News
River high, but no plans to open Spillway
Although early in the flood season, the Mississippi River is rising and has already overtaken Spillway Road in Norco. […]
Month: January 2019
Business
New pharmacy moving into Destrehan
With the recent closing of Destrehan Discount Pharmacy, Zack Duncan and Patrick Douglass saw a need within the community they could fill. […]
Allen Lottinger
North Korea should ‘denuclearize’
Another summit between leaders of United States and North Korea is foreseen in the future as President Donald Trump seeks to broker a deal with the Korean leader Kim Jong Un in which the North gives up its nuclear weapons, according to a White House announcement Friday. […]
Football
COLUMN: Saints robbery impossible to understand
Disgusting. That’s the one word that keeps cropping up in my mind when I think back to the final minutes of Sunday’s NFC Championship Game. For the first time in league history, the NFC runner-up […]
Lifestyles
Celebrating MLK in St. Charles Parish
Cheering marchers on, Reanda Fields Pierre led an estimated 350 people down River Road in Luling in Monday’s celebration of what would have been the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 90th birthday. “The time is […]
Lifestyles
These cakes are King: A Mardi Gras mambo of sweet treats
Mardi Gras has always heralded welcome revelry and one of its crown jewels is the king cake.
In St. Charles Parish, they range from the classical to the incredible in sweetness with Chantilly styles to the savory. […]
Football
Sports talk host says missed call an all-time blunder
Believes it could have far reaching effects The voice of Sportstalk on WWL 870 AM, Luling’s Kristian Garic doesn’t mince words when it comes to what Sunday’s immediately infamous “no call” means to the people […]
Obituaries
John Donald Hartline Jr
John Donald Hartline Jr., 73, died Jan. 20, 2019, and is survived by his wife, Ellen, and children Laura, Devlin and France. John was born Sept. 26, 1945, in Danville, Ill., spending much of his […]
Girls Basketball
Destrehan Ladycats look for spark in competitive district
At 16-11, Destrehan stands within the Class 5A girls basketball playoff picture in what’s been a major rebound season, but an -14 start within a highly competitive District 7-5A has the Ladycats looking to bounce-back […]