What's Happening
Free smoke alarm installation
PARISHWIDE – The Luling Volunteer Fire Department is currently participating in the Operation Save A Life Louisiana – Smoke Alarm install campaign. […]
Year: 2013
Columns
Taxpayers forced to pay for outside counsel to defend Louisiana
On Friday, the Louisiana Supreme Court handed-down a decision declaring unconstitutional the only piece of Bobby Jindal’s 2012 “pension reform” plan to pass the legislature. The court said it didn’t pass. […]
Columns
Train wreck delayed, not prevented
The Obama administration announced on July 2 that the Jan. 1, 2014 deadline for many employers to provide health insurance for their employees or pay a penalty was being pushed back by one year. […]
Editorial
Legislators let Jindal finish their work
Legislators left Baton Rouge last month feeling pretty full of themselves for having defied the governor by rewriting his budget to their liking. […]
Opinions & Responses
Less jail time may be better
It is disturbing to learn that Louisiana jails a greater percentage of its citizens than any other state in the country. […]
Crime
Arrests (July 11)
•Augustus Evans III, 35, of 357 Woodland Drive in Boutte, was arrested on July 1 and charged with possession with intent to distribute marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a controlled substance in the presence of a juvenile and a St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office attachment. […]
Obituaries
Joycelyn Talbot Girouard
Joycelyn Talbot Girouard, 81, passed away peacefully at her home on June 25 at 12:45 p.m. […]
Obituaries
Ned Joseph Girouard
Ned Joseph Girouard, 84, passed away on June 8. […]
Crime
Free home inspections will identify areas susceptible to burglars
After St. Charles Parish was rocked by nine home burglaries in less than a month, the Sheriff’s Office is offering free home inspections to identify areas of a home that might make them susceptible to burglaries. […]