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A DREAM COME TRUE

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A 14-year-old Hathaway resident is getting to live out her dreams of being an artist a little earlier than she expected after being chosen to illustrate a recently released children’s book.

Hathaway High School freshman Audrey Durio drew

Audrey Durio (above) drew and painted all 29 pages of “Bo and

Mo Have a Crawfish Boil.”

and painted all 29 of the pages of “Bo and Mo Have a Crawfish Boil” by Madeline Sanchez, released earlier this month.

Celebrating the Easter Season

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Students at First Baptist Church held an Easter bonnet parade Thursday before singing seasonal songs in a choir and hunting Easter eggs.

Jennings woman arrested in connection with child’s shooting

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A Jennings woman was arrested Thursday in connection with the accidental shooting of a 2-year-old boy March 24. Summer Chiasson, 33, of Jennings was arrested and charged with felony cruelty to juveniles, Jeff Davis Parish Sheriff’s Office Deputy Chief Chris Ivey said. Detectives began their investigation March 24 after a two-year-old boy was shot in the abdomen by a four-year-old in a Jennings apartment. During their investigation detectives found that a semi-automatic pistol was left unattended and unsecured in the home where four children under the age of five live, Ivey said.

Getting to know

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Succulent plants can enhance gardens, and they require minimal care and water.

Succulents can be just what indoor or outdoor gardens need. Even though succulents are becoming more popular, there are still some people who are unaware of their attributes. By learning more about succulents, people may become devotees of these unique plants.

McConnell looks to complete hemp’s comeback as crop

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wants a full pardon for hemp.

The Kentucky Republican recently previewed legislation seeking to free the plant from its ties to marijuana and let it take root as a legitimate crop.

Hemp — marijuana’s non-intoxicating cousin — would be removed from the controlled substances list under the bill he’s offering, McConnell said. The result would legalize hemp as an agricultural commodity.

“We’re going to give it everything we’ve got to pull it off,” the Senate’s top leader told hemp advocates in his home state.

LSU AgCenter schedules 8 produce, seafood marketing workshops

BATON ROUGE — The LSU AgCenter will conduct eight MarketReady producer training workshops for Louisiana farmers and fishers during spring and summer 2018.

The focus of the workshops is to assist local food producers in establishing a business strategy and effectively market to local restaurants and schools as well as grocers and wholesalers.

State’s hunting and fishing license overhaul wins support

BATON ROUGE (AP) — An overhaul of Louisiana’s recreational hunting and fishing licensing system that would pull more money out of some people’s pockets edged forward Wednesday in the Legislature.

With a 12-3 vote, the House natural resources committee sent the 40-page bill to the House floor for debate.

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is pushing the licensing redesign as a regulatory streamlining initiative. The 117 recreational hunting and fishing licenses currently offered would drop to 39.

Groundbreaking held for $14M Bollinger Canopy of Peace

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A groundbreaking was held for the $14 million Bollinger Canopy of Peace, which will serve as the defining architectural feature of the National World Museum and the newest distinctive addition to the New Orleans skyline, news outlets reported.

Work began Wednesday on the bright white canopy that’ll be about a dozen stories high, news outlets reported.

The Canopy_a steel lattice framework supporting Teflon-coated fiberglass panels_will be 482 feet

Bonnets on Parade

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Study: Armed security officers on the rise in US schools

WASHINGTON (AP) — Armed security officers are becoming more prevalent at America’s schools, according to a federal study released Thursday amid a heated debate over whether teachers and other school officials should carry guns.

Armed officers were present at least once a week in 43 percent of all public schools during the 2015-16 school year, compared with 31 percent of schools a decade before, according to data from a survey conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics.