Lifestyles
Lightning blows out windows of Luling home
The recent thunderstorms have provided some much-needed relief to Louisiana soil, but they can also be dangerous. […]
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Lifestyles
Cook up a new hobby
With more than 180 classes from cupcakes and Cajun cooking to finances and photography, the Community Education program has something for everyone. […]
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Minority teachers hard to find, schools say
Finding minority educators for St. Charles Parish has been a challenge to the school district, even though the parish has a higher percentage of minorities than the national average. […]
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Is Hitler’s horse buried in St. Rose?
In the late 1940s, a local doctor, C. Walter Mattingly, bought a prized race horse from Germany. The horse was a chestnut thoroughbred stallion named Nordlicht and it lived on LaBranche Plantation in St. Rose until its death in 1968. […]
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Heartthrobs film in Bayou Gauche
Bayou Gauche is quickly becoming a Hollywood hotspot.
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No major damage in library water leak
A water leak under the East Regional Library in Destrehan caused the closure of the building all day on Thursday but did not cause any major damage, according to Head Librarian Mary desBordes.
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Business
Sales Tax Holiday shows mixed results
Last weekend’s parishwide sales tax holiday had mixed results for area businesses.
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Community reaches out to family after plant explosion
For years, the smiling faces of Warren and Sandra Smith greeted visitors to the German Coast Farmers’ Market, who would come to get their hands on Smith Creamery’s whole, fat-free and chocolate milk, butter and Creole cream cheese.
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Crime
Frog heist suspect arrested
Police have arrested a Boutte man they believe pretended to be a Department of Wildlife and Fisheries agent in order to coax three teens over to a canal bank before stealing frogs from them.
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