Health
33 percent of St. Charles Parish adults are considered obese
An estimated 33 percent of St. Charles Parish adults are considered obese, according to the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (LDHH). […]
St. Charles Parish Louisiana
Lifestyles
New principal named at HHS, first African-American to serve in position
A new Hahnville High School principal is among the administrative changes announced by St. Charles Parish Public Schools for the 2017-18 school year. […]
News
Boutte woman watched train slam into her SUV
Laura Cummings had just watched the front tire roll off her Ford Explorer and was begging a 911 dispatcher on the phone to send someone to remove her SUV off the railroad tracks when she heard the train horn. […]
Crime
Houma woman accused of hiring hitman to kill Paradis husband
A Houma woman has been arrested and charged with solicitation of murder in connection with an alleged attempt to hire a hitman to kill her husband living in Paradis. […]
News
Ama family loses home in fire, gets help from schools
Although they’re still reeling from their house burning in Ama, Chandell Garcia is grateful for the phenomenal outpouring of support she and her children have gotten from St. Charles Parish Public Schools. […]
Lifestyles
HHS Valedictorian: Britney Hatfield
When the call came that Britney Hatfield had been named Hahnville High School’s valedictorian for the Class of 2017, the astonished teen asked if they were sure the word began with a “V.” […]
Crime
DeVillier was irrational days before shooting deputy, brother says
Just days before John Paul DeVillier shot St. Charles Parish Deputy Burt Hazeltine in a Paradis parking lot on April 16, 2015, his family discussed having him committed because of his erratic behavior. […]
Government
Post 3750 celebrates 50 years of helping veterans
Joe Durr was in a dark depression struggling with his experience from the Vietnam War and, particularly with the memories of the people he killed that had him living like a hermit. […]
Business
This cookie crumbled and then became a Peruvian dream
It was late at night, after the children went to sleep, that Pamela Burford quietly started cooking Peruvian sweets in her Luling kitchen. […]