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ELTON — Officials here were presented with a proposition this week to rename a street in honor of a hometown hero.

WELSH — Two significant road projects here are well on their way to kicking off, which will be beneficial to the community in numerous ways.

(The Center Square) — Nothing like Helene, and nothing like three hurricanes making landfall in 66 days.

(AP) — Lane Kiffin left his one-loss Ole Miss team to become the coach at LSU on Sunday, taking over a program that has won national titles under three of its previous four coaches while saying he would have stayed to coach the Rebels in the postseason had he been allowed to.

The Cajun Family Chapter of Cajun French Music Association is hosting their first Christmas Cajun dance Saturday, Dec. 13, starting at 7 p.m. at Friends Supporting Friends event center, located at 1603 U.S. 90 West.

— With the Trump administration taking steps to curb food stamp fraud, some fiscal watchdogs argue that shifting the consequences of fraud from the federal government to states is the only long-term solution.

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Members of the Jeff Davis Parish Landfill Commission are currently split on pursuing a landfill sale option for maintaining revenue and service expectations.

It’s Christmas time and the big jolly fellow dressed in northern fashions’ finest wear is making his way around Jeff Davis Parish next week, with several stops children surely won’t want to miss. Children will get the chance to see Santa and Mrs. Claus, drop last minute hints on Christmas wishes all while enjoying cookies, hot cocoa, fun and pictures.

ELTON — Officials here are excited to see significant progress with a program aimed at minimizing blight throughout the town, as the demolition project nears the end.