News
Overturned truck dumps sand, diesel into culvert
A collision on River Road in Hahnville between a dump truck carrying sand and a 1999 Crown Victoria took at least six hours to clear up last week. […]
Articles by Shonna Riggs
News
Early voting gets underway on Oct. 21
As the election draws closer for the next president of the United States, St. Charles Parish residents who didn’t register to vote by Oct. 6 won’t be allowed to vote for John McCain or Barack Obama. […]
Business
New venture gives residents ability to cook, market food items
St. Charles Parish residents who have a passion for cooking and a good idea for a food product could see their homemade recipes lining the shelves of supermarkets everywhere. […]
News
Jobless rate increases
Unemployment continues to rise in St. Charles, St. James and St. John Parishes, but some relief may soon be on the way after Nucor Steel decided to build a $2 billion plant in St. James. […]
News
Server merger: Money saver or home invader?
Kendall Stall, the parish’s Information Technology director, plans to merge the council’s e-mail server with the parish administration’s e-mail server, which means that his department will have access to council members’ home computers. […]
Lifestyles
Des Allemands family to appear on ABC show
A Louisiana bayou mama and a tutu-toting California princess swapped lives and families for two weeks. Brandi and Gregory Dufrene, Jr., of Des Allemands, and Monique and Mike Melton, of Huntington Beach, Calif., were participants on the reality television show “Wife Swap” that will air Oct. 24 on the ABC network. […]
Business
Don’t build here
A group of Hahnville residents oppose the development of a subdivision they believe will destroy valuable wetlands that help limit flooding in their neighborhood. […]
News
New library site does have contaminants, LDEQ says
The soil where the East Bank Regional Library in Destrehan will be built contains two different kinds of chemical contaminatants, according to documentation provided by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality. […]
News
Credit freeze hurting builders
The President and CEO of First American Bank, which has five branches in St. Charles Parish, believes the bailout of the U.S. financial system won’t impact his local bank. […]