Over the weekend, nearly 500 Native American dancers competed in the 27th annual Coushatta Powwow. In addition to dancers, native drum circles from tribes across the nation attended, playing traditional music for the competitors to dance.
“If they were misleading the parish about the money, are they then misleading the community about the risks to the water?” Allen Parish Police Juror Roland Hollins recently informed Jeff Davis Parish Police Jury of carbon capture projects that could potentially release carbon dioxide into ground water.
The City of Jennings, along with a group of residents with a passion for local history, is inviting the community to come out and honor the city’s founder, Sylvester L. Cary.
ELTON — Residents here will soon reap the benefits of a major telecommunications project on their refurbished water tower thanks to a contract with a national phone carrier that was a year in the making.
LAKE ARTHUR — The board of alderman recently tabled a motion to grant a peddler license for Rita’s Creole Family Kitchen food truck. The food truck business is owned by Rita Fields of Lake Charles that would have barbeque, seafood and snow cones available when the truck is located in the town. But it is not intended as a permanent venue as of now, according to Mayor Sampson “Poncho” Lejeune.
Jeff Davis Parish District Attorney Lauren Heinen recently released a conviction update for February and March.
WOODLAWN — The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development announced this week the J-Turns at the intersection of U.S. 165 and La. 101 are now open.
Quiet study offered at Jennings library
BATON ROUGE — Louisiana State Treasurer John Fleming, M.D., recently announced 27,842 unclaimed property checks totaling $5.1 million will be mailed out on Thursday, June 13.
The Louisiana Federation of American Women in association with the Jeff Davis Parish Republican Women held a scholarship award assembly at their recent meeting. Graduating students from throughout the parish wrote essays on election integrity, competing for a first-place prize of $500, second place of $300 and third place of $200. Students do not have to be Republican or female to compete for the essay scholarships. Criteria is based on senior students’ GPA, grammar, essay content and quality, community involvement and personal statement.
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