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'MOST OF ALL, WE NEED PRAYER'

A Jennings family is facing hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical bills and home renovations after a 14-year-old sustained a gunshot wound that left him partially paralyzed.

Hunner LeBlanc was injured last week in an accidental shooting at a home on J.B. Farm Road in Jennings. While the boy is facing an uphill battle, his grandfather Alan Babineaux of Castex said his survival and prognosis are nothing short of a miracle.

Power of the Sun

Fourth grade students at Jennings Elementary learned how energy comes in one form and can transfer to another. To demonstrate this process, students experimented with solar energy.

Head Starts Holds Unity March

Ahead of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, students and faculty at Save the Children Head Start participated in a Unity March Wednesday to demonstrate the importance of joining together

END OF BAIT & FEED?

A group of Jeff Davis Parish crawfish farmers have asked the parish to “level the playing field” when it comes to taxation on certain crawfish supplies. Crawfish farmer Don Gauthier

Child abuse suspect apprehended

Authorities have located a fugitive who is suspected of physically abusing a 5-yearold. Justin Brock King, 33, of Turkey Creek was apprehended Tuesday by U.S. Marshals in the Ville Platte

HHS sophomore invited to Yale program

HATHAWAY - Hard work and dedication throughout high school sets the stage for future career paths. One student’s academic excellence has earned him a special invitation to a prestigious university.

Annual crops, cattle forum set for Feb. 26 in Alexandria

ALEXANDRIA • Farmers can get the latest research updates and recertify private pesticide applicator licenses at a crops and cattle forum set for Feb. 26 at the State Evacuation Shelter in Alexandria.

“Format changes in the program this year are aimed to broaden our outreach by including information to benefit both crop and cattle producers in the region,” said LSU AgCenter agent Justin Dufour.

THIS WEEK’S BEST BETS

Sunday, Jan. 20 NFL Football: AFC and NFC Championship Games

FOX & CBS, beginning at 3pm Live The two teams competing in Super Bowl LIII (Feb. 3, CBS) are determined today as the NFC Championship Game between the L.A. Rams and the New Orleans Saints airs on FOX,followed by the AFC Championship Game between the New England Patriots and the Kansas City Chiefs on CBS.

“Jurassic Park” Marathon Syfy, beginning at 5:05pm

Lawsuits ramp up pressure on family that owns opioid company

(AP) - The legal pressure on the prominent family behind the company that makes OxyContin, the prescription painkiller that helped fuel the nation’s opioid epidemic, is likely to get more intense.

The Sackler family came under heavy scrutiny this week when a legal filing in a Massachusetts case gave detailed allegations that they and company executives sought to push prescriptions of the drug and downplay its risks. Those revelations are likely to be a preview of the claims in a series of expanding legal challenges.

JDN TO FEATURE BOY SCOUTS

Jennings Daily News will highlight local Boy Scout groups and their activities in a special page to be published with its Wednesday, Feb. 6 edition. All local groups are encouraged to submit information and pictures about Scout activities that took place in the last year or activities that are upcoming. There is no cost to submit items. All information and photos should be received by the newspaper by 3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30.