What's Happening
May 4 – Hazardous material collection
St. Charles and St. John the Baptist parishes industries will host the annual Household Hazardous Materials Collection Day from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on May 4 . […]
Month: April 2019
Baseball
Rhodes delivers in clutch, game-winning single vaults Destrehan to Round Two
Destrehan poured out of its dugout to engulf Nathan Rhodes, whose bat delivered the Wildcats into round two of the Class 5A playoffs — and away from an offseason of regret. […]
Baseball
Live Oak tops Hahnville in first round playoff matchup
Hahnville traveled to Live Oak determined to carry over some late season momentum into the Class 5A first round matchup between the teams, but ultimately fell short of extending its year. No. 9 Live Oak […]
Crime
After Jefferson Parish sentence, gymnastics coach now faces sexual abuse charges in St. Charles
Jonathan West, the former gymnastics coach who last week was sentenced to 65 years in prison after pleading guilty in Jefferson Parish to charges that he sexually abused several boys, has been transferred to Nelson Coleman Correctional Center to answer charges in St. Charles Parish. […]
Obituaries
Dana Jo Higginbotham
Dana Jo Higginbotham, 43, passed away after battling cancer on April 18, 2019. […]
News
Family wants sick daughter brought home from Alaska
On a clear day, Robin Fields can see Mt. Denali (a.k.a. Mount McKinley) from the window of her daughter’s hospital room in Alaska. […]
Columns
When we pray, we talk to God; when we read the Bible, God talks to us
St. Isidore (c. 560-636), the Archbishop of Seville in Spain, once said, “Prayer purifies us, reading instructs us. Both are good when both are possible. If we want to be always in God’s company, we must pray regularly and read regularly. When we pray, we talk to God; when we read, God talks to us. All spiritual growth comes from reading and reflection.” […]
Crime
Sheriff’s Reports – April 18, 2019
Suspects are innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. Arrests Christopher Ransom, 39, of Brown Circle Drive in Laurel, Miss., was arrested April 15 and charged with nondisclosure of a private image (four […]
News
Foster father teaches life lessons on primitive camping trips
When Lionel Irons Jr. saw what it meant to then 11-year-old Tyren Hills to be his foster dad, Irons realized it was time to pull the trigger on his longtime idea to help more children. […]