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• Kevin Millican, Jefferson Davis District Attorney dies at 49

  July 22, 2021 7:55 AM

  JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH - Jennings and surrounding communities are mourning the loss of a Jefferson Davis Parish official Thursday morning. According to KATC , Jeff Parish coroner, Dr. Charles Deese, confirmed Wednesday that District Attorney Kevin Millican was pronounced dead after suffering an apparent heart attack. Millican was... more »

• Man hit by train, killed in Jefferson Davis Parish

  May 6, 2021 12:31 PM

  JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH - According to Louisiana State Police, a 42-year-old man from Elton was killed Wednesday night after being hit by a train in Jefferson Davis Parish. State Police say it was shortly before 9:30 p.m. when Brandon Ortego was behind the wheel of a 2006 Jeep Rubicon... more »

• FEMA closes operations in multiple parishes due to inclement weather on Monday

  September 21, 2020 5:48 AM

  BATON ROUGE - FEMA announced Sunday that all of its operations in Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and Jefferson Davis parishes will shut down on Monday, September 21 due to predicted inclement weather. This includes all Drive-thru Disaster Recovery Centers and Mobile Registration Intake Centers. The centers will reopen... more »

• Reward offered for information related to shooting death of endangered whooping crane

  February 19, 2020 6:10 AM

  JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH - The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Enforcement Division is leading an investigation into the shooting death of an endangered whooping crane. The animal, which was found on Nov. 15 in Elton, was killed in mid-November of 2019. Necropsy results revealed that the... more »