Jennings News

With the Jennings VFW Post 3686 meeting their membership goals for the first time in many years, officials say they're ready to revitalize the organization and improve its facility at the western edge of town on U.S. 90.

Six-month-old GraceAnne Patrick enjoyed watching her big brother, Devin, play basketball for the Hathaway Hornets last week, almost as much as she enjoyed entertaining the fans with her funny faces.

If there's a secret to a successful marriage, a Welsh couple may have the answer.

Kristal Precht of Jennings was only 33 years old when she was diagnosed with Stage IV breast cancer - incurable but treatable.

The Jeff Davis Arts Council's 'Chip Off the Old Block Theatre' will be presenting their next production this weekend at the Strand Theatre in Jennings.

Santa Claus is coming to town - and he plans to pay a special visit to all four branches of the Jeff Davis Parish Library, as well as the library's traveling bookmobile and several parish schools.

The Jeff Davis Parish Sheriff's Office pulled over 171 motorists Friday as part of a Driving While Intoxicated Checkpoint funded by a grant from the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission .

Lindsay Orgeron pets Kelsey Royer's guinea pig during the 4-H Pet Show held Monday morning at the Parish Fairgrounds.

The death of a law enforcement officer in the line of duty always sends shockwaves through a community, and the death of Jennings Marshal Elihu Cameron Coffin in 1906 was no different.

The body of a 19-year-old Moss Bluff woman was found this morning in the city, according to a news release.

Reports of a truck in a ditch Thursday night in Jeff Davis Parish led to the discovery of a man who apparently had been shot to death.

Jennings police and the State Fire Marshal's Office have arrested a man accused of breaking a natural gas line in his ex-wife's home.

The online education charity DonorsChoose. org is highlighting a project request for classroom materials submitted by Carol Rougeau, a tenth grade teacher at Iota High School.

Thornwell was the place to be recently during the inaugural year of the Yellow Rail and Rice Festival.

Gavin Dupuis proudly holds his new baby sister, Bailee, who was born Tuesday, Nov.

Msgt. Jack A. Gillis of Jennings was born in Missouri in 1923, but because of his father's job with International Harvester Company, the family moved to France when Gillis was only 5 years old.

A vocal victims' advocate for the Jeff Davis Parish Eight - a group of local women whose drug-related killings remain unsolved after four years - found himself behind bars here this past weekend on drug charges.

The town park is not only a place for area residents to enjoy, but is also suddenly becoming a top tourist attraction.

Prime Time Family Reading Time is being held at Lacassine High on Thursday evenings.

Winners of the Jennings Daily News Halloween Costume Contest are Slade LeGros as BamBam, first place; Carson Landry as a martian, second place; and Brennen Fuqua as a spider.