Couple charged with marijuana distribution

RESERVE – St. John the Baptist Parish sheriff’s deputies recently concluded a sting operation and arrested a Reserve couple and confiscated more than $5,000 worth of marijuana…

Weekend accident results in one death, two injuries

VACHERIE – A head-on collision between two vehicles Sunday left two Vacherie residents injured and another man dead…

LaPlace man dies in accident

LAPLACE – A two-car collision on Airline Highway in LaPlace killed one and injured three LaPlace residents on Saturday evening…

Luling resident charged with felony theft

HAHNVILLE – A Luling woman apparently made off with more than $65,000 from Occidental Chemical in Taft during a 10-month period. She was charged with felony theft on April 10…

Arson suspected in Reserve fire

RESERVE – Arson is suspected in a Monday blaze that burned an abandoned apartment building in the Reserve Oaks Housing Project to the ground, officials said…

Heritage festival scheduled in May

DESTREHAN – The fourth annual Spring Heritage Festival is scheduled to be held May 1-2 at Destrehan Plantation…

Murder suspects arraigned, hearing dates set for trio

HAHNVILLE – Three men were recently arraigned before 29th Judicial District Judge Robert Chaisson and officially charged with the Mardi Gras Day murder of James Rogers, 17, of LaPlace…

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