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January 17, 2007 Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor: The Sheriff’s Office’s SWAT team did a bang-up job arresting that gun suspect in Luling a week or so ago. I liked your story, too, although your …… photograph on the front page showed a training exercise, not the bust itself. Nice work, though. The story had details I didn’t see anywhere else. – Jaheem Mullins, Ama […]

Editorial

At the sound of the beep

January 17, 2007 Letters to the Editor

Comments are transcribed from the answering machine on our comment line at 985-783-8181.Editor: Your story on the “business incubator” in Norco that will help ordinary people produce and market homemade recipes like hot sauce and pecan pralines was an eye opener. I haven’t lived in St. Charles Parish for long, but that incubator is very progressive. […]

Barbara Munson

Saints win again – even with Barbara on ‘injured reserve’

January 17, 2007 Barbara Munson

Editor’s note: In a December issue, Barbara Munson declared herself “a jinx” to the New Orleans Saints after realizing they lose when she watches them on TV, and win when she doesn’t. This week, she tells what it was like to see their playoff game with the Philadelphia Eagles after the fact – on videotape.

The Morning After

Sunday, January 14, 7:30 a.m.

I sit here bleary-eyed, achy, and exhausted. No, I don’t have the flu, I have Saints fever. […]

News

Talking points

December 13, 2006 Shonna Riggs

Schools superintendant Rodney Lafon is easy to like and his job is a big one. And St. Charles Parish School Board members agreed in a regular meeting that he does indeed have the chops to warrant a new contract that includes a respectable pay raise.

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