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Early warm weather promotes bumper crawfish crop, sales
“Beautiful” was how Erik Donnaud described this year’s larger crawfish crop that started appearing on dinner tables as early as Christmas because of early warm weather. […]
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First urgent care for parish’s East Bank set to open doors
Addressing the long desired need for “urgicare” on the East Bank, St. Charles Urgent Care will open Feb. 1 as the first tenant of the nearly completed Plantation View Medical Offices in Destrehan. […]
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Hexion closure will affect up to 100 workers
Hexion Inc. announced it would likely close its Norco operation by June, a move that could affect an estimated 100 employees. […]
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Ochsner Flight Care first responder training held in St. Charles Parish
The Ochsner Flight Care Team, established in 1984, held two first responder training sessions at Jan. 12 and 13 at the newly opened $6.6 million training center adjacent the St. Charles Sheriff’s Office. […]
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Monsanto laying off another 1K people
Monsanto Co. will lay off another 1,000 people to deal with a sluggish farming economy, but did not specify impact to its Luling site. […]
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LeBlanc to offer investment tips for day-to-day financial planning
With the volatility of today’s stock market posing the challenging question of risk versus return, guaranteed investments are becoming more popular. […]
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Duo create foundation for at-risk girls
Carla Scott-Strickland and Dr. Ladadriel Eastman want to make a difference for young women. […]
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Waterford 3 contractors falsified inspection records
A U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) investigation found contractors at Entergy Waterford 3 nuclear power plant in Killona failed to perform fire inspections and falsified records for at least 10 months to show the inspections occurred. […]
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Blue Bell is back
A smile stretched across the face of Dana Majoria Monday afternoon for more than one reason. […]