Crime
4 children left alone overnight placed with child services
A St. Rose woman was arrested last week after she allegedly left her four young children at home alone overnight.
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News
Business
Realtors lobby against new home taxes
Lawmakers and realtors across the state are taking preemptive action to stop the implementation of new taxation on real estate sales.
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Government
Landrieu alarmed by levee gaps
U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu visited St. Charles Parish last week to tour the West Bank hurricane protection levee system and said that the gaps in levee protection that leave 30,000 people at risk were alarming.
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Crime
Police: St. Rose victim hit with brick, robbed while walking home
A 34-year-old St. Rose man is in jail after police say he allegedly hit another man in the back of the head with a brick, beat the man in the face and then fled the scene with the victim’s money and keys. […]
Crime
Alleged Luling voyeur booked on child pornography charges
A Luling man arrested earlier this month after authorities say he took lewd photographs of children has been booked with additional charges of child pornography.
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News
Parish pays it forward to Smithville tornado victims
After tornadoes ripped through the south in April, leaving total destruction in parts of Mississippi and Alabama, several St. Charles Parish businesses and residents stepped up to help.
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Business
Real estate market sees increase in buyers
With the future of the local real estate market still uncertain, local realtors say that buyers and sellers should move sooner rather than later.
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Government
Luling levee permit approved
The Army Corps of Engineers finally signed a permit on Friday to construct the Willowridge Phase, or Phase II, of the West Bank hurricane protection levee after years of prep work and consideration by various state and federal agencies.
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Government
View, comment on new land use plan online
After two years of information gathering and analysis, a complete draft of St. Charles Parish’s new comprehensive land use plan will be made available for public viewing and comment.
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