Obituaries
Anna “Sis” Dufrene
“Sis” Anna Dufrene, devoted wife, mother and grandmother, passed away on May 15 at the age of 79. […]
Month: May 2013
Obituaries
Jacqueline C. Loupe
Jacqueline C. Loupe, 78, passed away on Sunday, May 19 in Luling. […]
Columns
Legislators just don’t get the message
One of the few things that almost all voters in Louisiana agree on is that we have too many elections. […]
Columns
Beware the ides of May
Three weeks are left in the 2013 regular session of the Legislature, and much water is left to run under the legislative bridge before sine die adjournment on June 6. […]
Editorial
Old 2-year college try
In the past five hard years of higher education’s declining state support, rising tuition, defecting faculty and deteriorating facilities, college leaders have stuck together and let the Board of Regents coordinate their requests for funding from the Legislature. A lot of good that did them. […]
News
Big abortion clinic is planned nearby
Teaching the value of life amidst so much terror and violence in our lives will suffer a setback if the abortion clinic scheduled to be built on South Claiborne Avenue in New Orleans is realized. […]
Crime
Sheriff’s Reports 5-23-2013
•Jonathan M. Lanque, 17, of 216 St. John St. in Luling, was arrested on May 14 and charged with theft of goods less than $500. […]
Crime
Grassroots effort underway to curb St. Rose violence
On a Friday afternoon, community activists and young girls stand in a circle in a driveway of a home in the Preston Hollow neighborhood in St. Rose. […]
Government
Council: Civil service employees should keep jobs if forced to relocate due to Biggert-Waters
The St. Charles Parish Council has asked the parish government to allow employees to keep their jobs if they have to move to another area due to financial hardship associated with the Biggert-Waters Act. […]