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Tonn Receives 2018 Jeff Davis Soil & Water Conservation Award

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Mr. Cutter Tonn, son of Robert and Tammy Tonn of Lacassine, was presented the 2018 Jefferson Davis Soil & Water Conservation Award by Mr. Joe Tupper; Supervisor from the Jefferson Davis Soil and Water Conservation District. Mr. Tonn was selected for this award from a field of very talented seniors from Jeff Davis Parish. His application was sent to the state where he competed with seniors from all of the 44 conservation districts in the state for the Louisiana Association of Conservation Districts Scholarship.

Boys meant to stay one hour in cave, but rains began

CHIANG RAI, Thailand (AP) — The boys meant to explore the cave for just an hour, a casual jaunt to relax after soccer practice, but the waters rose. The teammates climbed higher, using their hands to feel the walls for a crawl space that would lead to safer, higher ground. Those handprints were among the first signs of where the boys were, what they had done to escape the floods, and what dangers rescuers would face in their mission to save the boys and their coach.

Demonstrators march against Trump, mock with balloon

LONDON (AP) — A giant balloon depicting U.S. President Donald Trump as a screaming orange baby flew over London Friday as tens of thousands marched through the streets to protest the American leader’s visit to the U.K.

The diaper-clad infant, with a quiff of hair and a mobile phone for tweeting, was the centerpiece of demonstrations protesting Trump’s policies on issues ranging from immigration and race relations to women and climate change.

Angry watchdog slams ex-HHS chief on costly travel

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government wasted at least $341,000 on travel by ousted Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, including booking charter flights without considering cheaper scheduled airlines, an agency watchdog said Friday.

The HHS inspector general’s long-awaited report chastised the department for flouting federal travel rules, which require officials to book trips in the most cost-efficient way for taxpayers.

Appeals court hears challenge to Texas campus carry law

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Attorneys for three University of Texas professors asked a federal appeals court Wednesday to revive their challenge of a law allowing people with concealed-handgun licenses to

Government probing ‘new information’ in Emmett Till slaying

(AP) — The federal government has reopened its investigation into the slaying of Emmett Till, the black teenager whose brutal killing in Mississippi shockead the world and helped inspire the

US says all eligible youngest children, families reunited

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration says all eligible small children separated from their families as a result of its zero-tolerance immigration policy have been reunited with their parents. But

Kavanaugh reports modest finances, debt repayment

WASHINGTON (AP) — The vetting of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is just beginning, but his public financial disclosures make one thing clear: He’s not as wealthy as many already

Trump questions value of NATO

BRUSSELS (AP) — Under fire for his warm embrace of Russia’s Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump jolted the NATO summit Wednesday by turning a spotlight on Germany’s ties to Russia

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