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Jingle All the Way to begin Nov. 18

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Over a dozen local businesses joined together in recent years as the Jennings Independent Merchants (JIM). The group helps to support and promote small businesses. “We are the brick-and mortar-shops,

Veterans Home to host vehicle show

The Southwest Louisiana Veterans Home will host a gathering for car, truck and bike enthusiasts as a way to raise funds for residents’ activities. The event is slated for Saturday,

JDSO holds active shooter exercise

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The Jeff Davis Parish Sheriff’s Office held the first of two active shooter exercises Saturday with members of the Jennings Police Department and Jennings Fire Department. The exercise was held

TOWN BRIEFS

November 15 JDART Meeting Jeff Davis Area Retired Teachers will meet at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, at First United Methodist Church in Welsh. The program will include a memorial

How to cook for people with various dietary needs

Breaking bread with friends and family is the perfect recipe for a fun day or evening. However, even the most experienced party hosts may struggle with ways to cater to

Mississippi senator's public hanging remark draws rebuke

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A newly published video shows a white Republican U.S. senator in Mississippi praising someone by saying: “If he invited me to a public hanging, I’d be on the front row.”

Sen. Cindy Hyde- Smith, who faces a black Democratic challenger in a Nov. 27 runoff, said Sunday that her Nov. 2 remark was “an exaggerated expression of regard” for a friend who invited her to speak, and “any attempt to turn this into a negative connotation is ridiculous.”

Grim search for more fire victims; 31 dead across California

PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — The death toll from the wildfire that incinerated Paradise and surrounding areas climbed to 29 — matching the mark for the deadliest single blaze in California

Mishaps, protests and litigation overshadow Fla. recount

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Mishaps, protests and litigation are overshadowing the vote recount in Florida’s pivotal races for governor and Senate, reviving memories of the 2000 presidential fiasco in

New way of voting faces test in Maine congressional district

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The election drew to a close last week in most places but not in fishing villages, potato farms and vast tracts of wilderness that comprise Maine’s

‘Am I dreaming?’

PARIS (AP) — A hundred years later, their words can still pierce hearts. Fighters writing home from opposing front lines of World War I, a Chinese laborer marveling at the