| July 28,
2001 |
Gasoline
Alley goes on tour
The Gasoline Alley Refinery
Victims Tour will be passing through St. Charles Parish this weekend.
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| July 28,
2001 |
Norco
bank robbers captured
Two New Orleans men are
in custody after allegedly robbing the First American Bank in Norco
Tuesday afternoon. |
| July 25,
2001 |
EOC
hosts foreign visitors
Last Friday, officials from six countries
visited the St. Charles Parish Emergency Operations Center (EOC) to
learn how the parish handles severe flooding and other disasters.
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| July 25,
2001 |
Fasola
captured attempting escape
Michael Fasola, awaiting trial for the 1999
murder of Jon Springman, tried to escape from custody at the St. Charles
Parish Courthouse Saturday morning. |
| July 25,
2001 |
Early
Head Start coming to parish
In order to extend the benefits of the St.
Charles Parish school system to the earliest ages, the Early Head
Start program will be implemented this year. |
| July 21,
2001 |
Alligator
possession?
In two separate incidents in early July, seven
people were cited for taking alligators during a closed season and
illegally possessing alligators. |
| July 21,
2001 |
Brooks
given 15 years for gun possession
A St. Rose man was sentenced to 15 years in
prison without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence.
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| July 21,
2001 |
Drug
dealer given 20-year sentence
A Des Allemands man has pled guilty to charges
of drug racketeering. Delwin Simmons
issued the guilty plea Tuesday. On Feb. 11 2000, following a lengthy
investigation, Simmons was arrested and charged with drug racketeering,
possession of cocaine and possession of marijuana. |
| July 18,
2001 |
St.
Rose Primary faces major delays
The St. Rose Primary School, which was scheduled
to be completed next June, has run into major delays according to
contractors working on the job. |
| July 18,
2001 |
Crime
drops in 2001 so far
New numbers released by the St. Charles Parish
Sheriff’s Department show a decrease in crime for the first half of
2001 as compared to the same period in 2000. |
| July 14,
2001 |
Snowballs
cool you off
According to Stan Guerra, owner of Pepper’s
Snowballs in St. Rose, the craving for a snowball is a natural instinct
that kicks in at the beginning of summer. |
| July 14,
2001 |
Summit
looks to river region
On Tuesday, the River Parishes Economic Development
Summit was held at the Holiday Inn in Laplace. The meeting was a five
hour event featuring speakers from the Louisiana Department of Economic
Development, several local parish officials and heads of industries
located within the River Parishes. |
| July 11,
2001 |
Daiquiri
shop denied permit
The St. Charles Department of Planning and
Zoning denied a request for a permit to open a daiquiri shop in Boutte
last Thursday. |
| July 11,
2001 |
Man
arrested, breaks police car window
Garret J. Farrell of Des Allemands was arrested
early Sunday morning following an altercation with two other men.
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| July 7,
2001 |
Homes
to take flight?
In the wake of the St. Charles International
Airport, LLC’s permit request to fill in thousands of acres of the
LaBranche wetlands, another organization is reminding the public of
their plan for a new airport. The Louisiana Airport Authority has,
for the past few years, been examining the need for and the placement
of a cargo and passenger airport located between Baton Rouge and New
Orleans. |
| July 7,
2001 |
Parish
flood insurance could drop
St. Charles Parish residents may soon see
a five percent drop in their flood insurance rates thanks to some
clever calculations by the department of planning and zoning.
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| July 7,
2001 |
Mackie
testifies on Bush energy plan
Major Mackie, a New Sarpy resident, testified
before an EPA committee reviewing President Bush’s energy initiatives
last Friday. Mackie spoke about harmful emissions that he and many
New Sarpy citizens believe are being released by Orion Refinery in
New Sarpy. |
| July 4,
2001 |
Council
votes to fix bad roads
Some of the worst roads in St. Charles Parish
have been targeted for a $1.15 million overhaul. On Monday night the
parish council voted to give the contract for Angelo Iafrate Construction
LLC. |
| July 4,
2001 |
St. Charles
airport still up for debate
Last Tuesday, the St. Charles International
Airport, LLC applied for state and federal permits to fill over
9,000 acres of the LaBranche wetlands to construct a new international
airport.
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