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The Jennings High School Homecoming parade will take place at 2 p.m. on Friday, Sept.

Fall is the ideal time to prepare for a spring strawberry harvest, and the Jeff Davis Parish LSU AgCenter is offering bare-root strawberry plants for sale to local gardeners and producers. The variety available this year is Fronteras, a shortday strawberry variety well suited to Gulf Coast growing conditions and fall planting.

A 10-year-old girl’s quick thinking and courage helped save her mother’s life after she called 911 to report that her mother was overdosing in a Jennings home, according to Police Chief Danny Semmes. The Jennings Police Department responded to the call at a residence on West Street on Monday.

The Jeff Davis Parish Sanitary Landfill Commission approved an agreement Friday resolving several outstanding issues with Republic Services less than a week before proposals are due for the landfill’s next operating contract.

Louisiana State Police are investigating a deputy-involved shooting that occurred Monday night in Jennings after deputies responded to a reported armed robbery involving a knife. According to the Louisiana State Police Bureau of Investigations, detectives with the Criminal Investigations Division’s Sulphur Field Office were requested by the Jeff Davis Parish Sheriff’s Office at approximately 9:15 p.m.

Jeff Davis Parish officials are recommending Metalplate Galvanizing repay the full amount of taxes associated with years in which the company did not meet the employment and payroll requirements of its Industrial Tax Exemption Program agreement.