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Special to the American Press Keep Louisiana Beautiful and Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser have announces the 2024-2025 grants for local sheriffs’ departments. In total, $350,000 was distributed to sheriffs’ offices in Cameron, East Feliciana, Jackson, Lincoln, Livingston, St. Helena and Winn parishes. This grant is designed to support sheriffs’ efforts to increase litter removal cycles. “Louisiana Sheriffs’ Departments are stepping up and prioritizing…

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Cameron Sheriff's Office awarded grant in litter fight - American Press

U.S. Congressman Clay Higgins, R-Louisiana, is calling for election integrity ahead of the approaching presidential election. With just three weeks before the Nov. 5 election, Higgins is pushing for tighter measures to safeguard against voter corruption and prevent illegal immigrants from voting in federal elections. “The Save (Safeguard American Voters Eligibility) Act was a beautiful legislation,” Higgins said speaking during a town hall meeti…

Higgins: Election integrity at risk due to open border policies - American Press

(World Oil) –  Woodside has finalized the acquisition of Tellurian Inc. and its U.S. Gulf Coast Driftwood LNG development for approximately $900 million in cash, or $1.00 per share, with an implied enterprise value of $1.2 billion.  The Driftwood LNG project has been renamed Woodside Louisiana LNG. Located in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, it is a pre-final investment decision (FID) LNG production and export terminal with a total permitted capacity

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Visitors will step back in time Saturday as they get a glimpse into how rice was harvested in the early 1990s during the Welsh Threshermen’s Association’s Old Time Rice Threshing Day. Welsh Threshermen’s Association member Scott Cormier said the farmers will recreate the threshing and binding of rice using antique farm equipment, just like it was harvested between the early 1910s and the late 1940s. “Our mission in presenting the event is to pre…

Preserving the past: Rice Threshing Day to allow visitors to step back into time - American Press

The beauty salon — your grandmother probably called it a beauty parlor — has long been a cultural hub, an unofficial source of news (or tales), and a place to get the hair “done.” It is in this setting that Donald Thomas’ new stage play, “I Don’t Like My Mama,” unfolds. He calls the title a “hint” of what the show is about, and yeah, he admits it’s good marketing, too. The main character Bernadine is a single mother and grandmother. Her husband …

‘I Don’t Like My Mama’ has heart, spiritual message - American Press

The Calcasieu Parish School Board approved the sales tax supplement for teachers and support staff at the monthly meeting on Tuesday. Each year, CPSB divides excess sales tax funds that accumulated in the general gund to provide one-time salary supplements for CPSB employees. Teachers will receive a $7,185 supplement, and faculty and staff will receive a $5,030 supplement on October paychecks. Part-time workers will receive one-half of their rol…

School Board approves supplement payments for teachers, support staff - American Press

When it comes to dancing, it’s the man who leads. When it comes to initiating dance lessons, it’s often the woman who takes charge. “After their wives and girlfriends get them here, it takes one or two minutes for the guys to relax and start smiling,” Rody Broussard said. Broussard is a local ballroom and country and western dance instructor who describes dance as an art and a science. “Some people feel the music and some people, you teach the p…

From two-step to tango: One man's mission to get Louisiana on its feet - American Press

Stephanie Gayle (Shook) White, 39, of Westlake, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024. She was born on Feb. 6, 1985 in Lake Charles, La. Stephanie was a proud graduate of Sulphur High School and LSU. She enjoyed arts and crafts, crocheting, playing the piano, board games, and dancing with her daughter. Stephanie was a super fan of the tv show, “Friends.” Christmas was Stephanie’s favorite time of the year. She loved people and was truly the life …

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Javon Vital says his favorite position is wide receiver, but he has grown to be much more than that for the Hamilton Christian Warriors. Since joining the team as a seventh-grader in 2021, Vital has played quarterback, running back, wide receiver, defensive back and returned punts and kickoffs. This season he has scored 14 touchdowns in four games to lead the Warriors to a 3-1 start as they head into their District 4-1A opener against Grand Lake…

Vital importance, Warriors want to keep ball in hands of versatile athlete - American Press

For those with no real rooting interest, last season’s Ole Miss-LSU game was high entertainment at its football finest, one of the most exciting games of the entire season. Don’t touch that dial for even a second — you might miss two or three scores. Yes, there it was — 1,343 yards of offense,104 points in an exhausting 55-49 roller coaster. There was Ole Miss’ rallying from nine points down to get the final go-ahead touchdown with 37 seconds to…

MIA defense, Kelly doesn’t want to see repeat of shootout with Ole Miss - American Press

The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests: Taylor Dean Romero, 33, 672 S. Post Oak Road — obscenity. Bond: $50,000. James A. Sumrall, 37, 3510 W. Prien Lake Road — battery of a dating partner-first offense; second-degree battery. Royce Joseph Morris, 28, Jeanerette — sale, distribution or possession of legend drug without prescription or order; drug possession; illegal carrying of weapons during commission of a crime o…

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