VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — Authorities say they’re continuing to search for two missing hunters, two weeks after their boat was found capsized in the Mississippi River.
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — One of President-elect Joe Biden’s closest advisers tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday, according to his transition team.
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A sexual assault charged was dropped against New Orleans rapper Mystikal, who was released from jail on a $3 million bond almost two years ago.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has dismissed as premature a challenge to President Donald Trump’s plan to exclude people living in the country illegally from the population count used to allot states seats in the House of Representatives.
The Jeff Davis Parish School Board will meet in a special Dec. 30 meeting to decide if high school students will return to classes full-time beginning Jan. 4.
LACASSINE — With many care facilities closed to the public, it has been more difficult for service organizations to spread gifts and holiday cheer. The junior high 4-H club, however, found a way to make it happen.
In the Greenwood Cemetery in Jennings, there stands a monument to the sacrifices made by Union soldiers during the Civil War. This monument was restored to its former glory just three weeks ago.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional negotiators on the long-delayed $900 billion COVID-19 economic relief package worked through a handful of remaining holdups Thursday as they labored to seal a final agreement for more help to businesses and the unemployed and new stimulus payments to most Americans.
(AP) - Two of the owners of the company that makes OxyContin acknowledged to a congressional committee on Thursday that the powerful prescription painkiller has played a role in the national opioid crisis but stopped short of apologizing or admitting wrongdoing as they faced grilling during a rare appearance in a public forum.