Minden Press-Herald E-Edition 07-28-2020

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Press-Herald TUESDAY, JULY 28, 2020

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help is on the way

STAFF REPORT Minden Press-Herald

With help from technology, the 26th Judicial District is leading the way for Domestic Violence Victims to receive help faster. Beginning July 22, 2020, Domestic Violence Victims can remotely e-file (Electronic File) for Temporary Restraining Orders (TROs) from the Northwest Louisiana Family Justice Center. The 26th Judicial Court serving Bossier and Webster Parishes (LA), in conjunction with the Bossier Parish Clerk of Court, and other Parish officials, announced starting on Wednesday, July 22, 2020, Domestic Violence Victims will be able to remotely e-file for a TRO. “I think this is a big step for preventing ongoing domestic abuse. The Northwest Louisiana Family Justice Center is a safe place to go to with great qualified staff that help them through a very hard time. I’m very, very pleased that Mr. Marvin and I have done this together. We’re very pleased that we have a place like the Justice

center to help domestic abuse victims. We’re here to help our citizens,” said Jill Sessions, Bossier Parish Clerk of Court. Victims will be able to e-file from the safety of the Northwest Louisiana Family Justice Center (NWLA FJC), 1513 Doctors Drive, Suite B, Bossier City, LA 71111, which is approximately 12 miles from the courthouse. “This is huge. It’s almost 12 miles from our office to Mrs. Sessions’ office. It’s nice that we will have this for those that can’t get to Mrs. Sessions’ office, who are in fear, or if someone doesn’t have transportation. There’s just a number of reasons. I think this will hopefully help victims to maybe make the step to ask for help that they maybe wouldn’t have quicker,” said Jeri Bowen, Executive Director of the Northwest Louisiana Family Justice Center. This new filing option will allow temporary restraining orders filed from the Family Justice Center (FJC) to be automatically and electronically integrated into the court’s electronic case management system. See, TECH HELP, Page 2

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(Clockwise) Schuyler Marvin, Bossier/Webster District Attorney, Jill Sessions, Bossier Parish Clerk of Court and Sarah Shehane, Bossier Parish Deputy Clerk.

Graduation: A Tide of Pride

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Principal of Minden High School Becky Wilson welcoming students, their friends and their family to the MHS 2020 Graduation Ceremony.

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Gas prices see little change over past week

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Louisiana gas prices have fallen 2.3 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $1.85/g today, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 2,436 stations. Gas prices in Louisiana are 3.0 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 51.6 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The cheapest station in Louisiana is priced at $1.52/g today while the most expensive is $2.89/g, a difference of $1.37/g. “We remain stuck in neutral when it comes to gasoline prices. While Pay with GasBuddy data showed a small rebound in gasoline demand, oil prices have again failed to break out, leading to yet another week of little change at the pump,” said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis for GasBuddy. The national average price of gasoline has fallen 2.5 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.17/g today. The national average is down 0.3 cents per gallon from a month ago and stands 56.3 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. “It’s a bit too early to tell if the small rise in gasoline demand last week will continue into this week, but it does seem the most likely situation. The V-shaped recovery in gasoline demand has been put on hold for nearly all of July as coronavirus cases surged, but once we recover from that and we see demand show several weeks of recovery, we’ll likely see gas prices begin to tick higher. For now, however, that gives motorists more time to fill up without having to worry about big jumps in prices.” GasBuddy is the authoritative voice for gas prices and the only source for station-level data spanning nearly two decades. GasBuddy’s survey updates 288 times every day from the most diverse list of sources covering nearly 150,000 stations nationwide, the most comprehensive and up-to-date in the country.

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