Lifestyles
Adopted Oregon man uses social media to track down parents
In the summer of 1973, a baby boy was born to a 14 year-old girl at West Jefferson Medical Center in Gretna.
Month: May 2013
Government
Chaisson out as port director, Aucoin named successor
Joel T. Chaisson Sr.’s eight-year tenure as executive director of the Port of South Louisiana will officially come to an end on July 14. […]
Lifestyles
Lakewood 5th grade metric conversion math problem
Lauren Dailey and her 5th grade Lakewood Elementary students, worked collaboratively by putting their heads together to solve a metric conversion problem. […]
Lifestyles
Exxon Mobile specialist visits Norco Elementary
Exxon Mobile employee Eric Keller visited Jessica Thomas’s 4th grade classroom at Norco Elementary. […]
Government
Parish plans to go out for bids next month for Willowridge levee
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. […]
Columns
Is B.R. becoming D.C.?
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.
Columns
House set to advance $300 million business tax increase
The House Ways and Means Committee advanced a package of bills Monday that will become vehicles for a proposed $329 million tax increase. […]
Government
Internet sales taxes could change things
Sales taxes on the Internet may soon become a regular thing if a bill which passed in the U. S. Senate this week goes the rest of the way to become law. […]
Obituaries
Darlene Marie Dempster
Darlene Marie Dempster, 50, a native of Des Allemands and a resident of Luling, passed away on Tuesday, April 30, in Lutcher. […]