Government
Corps begins reclosing spillway
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is gradually reclosing 200 bays of the Bonnet Carre’ Spillway, making way for the much anticipated fishing and crawfishing bounty expected with area flooding. […]
Articles by Anna Thibodeaux
News
Sheriff says DOTD traffic plan will worsen bridge congestion
With road upgrade work on the Hale Boggs Memorial Bridge to begin Sunday, St. Charles Parish Sheriff Greg Champagne chastised the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) for excluding local agencies from providing input in a traffic re-routing plan that could cause substantial additional traffic congestion. […]
Lifestyles
Educator becomes her best lesson
Surrounded by playful and curious youngsters at Boutte Christian Academy, Dwornette “Trudy” Fox patiently and lovingly reads a storybook to the children. […]
News
Body of man from capsized boat identified
The body of a man lost when his workboat capsized in the Mississippi River near the Hale Boggs Memorial Bridge on Dec. 30 has been identified as Jayme Swafford, 36, of Hammond.
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Lifestyles
‘Mirror Mirror’ wins St. Charles Herald-Guide’s $500 prize
It was just the perfect shot for Diane Rochelle and the winning one in the 2015 St. Charles Herald-Guide’s Camera Shootout Contest. […]
Business
St. Charles housing market shows healthy growth, prices
The St. Charles Parish residential housing market showed gains in 2015 over the previous year in sales, price and days on market. […]
Business
Early warm weather promotes bumper crawfish crop, sales
“Beautiful” was how Erik Donnaud described this year’s larger crawfish crop that started appearing on dinner tables as early as Christmas because of early warm weather. […]
Crime
DHS teacher admits sex with 16-year-old student
Destrehan High School teacher Kimberly Naquin outlined in explicit detail how her sexual relationship began with her then 16-year-old female student in an affidavit with Kenner Police. […]
Business
First urgent care for parish’s East Bank set to open doors
Addressing the long desired need for “urgicare” on the East Bank, St. Charles Urgent Care will open Feb. 1 as the first tenant of the nearly completed Plantation View Medical Offices in Destrehan. […]