WELSH — The Welsh Board of Aldermen and Mayor Karl Arceneaux met with property owner Marcus Prudhomme this week to make a final decision on a blighted property located on Martin Luther King Street.
The Jeff Davis Parish Zoning Commission approved a rezoning request by Texas Material Group for a parcel of property in the Silverwood area. With police jury approval, the property could be rezoned from A1-agriculture to I1-light industrial for a retail concrete and asphalt batch plant shop, truck and storage yard.
IOWA — Authorities are investigating a shot fired into a tribal elected official’s home over the weekend.
Hathaway resident Blaise Lopez casts his ballot at the Registrar of Voters Office in Jennings. Early voting continues through Saturday ahead of the election on Nov. 14.
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(The Center Square) — The prolonged government shutdown has disrupted the National Flood Insurance Program, leaving roughly half a million Louisiana policyholders in limbo and complicating property sales, U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy said recently.
(The Center Square) — With the ongoing government shutdown dragging on for a record-breaking period of time, U.S. lawmakers are introducing bills to make shutdowns as painful for Congress as they are for federal workers.
The streets of Jennings were full of the cutest, cookiest and scariest costumes on All Hallows Eve, all in the name of candy. From schools to Main Street and everywhere in between, everyone in the area was able to get into the holiday spirit.
A collaborative book effort honoring the heroic service of local veterans was recently published by Jennings High School 1967 alumnus Dave Precht called In Country: War Stories from Jennings Vietnam Veterans.
ELTON — Residents and local business owners are invited to a meeting tonight to discuss options for keeping the town’s recreational area open without imposing a financial burden on an already cashstrapped municipal budget.
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