| March 29,
2003 |
Parental
choice legislation details to be released Sunday
School board members and
public school superintendents from across the state will convene on
the steps of the Capitol Building at the start of the 2003 legislative
session Monday to protest voucher legislation which is planned to
be introduced this year. |
| March 29,
2003 |
Stein
found guilty of Rogers murder
Brandon Stein was convicted
Wednesday of murder in the death of 17-year-old James Rogers last
year. The second-degree murder conviction carries a mandatory life
sentence with no chance of parole, probation or suspension of sentence.
|
| March 26,
2003 |
Animal
shelter adds on-site surgical room
The St. Charles Parish Humane
Society is making owning a pet easier by adding its own on-site surgery
room and part-time veterinarian to sterilize all of its animals before
adoption. |
| March 26,
2003 |
Mardi
Gras murder trial
Opening statements were
scheduled to begin yesterday in the trial of Brandon Stein, charged
with second-degree murder in the death of James Rogers last year.
|
| March 26,
2003 |
Parish
bus drivers get pay raise
Bus drivers for St. Charles
Public Schools will receive a pay raise beginning next year. The measure
was passed at last week’s school board meeting. |
| March 22,
2003 |
Show
of support
Approximately 13 hours after
American and British forces launched the first wave of attacks against
Saddam Hussein’s regime in Baghdad, citizens of St. Charles Parish
gathered at the courthouse in Hahnville to support and pray for the
people of the United States Armed Forces. |
| March 22,
2003 |
A prayer for peace
For 18 years now, Catholics
in St. Charles Parish have come to Terry and Verina Bourg’s home
in Hahnville to view their celebration of a Holy Day in the form
of a St. Joseph Altar.
|
| March 22,
2003 |
Willowdale
officials want golf vandals investigated
Three men were arrested
Feb. 25 and charged with felonies for damage done around the Willowdale
golf courses. Tyson Brasher, 17, Bayou Gauche; Daniel Matson, 18,
Luling; and Christopher Thompson, 22, Des Allemands were arrested
after being stopped at 2:04 a.m. for running a stop sign on Lakewood
Drive. |
| March 19,
2003 |
Divided council approves cost-sharing pump project
After a heated debate
about whether the measure was playing politics, the St. Charles
Parish Council approved a measure Monday night that will allow Shell
Chemical and Motiva Enterprises to help pay for an $8.6 million
pump station in Norco.
|
| March 19,
2003 |
Gassen
Lane to become Antoine Lane
Residents of Gassen Lane
in Luling will have to start sending out change of address forms.
The Parish Council voted 7-2 Monday night to approve changing the
name of the street from Gassen Lane to Antoine Lane.
|
| March 19,
2003 |
Board
to vote on insurance provider
School board members will
vote on a measure tonight which would renew the contract with United
Health Care to provide health insurance for the district’s employees.
United replaced The Oath last April when the latter company filed
for bankruptcy. |
| March 15,
2003 |
Born
on the 11th of September
Pecco, a Belgian Malinois, was
recently acquired by the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Department.
The dog, fittingly born on 9-11-01, will aid the department with new
threats associated with the war on terrorism. The new addition to
the department was made possible by a donation from the Ormond Civic
Association. |
| March 15,
2003 |
No
need to open Davis Pond
Although increased freshwater
diversion has begun upriver in the Atchafalaya Basin, the Army Corps
of Engineers says there is no need to take similar steps at this time
in the Barataria-Terrebonne Estuary by opening the Davis Pond Project
in Ama. |
| March 15,
2003 |
Local
students take LEAP test
Hundreds of thousands of
Louisiana public school students opened their test booklets this week,
as students in 3rd through 10th grades took a variety of tests, including
LEAP 21, which helps determine whether 4th and 8th graders advance
to the next grade level. |
| March 12,
2003 |
St.
Rose Library begins first chapter
Bibliophiles
can now go to St. Rose to immerse themselves in the pages of a book.
The St. Rose branch of the St. Charles Parish Public Library opened
Friday morning. |
| March 12,
2003 |
Traffic
on Apple gets the green light
Navigating the streets of
Norco has become a little safer with the installation of a new traffic
light at the corner of Apple Street and River Road.
|
| March 12,
2003 |
Business
Expo is all-in-one stop for St. Charles Parish
People who want to see what
St. Charles Parish has to offer will have a chance this Friday and
Saturday at the St. Charles Business Expo and Health Fair.
|
| March 8,
2003 |
Local
students take parenting class
Karen Lang, Family and Consumer
Science teacher at Hahnville High School, recently gave students in
her parenthood class a dose of parenting reality. Students took part
in the Baby Think It Over Program. |
| March 8,
2003 |
Multi-housing
permit denied by P&Z
An attempt to convert a
former hardware store on River Road in Hahnville into multi-family
housing was struck down Thursday night at the planning and zoning
meeting. The special permit request to change the former Fisher Hardware
building into three residential apartments was heavily opposed by
residents in the area. |
| March 8,
2003 |
Two
dead in murder/suicide in St. Rose
Two cab drivers were found
dead Tuesday in what police are calling an apparent murder/suicide
in St. Rose. |
| March 5,
2003 |
Foundation
seeks green market approval at Ormond Plantation
The St. Charles Historical
Foundation will request special permission from the planning and zoning
commission Thursday night for the German Coast Farmers Market to operate
at Ormond Plantation. The measure comes after the St. Charles Parish
Zoning Ordinance of 1981 was amended at the January meeting by adding
the definition of green market; and to allow green markets in OL,
and C-2 or higher zoning districts as a special permit use.
|
| March 5,
2003 |
Multi-family housing in Hahnville opposed
by some residents
An attempt to convert
a former hardware store on River Road in Hahnville into multi-family
housing is being opposed by some residents on Oak Street. The measure
will go before the planning and zoning commission Thursday night
to change the former Fisher Hardware building into three residential
apartments.
|
| March 5,
2003 |
RRHS
establishes Bumgarner Heritage Award
The River Road Historical
Society is honoring one of its own with an award offered to area middle
school students. Bille
Bumgarner, a former RRHS board member and retired teacher, passed
away last November. She spent nearly 30 years teaching in St. Charles
Parish schools, including Mimosa Elementary, J.B. Martin Jr. High,
A.A. Songy Elementary and Eual J. Landry Middle School, and was very
active in the Gifted and Talented programs. |
| March 1,
2003 |
Blanco
gives St. Charles $7,500 to promote Bicentennial
Lt. Governor Kathleen Blanco presented
the St. Charles Parish Department of Economic Development and Tourism
with a $7,500 check Thursday afternoon to help promote Louisiana Purchase
Bicentennial events in the parish. |
| March 1,
2003 |
Authement
to run for at-large council seat
Councilman Terry Authement
of District 4 has announced his candidacy for Councilman-at-Large,
Division B, in this fall’s parish council race. |
| March 1,
2003 |
Sims
murder suspect faces local trial first
Wayne Guidry, Jr., the Luling
man who has been charged with the murder of a Louisiana Tech professor,
will face charges in St. Charles Parish in May for an unrelated case.
|
| March 1,
2003 |
Two
inmates killed in Ama river accident
Two work-release inmates
from St. Charles Parish were killed Thursday when one fell off a barge
in Ama and the second jumped in to try to save him.
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