Health
Household chemicals
Many products used at home, such as soaps and detergents, are meant to be washed down the drain. […]
St. Charles Parish Louisiana
Crime
Teenager flees parish hospital and drowns in Ashton pond
A 17-year-old boy bolted through the double doors of the St. Charles Parish Hospital in a patient’s gown, ran until he reached the Ashton Plantation subdivision, jumped into a pond – and drowned. […]
Health
Power foods that prevent cancer – you don’t have to live in fear of the ‘BIG C’
With a clear link between diet and cancer, it is more important than ever to follow a diet low in saturated fat, moderate in mono-unsaturated fat and high in fruits and vegetables. […]
Lifestyles
Bicentennial trivia
Enjoy history? Like trivia? You’ve come to the right place. […]
Columns
Parish scholar tells what you ought to know about the Dead Sea Scrolls
NOTE: This is the first of a three-part series on the “Origin of the Bible: Human Inventions or Divine Intervention?” by Dr. Brant Pitre of Destrehan. Pitre is a Bible scholar of national renown. For background information or CD’s of his Bible studies, visit www.brantpitre.com […]
Letter to the Editor
I’m not keen on school millage increase
In the Jan. 18, 2007 issue of your newspaper, the St. Charles Parish school board said if voters fail to renew two separate millages on March 31, 2007, schools could go bankrupt or close and teachers might have to be fired. […]
Letter to the Editor
The tip of the spear of freedom … the historical black church
Langston Hughes once said, “We are not where we ought to be, we are not where we should be, but thank God we are not where we were.”
Yes let us thank God. […]
Allen Lottinger
We’ve had embarrassing moments since Katrina
Pres. George W. Bush did goof when he did not mention the continued resurrection from Hurricane Katrina along the Gulf Coast as one of the nation’s major concerns. […]