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Local teacher organizes fundraising efforts for family of 11 affected by house fire
Chris Johnson only caught bits and pieces of a recent school announcement, but he knew he needed to do something to help. […]
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Hundreds of parish children receive free toys for Christmas
As they picked out their newest toys, local children’s faces were lit up with smiles Saturday at the Edward Dufresne Community Center as St. Charles Parish held its annual holiday Toy and Gift Fund giveaway. […]
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Teen shines as volunteer, entrepreneur and ballerina
Student. Volunteer. Entrepreneur. Ballerina.
There are many titles to describe Boutte resident Mary Clare Eastland, but to fully understand how extraordinary she is you must keep one especially important fact in mind – she just turned 16. […]
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Christmas Eve luminary display returns to Ormond
What started decades ago but eventually fizzled out is to returning to Destrehan’s Ormond neighborhood this year. […]
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Local family spreads Christmas magic with mailbox to Santa
When Kyle and Amanda Wardwell saw it in Lowe’s they knew it was perfect – a mailbox that could receive children’s letters to Santa and ensure that each child received a reply from the jolly man himself. […]
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Destrehan’s Morton the hero as Wildcats move on to semifinals
Destrehan is moving on to the state semifinals.
The Wildcats went on a more than five hour road trip and put together a sensational defensive performance to shut out host Ruston, 6-0, at Grambling State in a Class 5A quarterfinal showdown. […]
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25-year-old one of just 17 worldwide diagnosed with rare cancer
Back in May, the last thing on 25-year-old Caden Jackson’s mind was that he would be diagnosed with cancer after waking up one morning with the left side of his face swollen. […]
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Luling firefighter escapes brush with death during Zeta
But for a few feet and a couple of seconds, Barry Minnich’s life could have come to a sudden end on Oct. 28. […]
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HHS soccer coach turned TikTok sensation
He started creating social media content just to cure some quarantine boredom, but then the unexpected happened – Luling resident Eric DeSoto is now TikTok famous. […]