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Realtor says flood insurance rate changes could price people out of homes
Latter and Blum Realtor Regina Allemand said thus far new flood rate changes have had minimal effects on the local real estate market. […]
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FEMA-issued flood policies set to increase 18 percent per year
St. Charles Parish resident Jennifer Simard learned first-hand how drastically flood insurance changed when the National Flood Insurance Program rolled out its new program – known as Risk Rating 2.0. […]
News
Dat Dad’s pastalaya cookoff to benefit pair battling cancer
Two very worthy causes are at the center of the second annual Dad Dad’s Club pastalaya cookoff, which will raise funds to aid Ronnie Baker of St. Rose and Cheri Palmisano of Destrehan, each of whom are battling cancer. […]
Lifestyles
Homeless in St. Rose: Man compares himself to a Timex, but struggles with despair
Charles Slade displayed a Facebook page where he keeps his memories at the St. Rose Library, but it’s also a place he goes to for air conditioning because it’s hot at the tent he calls “home” behind the levee. […]
Lifestyles
Fisher-Perrier joins Brown & Brown as insurance and risk advisor
Julia Fisher-Perrier has joined Brown & Brown Gulf States, a subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., as an insurance and risk advisor. […]
News
Longtime Luling resident fighting aggressive cancer
Angie Heitz was just two days from her 50th birthday when she learned of her inconceivable yet real diagnosis on June 9 of last year. […]
News
Access Health will offer primary care at Luling Elementary
It’s an innovative idea that only required taking down a fence and providing a path for it to work. […]
Allen Lottinger
Major levee system set in southeast La.
St. Charles and St. John the Baptist Parishes have received an okay for $760 million federal funding needed to build levees that will protect the east bank of both parishes when storms swell the waters in Lake Pontchartrain in the future. It is part of a larger $2.6 billion supplemental spending bill. […]
Columns
You’ve got choices on plans to meet college costs
How can you cover your child’s future college costs? Saving early (and often) may be the key for most families. Here are some college savings vehicles to consider. […]