Health
Norco woman says her rare blood disorder won’t stop her being a firefighter
Despite being diagnosed with two life-threatening conditions, Ashley Haydel is a volunteer with the Norco Volunteer Fire Department. […]
Norco
Lifestyles
Norco man turns into avid volunteer after wife’s death
Herman Louque’s life reads like the Who’s Who in volunteerism in St. Charles Parish. […]
Business
TNT drama films in Norco
It was between breakfast and lunch when a Turner NOLA film crew walked into the Sub Express and Apple Street Diner in Norco. […]
Government
Work beginning on third phase of Norco facelift
Norco’s downtown revitalization isn’t a historic movement, but it’s certainly a move toward reviving the appearance of a town that owes its founding to the New Orleans Refining Co.’s 1916 purchase of a sugar cane field for its oil terminal. […]
Lifestyles
Norco WWII vet says he was a lucky man
Under the relentless fighting will of the Japanese in World War II, James Smith said there were certainly times he didn’t expect to come back home to Norco. […]
Business
2017 Industry Guide: Shell’s Date with Destiny aims to empower, encourage women in the workforce
Educate, empower and encourage is the mantra embodied at the annual Shell-sponsored Date with Destiny career forum, which takes aim at inspiring more women to seek employment in the traditionally male-dominated oil and gas industry. […]
Crime
Slidell man pleads guilty to stealing over $80K from Shell complex to make crawfish burners
A Slidell man pleaded guilty to stealing more than $80,000 of materials and equipment from Norco Manufacturing Complex that he used to make and sell crawfish burners. […]
Crime
Norco man pleads guilty to raping 14-year-old
A Norco man has pleaded guilty to raping a 14-year-old girl in 2014 and will serve 12 years in prison. […]
Business
Shell resumes control of Norco complex
In 1929, Shell purchased the refining company from which the city of Norco earned its name. And, in a sense, Monday marked a day where everything old became new again, and a community was reintroduced to its roots. […]