Lifestyles
Mimosa Park Elementary service awards
The St. Charles Parish School Board recently recognized employees for their years of service at a ceremony and celebration. […]
Year: 2013
Lifestyles
Norco Primary Celebrates the new school year
The Norco Primary family began the new school year with a meet and greet. School officials said the meet and greet was a fun and exciting event because parents and children met. […]
Lifestyles
You’ve got to read this! (Sept. 19)
New books are waiting for you in your St. Charles Parish libraries. […]
Book Review
Book Review: “It’s Kind of a Funny Story”
Ned Vizzini’s semi-coming-of-age novel It’s Kind of a Funny Story revolves around the struggles of Craig Gilner, a teenager whose dream comes true, but it sends him into a depression, the likes of which few have ever experienced. […]
Columns
Is a college education necessary?
There’s been a lot of discussion in recent years about the importance of having a college education. […]
Lifestyles
Pilot, traveler, husband… priest?
Father Ed Lauden, the new assistant pastor at St. Mark Catholic Church in Ama and St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Luling, has lived a varied and interesting life. […]
Editorial
Farm bill comes down to food stamps again
Most folks don’t realize that what’s included in the federal Farm Bill has the potential to touch every corner and affect practically all aspects of Louisiana, from the cornfields in the north and sugar cane in the south to insurance for all of the crops in between. […]
Government
Alligators become industry in St. Charles
It all began back in 1979 when the St. Charles Rotary Club, looking for a money-making event for its charitable purposes, started the Alligator Festival. It was held in the driveway-entrance of Willowdale Country Club but soon advanced to more appropriate areas of the parish. […]
Obituaries
Tina Ford Lamb
Tina Ford Lamb went home to be with the Lord,on Sunday, Sept. 8. She was a native of Des Allemands and a resident of Luling. […]