Lifestyles
Celebrating 5 generations
Celebrating 100 years young, Mary Abate Desimone represents a living legacy of the Abate family. […]
Articles by Anna Thibodeaux
Lifestyles
The most interesting man on the bayou
L.J. Frickey recalls in vivid detail the day his life changed forever.
“It was on a Saturday and Roy Rogers would come on that little black-and-white TV,” Frickey said. “Oh my God, I still remember that. At age 8, I was watching it and my dad came in and said, ‘You’re going to work with me today,’ and I’ve been working ever since.” […]
Lifestyles
Grandmother among nation’s top horseshoe throwers
Edie Corso proudly displayed her Senior Olympics gold medal, although she absolutely beamed over an equally important honor that she also wore amongst her many medals. […]
News
Community mourns Dr. Birdsall’s sudden death
The family, friends, colleagues and many patients of Dr. Walter Birdsall Jr. are mourning his sudden passing during a vacation trip to Spain last weekend. […]
News
Paradis shocked by shooting
When the nine-year-old girl next door ran out of her house and crouched in fear behind a truck in the driveway, a neighbor asked her what was wrong and she replied, “My parents and brother are dead.” […]
News
Portera leaving after serving 6 terms on board
Described as a voice for the workers, a woman who spoke her mind and a hands-on board member, Betty Portera’s six-term service on the St. Charles Parish Hospital Board will end on May 7. […]
Columns
What it means to help those in need
Monday’s apartment complex fire was intense and devastating, but no match for the people of St. Charles Parish. […]
Lifestyles
Author who lost all limbs has amazing story
Merlyna Valentine hasn’t let losing all four limbs stop her from pursuing life and inspiring others with her story. […]
News
Longtime assessor passes away
St. Charles Parish knew him as Rock Gisclair, the parish’s 40-year tax assessor, who died Saturday of an apparent heart attack. […]