Columns
Legislators just don’t get the message
One of the few things that almost all voters in Louisiana agree on is that we have too many elections. […]
St. Charles Parish Louisiana
Editorial
Old 2-year college try
In the past five hard years of higher education’s declining state support, rising tuition, defecting faculty and deteriorating facilities, college leaders have stuck together and let the Board of Regents coordinate their requests for funding from the Legislature. A lot of good that did them. […]
News
Big abortion clinic is planned nearby
Teaching the value of life amidst so much terror and violence in our lives will suffer a setback if the abortion clinic scheduled to be built on South Claiborne Avenue in New Orleans is realized. […]
Crime
Sheriff’s Reports 5-23-2013
•Jonathan M. Lanque, 17, of 216 St. John St. in Luling, was arrested on May 14 and charged with theft of goods less than $500. […]
Crime
Grassroots effort underway to curb St. Rose violence
On a Friday afternoon, community activists and young girls stand in a circle in a driveway of a home in the Preston Hollow neighborhood in St. Rose. […]
Government
Council: Civil service employees should keep jobs if forced to relocate due to Biggert-Waters
The St. Charles Parish Council has asked the parish government to allow employees to keep their jobs if they have to move to another area due to financial hardship associated with the Biggert-Waters Act. […]
Crime
Gun, cash stolen in rash of Montz car burglaries
Last week, five vehicles were burglarized in Montz and robbers made off with items including wallets, a gun, cell phones, cameras and even cash. […]
Government
FEMA letter touts low cost of flood insurance
The Federal Emergency Management Agency sent out a letter to local residents asking them to renew their flood insurance rates, touting the low cost. […]
Lifestyles
St. Charles Parish Arts Awareness Festival
Kevell Byrd, a fifth grader at Luling Elementary, enjoyed creating a person from paper straws at the St. Charles Parish Arts Awareness Festival. […]