Crime
Police seek clues in Destrehan home invasion
Police have released a sketch of a suspected home invader, who along with two other men, tied up a mother and daughter before ransacking their Destrehan home.
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Events & Announcements
Women get defensive at academy
DESTREHAN – Destrehan TaeKwonDo Plus Academy will be offering a Women’s Self Defense Class on Tuesday, Dec. 14 at 6 p.m. […]
Lifestyles
Destrehan native helps turn science fiction into reality
A physics professor, who grew up in Destrehan, was part of a group of scientists that made a huge breakthrough that could eventually unlock some of the universe’s best-kept secrets.
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News
Train derailment forces evacuation of 15 homes
A train derailed at about 6 a.m. on Wednesday morning near a Destrehan neighborhood.
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News
Destrehan businessman hopes sauce helps saves the coast
A Destrehan businessman has produced a new hot sauce for sale around the parish and 10 percent of the sales proceeds will go to the Audubon Nature Institute to help with oil spill cleanup efforts. […]
Crime
Destrehan mother pleads no contest to murdering children
A Destrehan native has been sentenced to two consecutive life sentences after pleading no contest to two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of her two children. […]
Events & Announcements
CASA invites public to preview playhouse
DESTREHAN – Child Advocacy Services cordially invites the St. Charles community to a preview party of the 2010 Cottages for CASA Playhouse on July 23 at Ormond Plantation. […]
News
Watchdog group investigates Jesse Duplantis’ lifestyle
It’s hard to miss the new two-story, 25-room house on the corner of River Road and Ormond Boulevard in Destrehan. But most people who drive by it don’t realize that they are helping to pay for it. […]
Government
Work underway on Destrehan pump station
An $18.8 million pump station that will help drain water from Prospect Avenue in Norco to Interstate 310 in St. Rose is now under construction and should be completed by September 2011, according to Steve Wilson, president of the Pontchartrain Levee District. […]