Crime
Two charged with St. Rose kidnapping in alleged drug deal
Two people have been arrested and charged with aggravated kidnapping after allegedly holding a person hostage in St. Rose to collect a $600 payment for drugs.
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Month: May 2017
What's Happening
Animal Shelter training
Animal Shelter Volunteer Training will be held May 31 at 10:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. at the St. Charles Parish Animal Shelter, 921 Rue La Cannes, Luling. […]
Obituaries
Joyce Elliott Gordon
Joyce Elliott Gordon passed on May 14, 2017 at 10:30 a.m. with her family and friends holding her hands; she passed very quietly and calmly.
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What's Happening
12th Pastoral Anniversary
The Changing A Generation Full Gospel Church in Boutte is celebrating its 12th Pastoral Anniversary at 9 a.m. May 28 at the church, 14271 Hwy. 90, Boutte. […]
Health
Destrehan seniors find second family and get fit
Marsha Rossenwasser doesn’t like to tell her age, but she will joyously speak about all she’s doing to avoid being a couch potato. […]
Crime
Manslaughter charge dropped in Destrehan shooting
The Destrehan man accused of shooting and killing 25-year-old Weston Keller over money was released after a grand jury did not indict him on manslaughter. […]
Lifestyles
DHS student gets into movie making and becomes star of Marmalade Man
It’s doubtful “Marmalade Man 2” will ever come to a cinema near anyone, but the movie’s creator, John Frazier, doesn’t care because he’s having fun. […]
Crime
Arrest made in connection with body found in spillway
A “person of interest” in the homicide case of an 88-year-old New Orleans woman whose body was found floating in the Bonnet Carre’ Spillway in May of last year has been taken into custody. […]
Crime
New Sarpy man pleads guilty after dog fighting arrest
A New Sarpy man accused of using pit bulls for dog fighting in the summer of 2016 recently pleaded guilty to two counts of cruelty to animals, earning him a suspended sentence of six months in prison and two years misdemeanor probation. […]
Government
Norco father, son arrested after spray painting Confederate monument pedestal
Removal of the P.G.T. Beauregard monument in New Orleans has been described as celebrating the “Lost Cause of the Confederacy,” but Norco residents Chris Kimble and his father, Michael, didn’t see it that way. […]
Government
Mississippi River expected to crest at 16.5 feet, but not enough to force opening of spillway
Heavy rains from the North and Midwest are expected to make the Mississippi River crest at 16.5 feet by May 28, just narrowly missing the “trigger” the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers relies on to open the Bonnet Carre’ Spillway. […]
Columns
Rural jobs bill unites unlikely political allies
In what could be described as an exercise in star-crossed politics, the left-leaning Louisiana Budget Project and the right-leaning Americans For Prosperity officially joined forces Monday to oppose the creation of a rural jobs tax credit. […]
