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Food trucks, longer fireworks show highlight July 3 event
Seven food vendors will set up shop at West Bank Bridge Park on Thursday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. to serve food during the parish’s Independence Day Celebration. […]
Articles by Meghan McCune
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Destrehan High student blends South Asian, Louisiana culture in award-winning art
Momin Mahmood, a rising junior at Destrehan High School, won the 2025 Congressional Art Competition for Louisiana’s First District. His work will sit on display at the U.S. Capitol for one year. […]
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Nearly a year after closing its school of dance, River Region Ballet finds new home
River Region Ballet, which opened in 1995, has a new name and a new location. […]
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Cutbacks lead to bare shelves at food pantry, but community steps up to help
In early June, Matthew 25:35 Ministries, a local food pantry and community ministry that partners with Second Harvest Food Bank, posted photos to Facebook with nearly bare shelves. […]
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Library to host award-winning musician, book author Monday
Johnette Downing, an award-winning musician and children’s book author from New Orleans, will perform her show, “Down in Louisiana: Animal Songs for Children,” at the East Regional Library in Destrehan at 2 p.m. and at the West Regional Library in Luling at 6 p.m. on Monday, June 30. […]
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Library puts on laser tag events this summer
The St. Charles Parish Library will partner with NOLA Games on Wheels to put on games of laser tag at the West Regional Library in Luling on Friday, June 20 at 6 p.m. […]
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Library’s new craft room will include 3D printers
For the first time, the library will open its makerspace craft room Saturday, June 21 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. […]
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St. Charles, St. John parish residents plan Juneteenth celebration
The Revolt1811 Museum and Galleries will host a Juneteenth celebration on Sunday, June 22 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at 105 West 5th Street in LaPlace. […]
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Parish seniors score higher on ACT than Louisiana average
In 2024, the average score for the ACT test, a standardized exam for college admissions that is graded on a scale of 1 to 36, was 18.4 for Louisiana. For St. Charles Parish, the average score was 19. […]