2015 - Page 45 of 133 - St. Charles Herald Guide

St. Charles Parish remembering Katrina

August 28, 2015 Special to the Herald-Guide

I had started my senior year at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond just weeks prior to Aug. 29, 2005. I would spend my weekends at home in Hahnville. […]

St. Charles Parish remembering Katrina

August 28, 2015 Special to the Herald-Guide

I was living in Metairie and starting my first full year teaching at Destrehan High School (DHS). I barely knew anyone and was in the process of trying to find a new apartment because I had to move out of my old one by the end of September. […]

St. Charles Parish remembering Katrina

August 28, 2015 Anna Thibodeaux

St. Charles Parish officials agree one of the most significant changes that came from Hurricane Katrina was better assessing risk and being more prepared for disaster. […]

$12.6 million culinary arts building offers recipe for cooking up new La. chefs

August 28, 2015 Anna Thibodeaux

Three years in the works, Nicholls State University (NSU) celebrated the grand opening of the $12.6 million Lanny D. Ledet Culinary Arts Building, new home of the Chef John Folse Culinary Institute, with a ribbon cutting held at the building site. […]

Look that gift horse in the mouth

August 28, 2015 C.B. Forgotston

During the 2015 regular session the legislators pass a “temporary” (wink, wink, nod, nod) 1 percent tax increase (HCR 8) on all non-residential electrical utilities. […]

Several groups poised to get into play in BESE races

August 28, 2015 Jeremy Alford

The elections for the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education around the state could become expensive if the slate of so-called reform candidates from 2011 face serious challenges this go around. […]