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Lion's Club awards scholarship
Jennings Lions Club presented this year’s scholarship to recipient Ryleigh Daigle. Pictured from left are Dwayne Alcock, Randal Fuselier, Mike Fontenot, Ryleigh Daigle, Cheryl Huval and Donald Kratzer. The club gives $600 per semester of college scholarship to a winning Jennings High School Leo Club senior who meets the GPA and community service requirements along with providing an essay. The scholarship is good for all four years of college if recipients continue to meet the required college GPA threshold established by the Lion’s Club.
Regulators approve infrastructure upgrades to handle Meta data center
— Louisiana utility regulators on Wednesday approved Entergy Louisiana’s plan to build new natural gas plants and transmission lines to power a $10 billion Meta data center in Richland Parish.
Police comment on single-vehicle accident
“The driver hit a pole,” Semmes explained. “We initially thought he hit a house. There were also reports he was foaming at the mouth.”
POLICE REPORT
(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.)
Commission moves forward with proposal for landfill sale
The Jeff Davis Parish Landfill Commission recently approved moving forward with a Request for Proposal plan that will outline the selling of the JDP Landfill.
Beauboeuf honored for accomplishment
Louisiana State High School Teacher of the Year and Jennings High School Ag teacher Aaron Beaubouef was honored at the Jeff Davis Parish School Board meeting for his recent accomplishment. Superintendent John Hall said the teacher has been an integral part of the parish education system, even before he received the award.
Stop Running start healing
Drug addiction never felt like a prison sentence for 56-year-old Shannon Broussard Nixon of Jennings. Since childhood, life had always been punishment enough; drugs helped her escape it.
School board accepts end-of-year budget, new fiscal plan
One month into the new fiscal year, the Jeff Davis Parish School Board accepted the revised budget for 2024-25 and adopted an operating budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year this week.
HURRICANE ERIN STILL STIRRING UP DANGEROUS WAVES WHILE IT MOVES AWAY FROM EAST COAST
RODANTHE, N.C. (AP) — Hurricane Erin is starting to churn up big waves along the northeast coast after pelting North Carolina’s Outer Banks with strong winds and swells that flooded a few places on the barrier islands. The unusually large hurricane slowly began to move away from the East Coast on Thursday. Forecasters say it will slowly weaken over the next few days while turning farther out to sea. The menacing waves closed beaches from the Carolinas to New York City on Thursday.
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