Middle Banner

Catching a cold or getting the flu can happen any time of year, but the height of cold and flu season requires extra precaution. Flu activity often increases in the fall and peaks between December and January, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

(AP) — The U.S. military has launched its secret space plane on another mission that's expected to last at least a couple of years. Known as the X-37B, the mini space shuttle blasted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Thursday aboard a SpaceX rocket. The Space Force's reusable, robotic craft is carrying classified experiments. There's no one on board. It's the seventh flight since its debut in 2010. Altogether, the program has logged more than 10 years in orbit. The last mission lasted 2 1/2 years.

ELTON — Residents and commercial water customers here will soon see a change in the water billing cycle and payments.

Duringtherecentspecialmeeting, members of the Jeff Davis Police Jury (JDPJ) met and formed the selection and interview committee responsible for overseeing the new parish administrative position, which will be filled sometime in the spring of 2024.

NEW YORK (AP) — People hoping to leave problems and bad memories behind with the waning year have converged on Times Square for “Good Riddance Day.” It's a promotional pre-New Year’s Eve event that offers the public a chance to, at least symbolically, throw out burdens and peeves. On Thursday, people wrote down things they hoped to leave behind, and a magician set the papers ablaze with a grill lighter. What were some of those things? Anger issues, medical bills, work stress, insecurities, taxes and regrets. People also listed bad habits, bad hair days, COVID19, worrying about what other people think and the “negativity of 2023.”