Profiles
St. Charles Borromeo’s Student of the Year
Isabella Hymel, a fifth grader at St. Charles Borromeo School in Destrehan, has been named Student of the Year for 2019-20. […]
Articles by Anna Thibodeaux
Lifestyles
ESE Young Authors contest winners 2019-20
ESE Young Authors contest winners 2019-20 […]
Breaking News
St. Charles Parish EOC aids search for missing crew members
Three people are reported missing after a barge collision occurred on the Mississippi River earlier this morning (Jan. 26) near Luling. […]
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New BBQ and music fest coming to the parish
Nashville recording artist Kayla Woodson will perform at the first Destrehan Smoke & Oaks BBQ & Music Festival.Woodson, a native of Waggaman, is a homegrown singer coming to the festival, said Tracy Smith, interim executive director at Destrehan Plantation. […]
Business
Plastic waste is new resource for Shell Norco
Rumpelstiltskin spun straw into gold. That was a fairy tale.
Centuries ago alchemists believed they could turn lead into gold. That didn’t work. […]
Business
Hahnville development is approved
A 10-lot subdivision has been approved for construction in Hahnville. […]
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Former DHS student’s memory will live on in first scholarship recipient
On the James’ kitchen wall are the words, “Life isn’t a matter of milestones, but of moments,” a saying they’ve had there for 10 years and, in 2018, became the theme of their daughter’s salutatorian speech at Destrehan High School. […]
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Parish serves as backdrop in Amazon movie
St. Charles Parish has made it into the movies – again.
This time, it’s in an Amazon Studios production called, “Troop Zero,” a family comedy-drama film about elementary schoolgirls recruited by a misfit girl who dreams of life in outer space and wants to be recorded on NASA’s Golden Record. She recruits a makeshift troop to infiltrate the Birdie Scouts to win a talent show. […]
Business
Garbage audit error riles Des Allemands resident
Angered by getting a letter that incorrectly called for the return of a waste cart or paying a doubled garbage fee, a Des Allemands resident said he wasn’t paying it and demanded an explanation. […]