LACASSINE — A meeting to bring awareness to Jeff Davis Parish residents of risks associated with proposed underground storage of concentrated carbon dioxide in Southwest Louisiana is scheduled for Thursday.
The Jeff Davis Parish Council on Aging held their annual Crew de Wise Mardi Gras celebration Friday at the Lacassine Community Center. Revelers enjoyed jambalaya, music by The Backdoor Band and Cajun dancing in festive Mardi Gras outfits.
A public meeting will be held on Monday to discuss changing the name of the Jennings High School football stadium from Jerry Simmons Stadium to Bulldog Stadium.
During the recent Jeff Davis Parish School Board meeting, a former Jennings Elementary School teacher addressed the board in search of clarity and justice for his August termination.
Cajun music enthusiasts will have an opportunity to watch players display their talents as the Southwest Louisiana Cajun Music Jam has worked to bring back a long running competition, after a few years hiatus.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Donald Trump’s envoy to Ukraine and Russia says he's held “extensive and positive discussions” with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy about the three-year war. He praised the Ukrainian leader as an “embattled and courageous leader of a nation at war.” Retired U.S. Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg struck a positive tone Friday after saying it was “a long and intense day” of talks with Ukraine’s senior leadership.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Washington has allowed President Donald Trump’s mass firings of federal workers to move forward. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper decided Thursday he could not grant a motion from unions representing the workers to stop the layoffs, though he acknowledged chaos caused by Trump's blitz of secondterm executive actions. The judge found the unions' lawsuit amounted to an employment dispute and must follow a different complaint process outlined in federal employment law. The ruling comes as thousands of federal government employees are laid off. Trump's Republican administration argued the unions failed to show they're facing the kind of irreparable, immediate harm that would justify an emergency order stopping layoffs.
EVANGELINE — The Catholic Daughters Association for St. Jules and St. Joseph Catholic churches will be holding its annual Mardi Gras celebration from 5-10 p.m. on Saturday. The event is being held at the St. Joseph Family Life Center, located at 1400 Old Evangeline Hwy.
A new Jeff Davis Parish safe room building is moving forward in the architectural phase.
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