Lifestyles
Schools offer free playgroups for toddlers
They’re weekly, available to toddlers and their parents at no charge, and represent an opportunity far more important than just play. […]
Articles by Anna Thibodeaux
Health
Relay for Life to honor cancer survivors
More than 200 people representing 20 teams have signed up to walk around the clock in the battle against cancer during this Saturday’s Relay for Life. […]
Lifestyles
Norco father builds ‘pedicab’ for disabled sons
Ron and Anne Schexnaydre are accustomed to bringing the world to their twin sons, Joshua and Jacob, but their latest feat changes that direction a little – at least in St. Charles Parish. […]
Government
Destrehan deluge tests parish pumps – again
Destrehan streets filled with water again this month just a few weeks after the record heavy rains of Louisiana’s catastrophic flooding and only months after the March deluge that hit the South. […]
Crime
Luling man convicted of negligent homicide in 2013 crash that killed deputy
Dallas Veillon has been found guilty of negligent homicide in the August 2013 four-vehicle wreck that killed St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Deputy Jeff Watson.
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Agriculture / Horticulture
Killona woman considers flowers her way of bringing beauty in the world
Although Karen Perry is reorganizing her rose garden, it will never lose its bloom if she has her way. […]
Business
Bayer announces $66B takeover of Monsanto
With the two giants of industry standing alongside each other, Bayer CEO Werner Baumann and Monsanto CEO Hugh Grant jointly announced Bayer’s $66 billion takeover of Monsanto today (Sept. 14).
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Crime
St. Charles Parish Hospital board chairman forced to resign
Luling businessman John Landry III, who was arrested and charged with falsifying public records in June, has agreed to resign as chairman of the St. Charles Parish Hospital Board as part of an agreement with the District Attorney’s Office. […]
Government
St. Charles Parish school board member pushes for Killona library
St. Charles Parish School Board member Ellis Alexander believes he’s finally pulled the pieces together for a project he’s long worked on achieving. […]