Crime
Luling man gets 10 years for child porn
Grover Cornwell, 61, Luling, pled guilty to 90 counts of possession of child pornography and 1 count of child molestation of a juvenile. […]
News
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Direct deposit for child support
BATON ROUGE- The Department of Social Services (DSS) is now offering child support clients two new options in receiving payments.
Government
A way out
Keeping St. Charles Parish a safe community is what the drug court is all about. The highly successful program offers an alternative to jail time.
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News
Wetland Watchers wins national award
From a crowded field of worthy entrants, the LaBranche Wetland Watchers, an outdoor educational program for Harry Hurst Middle School, won the 2006 National Silver Star, a $10,000 prize. […]
Government
Brou: Now is the time for panic
The east bank water crisis ratcheted up another notch at the parish council meeting on Monday evening. At the meeting, Department of Waterworks Director Robert Brou told members in an impassioned address that C Plant’s failure “could happen tonight.”
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Business
Clearing New Paths for the Future
When St. Charles Parish teachers Barry Guillot, Craig Howat and Daniel Martin along with local environmentalist Milton Cambre surveyed the damage from Hurricane Katrina to their proposed site for the region’s first public nature trail, they were encouraged by the lack of erosion from the tidal surge.
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Shell and Motiva donate parks
Two newly developed Greenbelt Recreational Parks in Norco were dedicated and donated to St. Charles Parish Recreational Department in ribbon cutting ceremonies on Saturday, March 11. […]
Government
Local leaders add support to the Jindal Bill
Congressman Bobby Jindal was recently joined by parish presidents, mayors, and coastal advocacy groups to add further weight behind the push to pass his Domestic Energy Production through Offshore Exploration and Equitable Treatment of State Holdings Act of 2006.
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Dow Offers $6,000 in PTEC Scholarships
The chemical industry has been vocal about how their operations have changed over the years. Technology has changed and, as a result, the skill sets a plant operator must have today have changed through the years as well. […]