News
Hide your pets, coyotes on the prowl
Coyotes have been spotted across St. Charles Parish, which means residents should keep small pets indoors and secure their trash. […]
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Officers mourn fallen colleague known for building community relationships
Around 300 people gathered together last Thursday in the parking lot of the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office headquarters to remember deputy Jeff Watson. […]
Government
How safe are our railways?
After a recent train derailment in St. Landry Parish resulted in the release of an estimated 43,000 gallons of chemicals and forced the evacuation of 250 area residents, railways in other areas of the state are receiving more scrutiny. […]
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Driver involved in crash that killed deputy suffered several broken bones
A former Hahnville fire chief, who was involved in the four-vehicle collision that killed a St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s deputy last Sunday, broke several bones in the accident but is recovering. […]
Government
Council officially takes over Sunset Drainage District
The St. Charles Parish Council passed an ordinance at Monday’s meeting officially absorbing the Sunset Drainage District into the parish government. […]
Health
Chickens in Paradis, Norco and St. Rose test positive for West Nile
Chickens in Des Allemands, Paradis, St. Rose and Norco have tested positive for the West Nile virus, according to the Louisiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory. […]
Business
Dow leaked forced evacuation of buildings on site
A leak of a highly flammable and poisonous gas was reported at 8:20 a.m. Wednesday at the Dow Chemical facility in Taft and caused the evacuation of buildings downwind from the site, according to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality. […]
Crime
Police respond to possible kidnapping, witness suicide
A Texas man killed himself in a field next to the Nicholas RV Park in Hahnville on Monday after St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s deputies were called to the scene in response to a possible kidnapping. […]
Government
Council asks for permission to go out for bids for Willowridge levee
A decades-long wait is over after the St. Charles Parish Council officially asked the state for permission to go out for bids on the first phase of the Willowridge levee. […]