News
Schools consider reducing health, life insurance benefits for retirees
The St. Charles Parish School system announced their intention to reduce health and life insurance benefits for future employees hired after June 30, 2013.
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Government
85 families ordered to court to answer for school absences
Judges with the St. Charles Parish 29th Judicial Court are being proactive when it comes to school absences, ordering 85 families to court to sign an agreement ensuring the students will attend school every day they are able.
Crime
Infamous rape, murder case may get another look
Victor “Bruce” Perritt was convicted in 1983 for the 1981 rape, torture and murder of Barbara Jo Brown, an 11-year-old Luling girl.
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Cat Clearance: half off at shelter due to overcrowding
It’s almost impossible to step into any room in the new St. Charles Parish Animal Shelter without either running into a small kitten or hearing the felines call out from behind their cages. […]
Crime
Copper theft big problem
Sheriff Greg Champagne has stepped up his office’s efforts in recent weeks to combat copper theft in St. Charles Parish.
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Lightning strikes Cataouatche fisherman
In what both brothers called a miracle, Chad and Chuck Colombel are out of the hospital after one of them was struck by lightning while they were fishing in Lake Cataouatche on Saturday.
Crime
Grand jury indicts teen in St. Rose murder
Keywine Bradford, 16, was indicted for murder by a grand jury last week in the May shooting death of a 19-year-old St. Rose man, according to the victim’s father, Leo Mealey.
Crime
Tax preparer accused of filing false returns
The owner of a tax preparation business in Luling has been charged with filing false tax returns for her clients and for herself, according to U.S. Attorney Jim Letten’s office.
Government
Parish says all land acquired for Willowridge levee
The St. Charles Parish administration has acquired all land necessary to build the Willowridge portion of the project. […]