Lifestyles
Mary Lou Sumrall loved her 46 years with St. Charles schools
When Mary Lou Sumrall retired from the St. Charles Parish School System, she had served 46-1/2 years. […]
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Lifestyles
J.B. Martin student’s art recognized nationally
Annemarie McMillan, a J.B. Martin Middle School student, recently returned from Orlando where her artwork was displayed at the National Jr. Beta Convention. […]
Lifestyles
Dancing Desty Darlings 4 generations strong
When Emma Rome was named to this year’s Destrehan Desty Darlings, it was like dance team royalty donning the uniform as the fourth generation in her family. […]
Lifestyles
Beloved teacher ‘Sheffie’ has amazing story
As Sal Digirolamo recently went through his Norco Civic Association files, he found a long lost copy of a speech from Ethel Schoeffner’s retirement ceremony. […]
Lifestyles
Norco WWII vet says he was a lucky man
Under the relentless fighting will of the Japanese in World War II, James Smith said there were certainly times he didn’t expect to come back home to Norco. […]
Lifestyles
Mother doesn’t want toddler who drowned to have died in vain
Recalling how 2-year-old Kevin J. “Bubba” Cortez III loved being by the bayou and on the boat with his papa, his parents wept as they emphasized how much they didn’t want others to lose a child the way they did. […]
Lifestyles
DHS grad beats price at the pump by making his own biodiesel
For Dillon Deshotel, the phrase “pain at the pump” is merely a rumor these days, far into the rearview mirror of his Ford F-250 pickup truck. […]
Lifestyles
Girl Scout’s houseboat replica is making history
Margo Matherne was thinking “gold” when she pitched the project of building a kid-size replica of a houseboat for the future Des Allemands, Bayou Gauche, Paradis Museum on WPA Road. […]
Lifestyles
After year, Destrehan mother tracks dog from flood, relocation to Nebraska
When the truck delivers Evie this week, it’ll end an epic ordeal for a dog that was mistakenly given away, survived a historic flood and ended up in Nebraska. […]