Lifestyles
School volunteer awarded at Governor’s Mansion
Melissa “Missie” Pitre was honored at the Governor’s Mansion for being the recipient of the A+PEEL School Volunteer Award. […]
Profiles
Fishing / Hunting
Coastal hero will step down after decades of leading restoration efforts
It was a mild summer day in August as Milton Cambre piloted his fishing boat down the Spillway Canal and toward Lake Pontchartrain. […]
Health
Hahnville native in good spirits despite Lou Gehrig’s diagnosis
It was 2008 when Hahnville-native Patricia Costa Hoffman, 44, began experiencing health issues. […]
Health
Toddler receives heart transplant
The benefactor of the 2013 Fishing For Frankie fundraiser has received a heart transplant that will go a long way towards remedying a serious heart condition he has been battling for the past six months. […]
Lifestyles
Destrehan man found inspiration to join seminary from boyhood priest
As a young boy, Destrehan-native Jared Rodrigue’s family was close with Father John Phuc, who was a pastor at St. Charles Borromeo Church. […]
Lifestyles
United Way new hire
United Way of St. Charles has announced Nicole DeSoto as its new accounting clerk. […]
Lifestyles
JROTC cadet receives award
Destrehan High School Junior ROTC Cadet Jonathan Richard received the coveted Commandant’s Award at the Keesler AFB JROTC Summer Leadership School from Brigadier General Bradley Spacey, the 81st Training Wing commander at Keesler AFB, Miss. […]
Lifestyles
Destrehan medicine man collects unique home remedies to fix what ails you
The past few times Eddie Boyd has gone to the doctor’s office and had blood drawn, he reached in his pocket, pulled out a tangle of spider webs and asked the phlebotomist to place them on the puncture wound to stop the bleeding. […]
Lifestyles
95-year-old veteran who was wounded in neck by sniper fire recounts WWII experience
Richard Keller was leading a combat unit on the front lines at Bougainville Island in the Solomon Islands when he was shot by a sniper. […]