Doris Maricle

Welsh-Roanoke Junior High School librarian Shanna Giillett has been awarded a $1,500 Dollar General Literacy Grant to replace aging books in the library’s Newbery book collection. She hopes to debut a “Newbery New Year” section in January to introduce more students to the collection which includes “Julie of the Wolves,” “Where the Red Fern Grows” and “Red Badge of Courage” and more. (Doris Maricle / American Press) Students at Welsh-Roanoke (WAR) Junior High School in Jeff Davis Parish will soon have a new reason to enjoy reading.

Welsh City Hall is located at 112 S Adams St. (Special to the American Press) The Welsh Board of Aldermen on Tuesday voted to increase the pay for the next mayor and slate of aldermen beginning in January.

An Allen Parish couple has been arrested after their 2-month-old infant was taken to a hospital with multiple fractures.

Jeff Davis Parish Mosquito Abatement District No. 1 inspectors Mena Benoit and Willie Broussard count mosquitoes collected from traps located throughout the parish. Samples are collected twice a week from the traps to track the mosquito population and to test for mosquito-borne diseases. (Doris Maricle / American Press)

Jennings police are investigating after a female bicyclist was killed in a hit-and-run accident late Tuesday near Interstate 10 and La. 26. “It is believed to have happened sometime last night near the I-10 Service Road,” Police Chief Danny Semmes said. The victim’s body was discovered in a ditch on the Service Road near the […]

(Special to the American Press) A voluntary evacuation has been issued for low ying areas of Jeff Davis Parish ahead of the rainfall projected for the next 36-48 hours due to Tropical Storm Francine. The Jefferson Davis Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness will be posting updates.

The Allen Parish School Board is located at 111 West 7th Ave. in Oberlin. (Special to the American Press) The Allen Parish School Board has approved additional funding for employee salary supplements that will be paid later this month.

(Metro Creative Services) The Jennings Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding a vehicle they believe is connected to a deadly hit-and-run.

(Metro Creative Services) The Jeff Davis Parish Registrar of Voters Office will host a series of Voter Registration Drives this week as part of the statewide Voter Registration Week.

Two men accused in the fatal shooting of a Lacassine couple nearly six years ago are facing more than 50 years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter charges as part of a plea deal reducing their charges in district court. Jordan Alexander Legros, 27, of Welsh and Javari Wayne Guidry, 29, of Houston and […]