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DHS senior receives national recognition
Destrehan High School senior Brooklyn Gillette was recently recognized as an Outstanding Participant in the 2014-2015 National Achievement scholarship program. […]
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Applications due soon for Ethel Schoeffner Scholarship
College students who have graduated from either Destrehan High School or Hahnville High School may be eligible to apply for the $500-per-semester Ethel Schoeffner Scholarship. […]
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How a defiant teenager became the patron saint of artillerymen
When a member of the U.S. Army or Marine corps artillery has served in their career with distinction, they are nominated for the Order of St. Barbara. But what does a 7th century Lebanese woman have to do with howitzers? […]
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Biking the banks
The levee has a long history within St. Charles Parish, but when Kathy Lacompte Bourg and her husband led a group of teenagers down it in the early 1980s, there was no Hale-Boggs bridge and the path was muddy and rocky. […]
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Ormond Plantation will serve as backdrop for ABC series
Destrehan’s Ormond Plantation will serve as the backdrop for an episode of an ABC network drama that is being filmed in St. Charles Parish. […]
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‘Mama Dasch’ graduates from police academy after 25-year hiatus
Officer Betty Jo “B.J.” Dasch is no stranger to the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office. […]
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Parents want ‘confusing’ math taken out of classrooms
When Telesia Batte’s middle child was diagnosed with a learning disability, she chose to move her from the parochial school she loved to a St. Charles Parish public school where greater resources were available to help her. […]
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Honoring our veterans
A young picture of Buddy Keating shows him smiling and enjoying a cigarette on “R and R” in Japan. On the sleeve of his shirt are the visible three chevrons up and two stripes down of a sergeant 1st class–a rank that, today, takes an average of 12 and a half years to attain. […]
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Practice what you teach
Lucas Harms’ day starts at 4 a.m., just before his 2-year-old son, Leo, wakes up. He’ll go to work at Hahnville High School, where he’s been the theater teacher for seven years. […]