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Vendors lined Lake Arthur Park during Saturday’s Art in the Park event, where more than 40 booths offered handmade goods, food and specialty items along the lakefront. John Johnson also performed throughout the day as visitors shopped, relaxed and sampled dishes from cook-off competitors, including jambalaya, pastalaya and pork tongue in gravy under the pavilion. Locals and visitors alike browsed booths, enjoyed favorites like crab bomb sandwiches and Cajun egg rolls, and picked up new artwork during the free annual event held beneath the park’s cooling oak trees.

The community is invited to keep the party going for the next installment of the free concert series Turn It Up Tuesday.

Crews with the Department of Transportation and Development recently installed a new overhead railroad signal on La. 26 in Jennings. Now, motorists will have enhanced visibility when a train is passing through the city.

(Editor’s Note: An arrest does not indicate whether a person is guilty of the crime with which they have been charged. A person is not considered guilty until they are convicted of a crime in a court of law.)