Lifestyles
Adopted Oregon man uses social media to track down parents
In the summer of 1973, a baby boy was born to a 14 year-old girl at West Jefferson Medical Center in Gretna.
Profiles
Lifestyles
Destrehan woman who saw horrors of foster care gives voice to children
Destrehan resident Jacqueline Awasthi knows the importance of having someone to speak on behalf of children in the foster care system.
Lifestyles
Monsanto employee will receive national award for life-saving actions
A local Monsanto employee will receive a national award after his quick actions helped save the lives of a man who was struck by lightning while fishing on Lake Cataouatche. […]
Business
Put a bow on it
The River Region Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring students across the region in helping guide them through the creation of their own small businesses. […]
Lifestyles
Bunnies in Paradis(e)
On a dead end street in the backyard of an otherwise unassuming trailer home located behind J.B Martin Middle School in Paradis is a row of rabbit hutches. […]
Lifestyles
Surviving domestic abuse
Amanda Brickhaus was only 17 when she met the man who would later become the father of her two children.
Lifestyles
‘Saved by the belt’ : Mother, son narrowly escape death in horrific crash
It was the 6th of May last year when Dorothy Compton and her 12-year-old son, Patrick Dennies, were driving to Metairie to get a cake for a double birthday celebration. […]
Lifestyles
Ministry seeks to house homeless vets in Hahnville
James Johnson did not know what to do after his apartment was destroyed in Hurricane Katrina.
Lifestyles
Kickstarting Katrina Destrehan author using Kickstarter to fund oral history of Hurricane Katrina
Bert Montgomery watched Hurricane Katrina from the sidelines. […]