Obituaries
Earline Badeaux Dufrene
Earline Badeaux Dufrene, 69, a native of Des Allemands and resident of Houma, died at 4:21 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 24. […]
St. Charles Parish Louisiana
Crime
Sheriff’s Reports 9-4-2014
•Darrel J. Joseph Jr., 17, of 808 Paul Fredrick St. in Luling, was arrested on Aug. 23 and charged with second-degree battery. […]
Lifestyles
Damaged playground equipment draws ire of Des Allemands parents
Parents bringing their students to Des Allemands Elementary got an unwelcome surprise when they noticed that a jungle gym in the school’s playground had been marked off with caution tape. […]
Business
$400,000 grant will help locals get free on-the-job training in high-demand fields
St. Charles Parish job seekers with little to no work experience will get a lift after a $400,000 grant was provided to the River Parishes office of the Louisiana Workforce Commission for on-the-job training. […]
Business
Strange modular units stored at Pier 90 are part of $850 million plant
Motorists traveling along Highway 90 last week noticed a strange site in the parking lot of Pier 90 where a number of very large metal modular units were being stored. […]
Health
Ochsner reconsiders termination of 12 St. Charles hospital nurses
Only a week after Ochsner Health System officials made a blindsiding announcement that they would terminate 21 nurses after taking over management of St. Charles Parish Hospital, 12 of those employees have been invited to stay. […]
Lifestyles
100-foot-long mural nearly complete on River Road
After eight years in the making, an expansive mural depicting 300 years of settlement in St. Charles Parish is nearing completion in an unlikely spot. […]
Health
SCP: No reason to believe deadly amoeba in St. Charles water
After a brain-eating amoeba was found in St. John the Baptist Parish’s water supply, St. Charles Parish says there is no reason to believe the local water system is at risk for the deadly organism. […]
Government
Fed up St. Rose residents take action in aftermath of chemical release
A group of St. Rose residents have banded together in the wake of a 10-day noxious chemical release from IMTT’s St. Rose facility in June that left more than 130 people in the area feeling sick. […]