Local 2-year-old boys Graham Myers and Ellis Bull will head to New York City soon to take on the Big Apple for National Down Syndrome Society’s Time Square video presentation. The boys’ picture was selected out of nearly 3,000 entries to be a part of a one-hour video of over 500 photographs.
The Jennings Police Department arrested an area man Thursday after he fled from the scene of an accident. In the early afternoon on Thursday, JPD responded to a call about a vehicle smashing into the side of a commercial building on Elton Road in Jennings.
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Director Michael Staton said construction has been challenging but the addition is coming along nicely.
Jennings Police Department’s Patrol Division made multiple narcotics arrests earlier this week stemming from a domestic disturbance call.
(AP) — Voters across the U.S. aren't just casting ballots this fall for president and other top offices. They'll also vote on dozens of contentious issues involving life, health, crime and taxes. More than 140 ballot measures are going before voters in the general election. They include constitutional amendments in at least nine states to enshrine abortion rights. Numerous proposals would change voting procedures. In several states, voters will decide questions on raising their minimum wage, cutting property taxes and legalizing marijuana for adults. Other measures seek to toughen state enforcement of immigration and crime laws.
(AP) — Airports, highways, beaches and theme parks are expected to be packed across the U.S. this Labor Day weekend as a lot Americans mark the unofficial end of summer the same way they celebrated the season’s unofficial start: by traveling. After what’s already been a record-breaking summer for air travel, the Transportation Security Administration predicted its agents would screen more than 17 million people during a holiday period that started Thursday and runs through next Wednesday, about 8% more than last year.
BATON ROUGE — Gov. Jeff Landry signed an executive order earlier this week preventing the use of critical race theory in Louisiana’s Kindergarten through 12th-grade public education system.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tesla's federal court challenge to a Louisiana law that prohibits automobile manufacturers from selling directly to consumers has been revived by an appeals court.
LAKE CHARLES — Those looking to honor the memory of a loved one will have an opportunity this Saturday.
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