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WELSH — Officials with the Town of Welsh are alerting residents to a planned power outage that will affect certain neighborhoods throughout today.

WELSH — A benefit with lunch, music and live and silent auctions will be held for two-year-old Lucy LeBlanc starting at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Welsh Fire Hut/Welsh Park, located at 115 West Grove St.

(The Center Square) — The Louisiana Legislature began the tedious and painstaking process on Wednesday of considering the monumental tax reforms proposed by Gov. Jeff Landry in a special session.

“Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”

(StatePoint) While gathering for Thanksgiving is intended to be a joyous occasion, everyone who has hosted the feast knows it can also come with a lot of stress, and expenses.

WELSH — Welsh town officials met this week to approve a measure that would allow funds from Welsh Economic Development District 1 to be deposited in an account to keep them separate from other monies. Mayor Karl Arceneaux asked the Welsh Board of Alderman to consider opening a special checking account at JD Bank for the dedicated tax. The district allows the town to recoup monies spent on infrastructure for any businesses that move into the area. “This will allow us to better track the funds dedicated to paying us back for the sewer lift station, electrical transformers and any road improvements the DOTD (Department of Transportation and Development) would make us do,” he said. The new district encompasses the north side of Interstate 10 — just north of Henderson Implement, where the new truck stop, C-Store Blaze, is located — a

Jeff Davis Parish voters hit the polls Tuesday to cast their ballots in favor of various items, including the President of the United States, mayors in Elton and Fenton, aldermen and one constitutional amendment.