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	Agents can do little to prevent huge rise in flood insurance April 04 at 11:41 am After many West Bank residents received the shocking news that their flood insurance rates could skyrocket next year, a FEMA spokesperson warned that the quoted prices were just estimates and that a final price would depend on the homeowner’s insurance company.

	Voters will decide next council member on Saturday April 04 at 8:49 am On Saturday, voters will head to the polls to choose the next person to represent St. Charles Parish’s District II seat, which became open when former Councilman Shelley Tastet resigned for health reasons in December.

	St. Pierre vetoes council's contract with lobbyist April 02 at 4:14 pm St. Charles Parish President V.J. St. Pierre has vetoed the Parish Council’s decision to award a new, 33-month contract to lobbying firm Tauzin Consultants.

	St. Rose man found shot to death on sidewalk March 29 at 8:43 am Deputies responding to reports of gunfire in St. Rose early Saturday morning discovered the lifeless body of a 22-year-old man on the sidewalk of Summerton Drive.

	Surviving domestic abuse March 28 at 8:47 am Amanda Brickhaus was only 17 when she met the man who would later become the father of her two children.

	Police raid St. Rose home, say they find drugs, guns March 28 at 8:46 am A 60-year-old man and 57-year-old woman were arrested at their St. Rose home after police executed a search warrant and found drugs and guns in their residence, according to the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office.

	Complaint filed against Jefferson deputy who arrested DHS students March 28 at 8:45 am A St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office detective has filed a formal complaint against the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office and one of its deputies following the arrest of her son and two other Destrehan High School students in early February.

	‘Saved by the belt’ : Mother, son narrowly escape death in horrific crash March 28 at 8:40 am It was the 6th of May last year when Dorothy Compton and her 12-year-old son, Patrick Dennies, were driving to Metairie to get a cake for a double birthday celebration. The two were enjoying themselves on their drive up I-310. A song had just come on they both liked – "Country Girl (Shake It for Me)" by Luke Bryan.

	New flood maps cause outrage on West Bank March 26 at 3:51 pm Families from across St. Charles Parish poured into R.K. Smith Middle School in Luling on Monday for an open house introducing new flood zoning maps that will have a great impact on what some parish property owners will be paying in flood insurance rates.

	Program offers state troopers overtime pay for patrolling St. Charles March 24 at 10:09 am Those who drive out of or into the parish on a daily basis during the hours of 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. have undoubtedly seen State Police officers parked on the shoulder of the road, doors slightly ajar, with radar guns pointed out at passing traffic.

	Ministry seeks to house homeless vets in Hahnville March 23 at 10:06 am James Johnson did not know what to do after his apartment was destroyed in Hurricane Katrina.

	Victim of Hwy. 90 hit-and-run asks for help locating driver March 22 at 10:11 am A Luling woman is asking for the public’s help locating a hit-and-run driver who caused an accident when leaving Pier 90 on Thursday night.

	Parish secures final permit for West Bank levee March 22 at 10:11 am St. Charles Parish has received a permit to construct Phase III (Ellington Phase) of its much-needed West Bank Hurricane Protection Levee.

	Software will allow at-risk students to complete school work from home March 22 at 10:07 am The St. Charles Parish School Board adopted new software to assist poorly performing students in graduating high school.

	Man hit by train after driving around crossing arms, police say March 22 at 10:05 am A 27-year-old Maringouin man was hit by a train early Tuesday morning in Luling after he went around flashing crossing arms and stalled on the track, according to the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office.

	Conflicting state bills seek to change gun laws March 22 at 10:03 am Early on a warm Saturday morning, handgun owners from across St. Charles Parish and beyond showed up at the Nelson Coleman Correctional Center to fire at targets at a free Killona gun range.

	29 arrested in Boutte bar raid March 16 at 9:46 am A collaborative task force arrested 29 people last week in a raid on a Boutte bar that was serving patrons without a liquor license. Several of those arrested were charged with the possession of drugs such as crack, bath salts, marijuana and ecstasy.

	Robbers strike Circle K in Boutte March 15 at 2:01 pm The Circle K on Highway 90 in Boutte was robbed early this morning, according to St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Greg Champagne.

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Vitter in Bayou Gauche to speak about action on flood insurance rate hikes - 703 views
Little more than a week after officials from 14 parishes took a trip to Washington, D.C. to lobby against potential flood insurance rate hikes, some of those same officials convened with Sen. David Vitter at the home of a Bayou Gauche couple.