Columns
Good News-Bad News for Louisiana Taxpayers
When it comes to tax increases, the last three years in Louisiana have produced one batch of bad news after another. […]
Year: 2018
Crime
Sheriff’s Reports – December 27, 2018
Sheriff’s Reports […]
News
Delivery man goes viral with holiday cheer
Troy Bass walked in the door with his usual FedEx packages in hand, but this time he belted out the theme from “The Grinch” – and it was in the same deep resonating tone of the original recording. […]
Allen Lottinger
Lighting up the fireworks for 2019
It seems like yesterday the fireworks were lighting up the sky for the arrival of 2018 and here we are getting ready to usher in 2019 – already. For St. Charles Parish, the year was colorful, tearful and certainly memorable. […]
Columns
Christmas’ other ‘wise man’
Each Christmas we tell the story of the wise men from the East who made their way to Bethlehem to worship the newborn king and laid their treasures at his feet. Henry Van Dyke has told us about another wise man who also followed the star not only to Bethlehem, but throughout his life, and found the king in a different way. His name was Artaban. […]
News
Remembering Sharkey’s and ‘up front’ in Norco
Described as the “best equipped bar in the South with 40 feet of mahogany,” Sharkey’s stood at the corner of Apple and River roads in Norco for years and faded into history like many downtown establishments. […]
Football
Six make it official on early signing day
John Emery smiled while surrounded by friends, family and his Destrehan teammates at last week’s early collegiate signing day, where he and four fellow Wildcats officially signed to play Division I college football. […]
News
Boat launch questions arise again
St. Charles Parish council members tabled another move by the parish administration for a public boat launch, this time to invest thousands of dollars in the existing location in Des Allemands. […]
News
Drastic changes coming in parish’s recycling program
Fines for illegal dumping, curbside recycling being considered
Citing illegal dumping and use of considerable resources, St. Charles Parish is doing a massive rehaul of its recycling dumpster program, as well as reconsidering curbside recycling. […]