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Supreme Court rules against school vouchers
May 16 at 11:02 am
Last week the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled the funding structure for the Louisiana Scholarship Program unconstitutional.

Chaisson will step down as port executive director Chaisson will step down as port executive director
May 16 at 10:53 am
The Port of South Louisiana will soon see a change in leadership after Joel T. Chaisson Sr.’s eight-year tenure as executive director officially comes to an end on July 14.

Medine-Otwell engagement Medine-Otwell engagement
May 16 at 10:38 am
Mr. and Mrs. David Medine of Ama and Mr. and Mrs. Ricky Otwell of Ruston would like to announce the engagement of their children, Megan Medine and Steven Otwell.

Satellite Center faculty honor retiring superintendent Satellite Center faculty honor retiring superintendent
May 16 at 10:35 am
Satellite Center faculty members surprised outgoing St. Charles Parish Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Rodney Lafon with shirts made in his honor.

St. Charles Borromeo Deacon Jeff Tully, Archbishop of New Orleans Gregory Aymond and Mary Queen of Peace Deacon Eddy Beckendorf. Fallen officers honored at Blue Mass
May 16 at 10:32 am
The Most Reverend Gregory Aymond, Archbishop of New Orleans, celebrated the 2nd Annual Blue Mass with St. Charles Borromeo School children to honor local first responders.

St. Charles Borromeo Geography Bee representative St. Charles Borromeo Geography Bee representative
May 15 at 12:06 pm
St. Charles Borromeo School principal Mary Schmidt with sixth grader Nicholas Lacour. Lacour qualified for the state Geography Bee that was held in Baton Rouge.

Daniel Bosco Scholarship winner
May 14 at 12:04 pm
St. Charles Borromeo School eighth grader, Daniel Bosco recently received a $400 scholarship to St. Charles Catholic High School for scoring at or above the 85th national percentile on the high school placement test.

Kaylee Diodene, John Dominguez, Karista Plain (teacher), Javier Juarez (dancer), Jenna Cook and Luke Berg. Norco Elementary Multi-Cultural celebration
May 13 at 11:53 am
Students and teachers from Norco Elementary enjoyed a multi-cultural celebration in the school auditorium.

St. Charles Borromeo cafeteria staff Linda Watson, Pam Mayeux, Sen. Gary Smith, Cafeteria Manager Tanya Holmes, Connie Vicknair and Representative Greg Miller. State legislators visit St. Charles Borromeo
May 12 at 11:55 am
The Archdiocese of New Orleans schools food and nutrition services recently invited local legislators to area schools for lunch.

Dr. Rodney Lafon playing trumpet with “Luther Kent and Trick Bag”. Superintendent steps down to get down
May 12 at 11:38 am
Dr. Rodney Lafon boiled down his decision to announce his retirement last month to a simple factor. With 40 years accumulated in the school system he had come to a point in his career where he would make nearly the same yearly salary as a retiree as if he chose to continue working.

(Front Row, kneeling L to R)  Moriah Ocmond, LaCorey Cannon, Kaylee Keller. Middle Row L to R:  Emma Rome, Hannah Bertucci, Ben Schiff, Ross Rogan and Jermaine Stewart. (Back row L to R)  April Lewis, Mason Donadieu, Nathan Higdon, Breland Keller and Alli Norco Elementary students of the month
May 11 at 11:54 am
Students of the Month at Norco Elementary were chosen for the character traits of courtesy, trustworthiness and friendship.

Raven Darrensburg, Logan Reid, Austin Matthews, Marlie Graham, and Caiden Robinson. Paraeducators (standing) are Jan Meyers and Vicki Vassmer. Mimosa Park Elementary students practice social skills
May 11 at 11:51 am
Students from Joseph Tate and Anne Gabriel’s classes participated in a speech/language activity about spring time.

Adopted Oregon man uses social media to track down parents Adopted Oregon man uses social media to track down parents
May 11 at 8:20 am
In the summer of 1973, a baby boy was born to a 14 year-old girl at West Jefferson Medical Center in Gretna.


Lauren Dailey, Aimee Sierra, Lance Boudoin, Joey Brezinsky and John Pearsall. Lakewood 5th grade metric conversion math problem
May 10 at 11:59 am
Lauren Dailey and her 5th grade Lakewood Elementary students, worked collaboratively by putting their heads together to solve a metric conversion problem.

Eric Keller, Kenrick Robertson, Cheyann Doman, Alexis Bonstaff and Aaron Tabora. Exxon Mobile specialist visits Norco Elementary
May 10 at 11:49 am
Exxon Mobile employee Eric Keller visited Jessica Thomas’s 4th grade classroom at Norco Elementary.

Parish plans to go out for bids next month for Willowridge levee Parish plans to go out for bids next month for Willowridge levee
May 10 at 10:21 am
St. Charles Parish plans to go out for construction bids next month on the first phase of the Willowridge levee, assuming a judge rules in the parish’s favor regarding a portion of the land needed for the project.


Is B.R. becoming D.C.?
May 10 at 9:29 am
The more I watch the goings on at the State Capitol in Baton Rouge, the more it looks like the U.S. Capitol in D.C.


House set to advance $300 million business tax increase
May 10 at 9:28 am
The House Ways and Means Committee advanced a package of bills Monday that will become vehicles for a proposed $329 million tax increase. Of that total, $315 million would come from businesses. That would represent the largest tax increase on businesses in recent times (perhaps ever). The size of the tax increase will have a huge negative effect on economic development, but beyond the size, the haphazard way the plan is designed would lead to huge implementation problems and great uncertainty about Louisiana’s tax code for businesses.




Lifestyles

Scholarship winner
Scholarship winner
St. Charles Borromeo School eighth grader, Daniel Bosco recently received a $400...
This week’s Humane Society showcase adoption pet “Hoppy”
This week’s Humane Society showcase adoption pet “Hoppy”
Hoppy, a 4-year-old male poodle, is this week’s Humane Society showcase adoption pet....



Sports

Popular trout fishing location being removed
Popular trout fishing location being removed
The Pickets are hallowed ground in the Houma trout-fishing world. If you fish out...
St. Amant stuns No. 2 Destrehan, 6-2
St. Amant stuns No. 2 Destrehan, 6-2
Baseball is a sport that is known for streaks. Sometimes everything moves in slow...
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Adopted Oregon man uses social media to track down parents
Adopted Oregon man uses social media to track down parents
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In the summer of 1973, a baby boy was born to a 14 year-old girl at West Jefferson Medical Center in Gretna.