Fishing / Hunting
Gator attacks Destrehan man fishing in spillway
A Destrehan man was attacked by a 4-foot alligator in the Bonnet Carre Spillway on Sunday, but he only suffered minor injuries.
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Articles by Michelle Stuckey
Business
Path cleared for Ashton assisted living center
Construction will finally begin this September on an assisted living center that has been in the works for seven years.
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Lifestyles
‘Beecuz’ every girl matters
St. Charles residents Debra Rieder and Lisa Gibbs both remember how difficult their own “tween” years were.
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Lifestyles
‘Fishing with dad’ wins grand prize
With more than 500 votes, Wendy Petit’s Father’s Day photo is the winner of a $50 gift certificate to Outdoor Express. […]
Fishing / Hunting
Crawfishing explodes in spillway as water subsides
Thousands of fishermen threw out their nets and traps in the Bonnet Carre Spillway on Monday and Tuesday, pulling in hundreds of crawfish each.
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Lifestyles
Downpour means outpour of mosquitoes
Drought conditions have kept local mosquito populations at bay for the past few months, but Steve Pavlovich said that will change as soon as the parish has a long, hard rain.
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Lifestyles
Motorcycle racer picks up where he left off…30 years ago
Jerry Savoie grew up in Luling and is best-known as one of the few alligator farmers to hatch white alligators. But soon he may also be known as a world champion motorcycle racer.
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Lifestyles
New queens in town
New queens will reign over this year’s Louisiana Catfish Festival at St. Gertrude Catholic Church in Des Allemands.
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Government
All spillway bays should be closed by next week
The Army Corps of Engineers has closed about 100 of the 330 bays that were opened in the Bonnet Carre Spillway last month.
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