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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.

A new Jeff Davis Parish safe room building is moving forward in the architectural phase.

The Jeff Davis Parish School Board Finance Committee began discussions earlier this week on paying certified teachers and support staff a stipend check before members ultimately decided to table the matter.

WELSH — Changes are coming to Jeff Davis Parish Libraries that will provide residents with more studying, meeting and payment options.