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Fall Fest Gumbo

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The Annual Fall Fest Gumbo was held Friday, Oct. 26, at the Welsh Community Center. The event was sponsored by Jeff Davis Parish Sheriff Ivy Woods and the Council on Aging. Seniors were treated to a gumbo for lunch. Other activities included bingo and a raffle.

Leaders & Literature

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This week, elected officials and community leaders read books to the young students at Save the Children Head Start in Jennings. The reading event was part of activities held this week in recognition of Head Start Awareness Month. Shown above are (clockwise from top left) JDP Schools Supervisor Ben Oustalet, Jennings Mayor Henry Guinn and Welsh Mayor Carolyn Louviere.

Water meter project enters second phase

The city is currently reviewing bids for the installation of electronic water meters across Jennings. Mayor Henry Guinn said the advertising period closed Oct. 17, giving his office 30 days

Toys for Tots applications available

Christmas preparations are already underway. For some less fortunate families, there is a program to help provide gifts for young children. Once again, the ASSIST Agency and the U.S. Marines

I-10 UNDER CONSTRUCTION

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PJ reviewing bids for Beaufort Street bridge

Jeff Davis Police Jurors are currently reviewing bids for the work needed to replace the Beaufort Street bridge in Welsh. The bridge has been closed since July due to structural

Medical pot delayed as state must now do tests

BATON ROUGE (AP) — One of two licensed marijuana growers in Louisiana says patients might have to wait two months later than hoped for medical pot products to be available

N.O. museum shows art collected by namesake duke

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Museum of Art is winding up the city’s tricentennial with an exhibition of dozens of paintings collected by the man the city is

Mail-bomb scare widens; packages to Biden, DeNiro seized

WASHINGTON (AP) — The mail-bomb scare widened Thursday as law enforcement officials seized three more suspicious packages — two addressed to former Vice President Joe Biden and one to actor

Killer of Utah student called himself ‘womanizing manipulator’

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A sex offender who killed a University of Utah student he briefly dated once said at a parole hearing that he was a womanizer who