Parishioners gathered at churches throughout the parish, including Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Church, to celebrate Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent. Also known as the Day of Ashes, the Wednesday following Mardi Gras is a day of repentance when Christians prepare for 40 days of penance leading to Easter Sunday. Each member left services with a cross of ashes on their forehead made from blessed palm branches – a practice that dates back to eighth-century Roman Catholic practices.
The Jeff Davis Parish Police Jury added a resolution supporting local option authority regarding carbon capture and storage (CCS) facilities to its upcoming agenda. The resolution joins other parish police juries in Southwest Louisiana seeking more local authority to approve or deny carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration activity in parishes due to concerns over water contamination risks and seizure of private property rights.
LAKE ARTHUR — The town council has accepted a bid for the demolition of 24 blighted properties, funded by a $250,000 clearance grant aimed at improving the appearance and safety of the town.
WELSH — The Welsh Board of Aldermen met this week to discuss rezoning a neighborhood and a street rehabilitation project to pave a few gravel roads in the town’s corporate limits.
Marcus Davis is running for the District A Jennings City Council seat on March 29. He is campaigning with the slogan, “New vision, new voice, Marcus Davis for City Council District A.” “I am running for city council because just like you, I’m tired of all the noise and no action,” Davis explained. “Just like you, I have kids and family and want the best for all of us – no matter where the lines are drawn in our city.” Davis continued by saying he appreciates the growth Jennings has seen in recent years but he also believes projects should be beneficial to all residents. “We all understand economic growth and development and that some city projects are necessities because they focus on health, safety and the well-being of all,” he said. “But what about those that don’t? It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see not everything is fair and equal around town and that some projects are better left right on the drawing board where they started. At present, Jennings is no ‘TV’s Mayberry, N.C.,’ but we can get there together by working hard.” When it comes to the people in his district, Davis said he is all in. The councilman hopeful wants to make a better community for his constituents.
(The Center Square) — U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy is calling on the Department of the Treasury to crack down on international financing that he says is actively harming the domestic shrimp industry.
(TheCenterSquare) —The Senate Select Committee on Women and Children heard from various department representatives concerning child sexual abuse investigation procedures, juvenile sex tracking cases and the increase in arrests and convictions based on new programs set in place throughout the state.
