Tragedy
Fire causes damage to three Des Allemands neighborhood homes
Two Des Allemands families lost their homes on Oct. 12 after a fire started in one dwelling and spread to the other. […]
Tragedy
News
Fatal accident along Airline leaves another person dead
A fatal car accident that occurred on the deadly stretch of Airline Highway on Sept. 2 leaves a family mourning the death of Leroy Williams, 35, of Garyville. […]
News
2 killed in 4-car crash on Hwy 90
Louisiana State Police investigated an early morning four-vehicle crash on Hwy. 90 at the St. Charles Parish line that claimed the lives of two people, one from Des Allemands. Two other people, both from Luling, were injured. […]
News
Man, 37, killed in motorcycle crash
Louisiana State Troopers investigated a fatal accident in Boutte on the afternoon of May 6. According to Troop B Spokesman Joseph Piglia.
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News
Killed by bulldozer
A St. Charles Parish public schools employee was killed March 20 while operating a bulldozer to clear land where a marquee sign was to be set up. […]
School
Suicide is NO solution – how schools help keep kids alive
Editor’s note: Within the past three weeks, teenagers in New Sarpy, Edgard, and LaPlace have been killed in heart-breaking accidents related to a lethal game of Russian Roulette, a drowning on the heels of a hospital visit in Luling, and an accidental, self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head […]
Tragedy
New Sarpy teen kills himself playing Russian Roulette
A New Sarpy teen shot himself in the head right after telling a close friend of the family a final message – “Tell family I love them.” […]
Crime
3 killed, 3 injured in 2 traffic accidents involving 5 cars
Dead are Mark Hebda, 50, of Metairie, Florence Adams, 64, of New Sarpy, and Natasha Adams, 28, also of New Sarpy. In the first accident, Hebda lost control of his pickup truck, say reports, in a collision with a car driven by Michael Stein, 45, of Norco, on U.S. 61 in St. Charles Parish. […]
Tragedy
3 children died in holiday blaze that burned down Norco family’s house
And chief Robert Lupe remembers the tragic, 2001 blaze well. […]