Government
Good deals can be found at sheriff’s sale, but so can risks
Each week the St. Charles Herald-Guide publishes properties that are currently up for bid at auction in the sheriff’s sales section of the newspaper. […]
Government
Government
Hurricanes cost parish $10 million
Parish President V.J. St. Pierre says Hurricanes Ike and Gustav cost St. Charles Parish $10 million. […]
Editorial
St. Charles Parish puts up flood fight
Orange flood control tubes have lined Bayou Des Allemands since before Hurricane Gustav made landfall, but that’s not all public works crews have been doing to curb storm surge flooding. […]
Columns
The Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac Frankenstein
The Bush administration has put the mammoth quasi-private lending agencies—Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac—into conservatorship and punted the problem to the next administration. […]
Allen Lottinger
You could almost call us Hurricane Alley
Galveston got it again. The Texas island was hit by the deadliest storm in history in 1900. More that 6,000 people were killed, many of them dying after being trapped for days under rubble. […]
Government
Bayou Gauche waits for the next one
Riding in an airboat through flooded sections of Bayou Gauche island can be a humbling experience after a major storm has roared through and done considerable damage to homes, property and families. […]
Government
Parish gets $100,000 plan grant
St. Charles Parish will receive $100,000 from an organization that provides planning models and technical assistance to help communities with their transportation and infrastructure needs. […]
Government
Enough Already
Even though Hurricane Ike made landfall over 300 miles away in Galveston, Tex., the West Bank of St. Charles Parish experienced a storm surge of 4.2 feet – a foot more than the 3.15-foot surge caused by Hurricane Gustav. […]
Government
Man dies after Highway 90 crash
A Westwego man was killed when his 1999 Chevrolet Suburban ran into a Mack garbage truck at 5 a.m. on Aug. 28.
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