An authentic Cajun Mardi Gras costume is on display at the Gator Chateau and Visitor Center in Jennings. The origins of Mardi Gras costumes come not from the U.S. but rather, like Mardi Gras itself, Europe.
(Editor’s Note: One Year Later is a new Jennings Daily News series of stories from the past that offer readers perspective on just how far Jeff Davis has come as a community on issues from hurricane recovery and the pandemic to the census and economic development. The stories are reprinted exactly as they ran.)
(AP) — Gas stoves are contributing more to global warming than previously thought because of constant tiny methane leaks while they’re off, a new study found.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — He told his family and a few friends. He dropped hints to a couple of colleagues. So hardly anyone knew that the airline pilot could have — should have — been on board when SpaceX launched its first tourists into orbit last year.
(AP) — Democrats stung by a series of election year failures to deliver legislative wins for their most loyal voters hope they will be buoyed by the prospect of President Joe Biden naming the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court.