(The Center Square) — State and federal officials have confirmed a case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a backyard flock in Bossier Parish, marking the first case in domestic birds in Louisiana during the ongoing outbreak that began in February 2022.
— The Capital Area Road and Bridge District's planned project for Interstate 49 expansion and a new Mississippi River bridge in Baton Rouge remains on track despite shifts in scheduling, funding and new federal environmental requirements.
— Louisiana students in kindergarten through third grade improved their reading proficiency by 2.3 percentage points on a literacy screener given at the beginning of this school year.
A crowd gathered from across the region at the Southwest Louisiana Veterans Cemetery to adorn the gravestones of our country’s heroes. Every year, Wreaths Across America receives donations of fresh Christmas wreaths to be set in front of veteran gravestones in cemeteries across the nation and Normandy. The movement started in 2004 when a picture showed thousands of wreaths adorning the oldest graves stones at Arlington cemetery.
COUNTRY CHRISTMAS ON THE LAKE
The community of Welsh came together on Saturday to turn the downtown area into a winter wonderland. A parade kicked off the night with many floats throwing candy, trinkets and other fun surprises to eager residents.
The Town of Elton hosted its annual Christmas festival over the weekend, complete with a parade down Main Street. Town officials, area royalty and local businesses, along with the Basile High and Welsh High school marching bands shared their Christmas spirit in celebration of the upcoming holiday.
Crowds gathered in historic downtown Jennings for the annual Christmas parade on Friday. Various organizations, businesses, officials and residents decorated cars, floats, tractors, side by sides and vehicles with lights and festive decorations, much to the delight of attendees.
The City of Jennings and the Jennings Fire Department provided a spectacular pyrotechnic show from the Jennings Airport. As a holiday tradition, fireworks are set off each year following the Christmas parade.
Anyone can be a victim of crime, especially around the holidays, and parish law enforcement wants to give residents the best possibility of avoiding it.
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