this disease.)

Mechelle Manuel of Jennings always wanted to

be a mom. When she was 21 she gave birth to son Jaycen and dreamed of making him a big brother somewhere down the road. Cervical cancer changed that plan.

Friends Supporting Friends to host fundraiser for repairs

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A local nonprofit organization that has for years helped others in the community is now seeking the public’s assistance.

The Friends Supporting Friends Event Center on US 90 west of Jennings is in need of a new roof.

“We knew the building was old when we purchased it from the Veterans of Foreign Wars,” said President Keith Stutes. “It is time to replace the roof. When it rains, we have to put buckets to catch water from several leaks.”

Stutes said the roof is in dire need of repairs as soon as possible.

Stocks pull a U-turn and soar after jobs report, trade talks

NEW YORK (AP) — Global stocks are soaring Friday and reversing the big losses they suffered just a day ago. The Dow Jones Industrial Average soared almost 600 points in the latest twist in a wild three months for markets.

Hopes for progress in the U.S.-China trade dispute, a strong report on the U.S. jobs market and comments from the head of the U.S. central bank about its interest rate policy all combined to cheer investors.

Five children heading to Disney killed in fiery Fla. crash

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Five children heading to Disney World in a church van from Louisiana died along with two truck drivers in a fiery crash on Interstate 75 in north Florida, the Florida Highway Patrol said Friday.

The children were traveling in a large passenger van from Avoyelles Parish, Lt. Patrick Riordan said during a news conference on Friday morning in Alachua, which is south of Gainesville.

Outgoing US Interior secretary defends legacy

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — As former U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke exits Washington still chased by ethics investigations and criticism of his actions favoring industry, he told The Associated Press he’s lived up to the conservation ideals of Teddy Roosevelt and insisted the myriad allegations against him will be proven untrue.

The former Montana congressman also said he quit President Donald Trump’s cabinet on his own terms, despite indications he was pressured by the White House to resign effective Wednesday.

US officials due in Beijing for trade battle talks

BEIJING (AP) — American officials are due in Beijing Monday for talks aimed at easing the U.S.-China trade battle that threatens to hobble global economic growth.

The talks are going ahead despite tension over the arrest of a Chinese tech executive in Canada on U.S. charges related to possible violations of trade sanctions on Iran.

Powell says he would reject any Trump request to resign

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Friday that he will not resign if asked to do so by President Donald Trump, and that he is prepared to be patient in deciding when to raise interest rates again.

Both of those messages cheered stock market investors who had been worried about Trump’s repeated attacks on his hand-picked choice to lead the nation’s central bank and also the Fed’s seemingly inexorable march to higher rates.

Naming names: A reckoning is underway in US Catholic Church

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Over the past four months, Roman Catholic dioceses across the U.S. have released the names of more than 1,000 priests and others accused of sexually abusing children

Felony theft suspects sought

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City police are currently searching for two male suspects believed to be involved in a felony theft that occurred a local department store last month. On Dec. 20, investigators with

Truck overturns on I-10

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Traffic was delayed on Interstate 10 in Jennings early Thursday due to an overturned tractor-trailer. The incident happened in the westbound lanes near the La. 26 overpass, across from Camelot