Lifestyles
Help for Honduras
When members of the Rotary Club of St. Charles Parish landed in the Honduran city of Tegucigulpa, they weren’t there to tour Mayan ruins. […]
Lifestyles
Health
Flu vaccine not as effective against season’s dominant strain
The flu vaccine may not be as effective against this season’s most dominant strain of the disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. […]
Lifestyles
Christmas comes early as 1,000 kids receive donated toys
The St. Charles Parish Toy Drive delivered a day of games, food, toys and plenty of smiles to roughly 1,000 parish children on Saturday. […]
Lifestyles
$5 million school expansion honors Norco Vietnam pilot killed in 9/11 attacks
A $5 million renovation of St. Charles Catholic High School will feature a memorial to a St. Charles Parish-raised Air Force pilot killed while valiantly trying to save a woman during the Sept. 11, 2001 attack on the Pentagon. […]
Lifestyles
Engagement: Sellers-Dunlap
Christa Eileen Sellers and Scott Alexander Dunlap II, both of Houston, Tex., would like to announce their engagement and commitment to be wed on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015. […]
Lifestyles
Norco Christmas card artists
Norco Elementary chose its Christmas card from among five entries. Fifth-grader Alex Dusang’s drawing will be used as the school’s Christmas card. […]
Lifestyles
St. Charles Art Guild December Artists
The St. Charles Art Guild announced its artists of the month for December. […]
Lifestyles
Humane Society Pet of the Week: Blackie
This week’s Humane Society showcase pet is Blackie, a 7-month-old female lab. […]
Book Review
Book Review: “Divergent”
Veronica Roth, author of Divergent, creates a perfectly balanced and structured society that consists of five groups divided strictly on how the brain works: Abnegation, Erudite, Dauntless, Amity, and Candor. At age sixteen, all members of the society have to choose which faction they will live in to begin their journey as adults. A mind stimulation is given to each inductee before the Choosing Ceremony to help determine where they would be most fit. […]