Crime
Caretaker pleads guilty to stealing thousands from elderly patient
A St. Rose caregiver has pleaded guilty to stealing checks from an elderly woman under her care and cashing them for nearly $3,500.
Year: 2012
Crime
Chilling details emerge from double shooting
Chilling details have emerged from an attempted murder/suicide in Norco that was witnessed by the couple’s teenage daughter.
Obituaries
Shirley Rivet Friloux Faucheaux
Shirley Rivet Friloux Faucheaux, wife of James Faucheaux and the late Hymes (Stud) Friloux, has passed away. […]
Obituaries
John Joseph Dempster
John Joseph Dempster, 69, departed this life on Monday, Aug. 27 at his home in Monticello, Miss. He was a veteran of the Army and a retiree of Occidental Chemical in Taft. […]
Obituaries
Terri Wynn Gordon
Terri Wynn Gordon, passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 26 in Metairie. […]
Obituaries
Vincent R. Haupt
Vincent R. Haupt, 83, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 29. […]
Government
Parish tourism app wins top award
The St. Charles Parish Department of Economic Development and Tourism received an Excellence in Economic Development Award for its iSCP Smartphone App in the category of New Media for communities with populations of 25,000 – 200,000 from the International Economic Development Council.
Columns
How our state stacks up nationally
The Tax Foundation has released its 2013 State Business Tax Climate Index. It ranks Louisiana in the bottom half of states at 32nd (the lower the number, the better the score in this index). […]
Editorial
Exercise your spiritual senses
The spiritual reality surrounding us is even so much more real than the natural, physical, tangible realm that we can see, hear and feel each day. […]