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High stakes as 2-month sprint to Election Day begins

WASHINGTON (AP) — Control of Congress and the future of Donald Trump’s presidency are on the line as the primary season closes this week, jumpstarting a two-month sprint to Election

New Miss America glad she didn’t have to don swimsuit to win

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The first woman to win the Miss America crown without having to don a swimsuit says she’s glad she didn’t have to. Nia Imani Franklin,

North Korea wraps up 70th anniversary with mass rally

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Tens of thousands of North Korean students rallied in Pyongyang’s Kim Il Sung Square on Monday night in the final major event of the country’s

Sweden faces weeks of uncertainty after close election

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden was looking at weeks of uncertainty and complex coalition talks after the country’s two rival blocs failed to secure a clear governing majority in elections that

Texas officer faces manslaughter charge in neighbor’s death

DALLAS (AP) — A white Dallas police officer who shot and killed a black neighbor in his home and later said she mistook his apartment for her own parked on

Recorded in History

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(Editor’s Note: When America was attacked by terrorists the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, seniors in an English IV class at Iota High School were instructed to chronicle the tragedy

Unsafe properties to be discussed at today’s meeting

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The city will be discussing the possible demolition and cleanup of two properties in Jennings that have been declared unsafe. Last week city council members added to the agenda for

Cheering On the Bulldogs

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Jennings woman arrested for setting home on fire with sister inside

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The Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal (LOSFM) has arrested a Jennings woman for setting her rental home on fire, with her sister inside, following an argument with her boyfriend.

New Orleans bakery known for poor boy loaves quietly closes

New Orleans bakery known for poor boy loaves quietly closes

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A beloved New Orleans neighborhood bakery, known in the city for loaves of bread used to make “poor boy” sandwiches, has closed.

The New Orleans Advocate reports that a retail shop attached to the Alois J. Binder Bakery closed without fanfare several weeks ago. And deliveries of Binder’s poor boy loaves to groceries abruptly stopped this week. The newspaper was unable to reach proprietors for comment.