Jennings Fire and Police departments responded to a vehicle fire earlier this week. Witnesses at the scene said when the owner started her vehicle, smoke immediately began billowing from the hood and droplets of fire fell from the engine. No injuries or damage to other vehicles were reported.
(AP) — In a first-of-its kind auction for the Gulf of Mexico, a company bid $5.6 million Tuesday to lease federal waters off the Louisiana coast for wind energy generation.
ELTON — The Elton Indians kick-started their football season last Thursday night by hammering the Gueydan Bears 36-0 in their abbreviated jamboree action. Now, the Indians have turned their attention to the Pickering Red Devils, their week one opponent. The Indians defeated the Red Devils in their opener a season ago, a win that snapped a long losing streak for the Indians. The two teams will meet at Cleve Beard Stadium Friday night. Coming off their preseason scrimmage. Elton Head Coach Marcus Lejeune said he saw a lot of improvement in their jamboree thrashing of the Honey Bears.
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PERRY, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Idalia made landfall Wednesday in Florida as a Category 3 storm and unleashed devastation along a wide stretch of the Gulf Coast, submerging homes and vehicles, turning streets into rivers, unmooring small boats and downing power lines before sweeping into Georgia.
JENNINGS — Audrey Mier Darcé, 87, a long-time resident of Jennings, died Aug. 28, 2023, at Calcutta House hospice in Lafayette, surrounded by her three children who had helped to care for her in recent years.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy expanded at a 2.1% annual pace from April through June, showing continued resilience in the face of higher borrowing costs for consumers and businesses, the government said Wednesday in a downgrade from its initial estimate.
BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) would like to remind dove hunters that opening day shooting hours on LDWF private dove field leases and Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) are the same as outside, one-half hour before sunrise to sunset. Dove season opens Saturday (Sept. 2).