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LaPlace

Noise complaints force drumline move

LAPLACE — Since 2002 Calvin Berry III’s Master’s Touch DrumLine has been enthralling audiences throughout the New Orleans area with its precision percussion and stylish ... Read more

by Lori Lyons, Saturday, July 29, 2017 12:13 am

Lifestyle

YOU get a backpack & YOU get a backpack

LAPLACE — They may not be excited about summer ending, but hundreds of St. John the Baptist Parish school students (and their parents) were pretty ... Read more

by Lori Lyons, Saturday, July 29, 2017 12:05 am

High School Sports

Riverside senior plowing through competition

RESERVE —To learn the real story about Riverside Academy running back Jeremy Gibson, you have to go the expert. It’s not head coach Chris Lachney ... Read more

by Lori Lyons, Saturday, July 29, 2017 12:01 am

Health

Giving Back: LaPlace friends support young women through Prodigy Youth Foundation

LAPLACE — Shona Lawrence and Erica Jackson say they are about as opposite as two best friends can be. Lawrence, a nurse practitioner, is the ... Read more

by Lori Lyons, Wednesday, July 26, 2017 12:14 am

East St. John

Schnyder taking baseball love to Grambling

You can say one thing about Justin Schnyder. He has remained faithful to his first love. Schnyder, who recently graduated from East St. John High ... Read more

by Lori Lyons, Wednesday, July 26, 2017 12:03 am

Edgard

Celebrate education, empowerment at West Bank festival

EDGARD — Several years ago, a group of concerned citizens got together to form the West St. John Stakeholders, a non-profit organization whose goal is ... Read more

by Lori Lyons, Wednesday, July 26, 2017 12:02 am

LaPlace

Uniform giveaway planned for working single parents; preregistration required

LAPLACE — Going back to school can be stressful for students and expensive for parents. Over the years, the Norco-based Assistance for Single Parents organization ... Read more

by Lori Lyons, Saturday, July 22, 2017 12:13 am

LaPlace

Donut Hole serves free police ‘thank you’

LAPLACE — Kristie Jackson could hardly believe the TV news reports on the one-year anniversary of the police shootings in Baton Rouge. The owner of ... Read more

by Lori Lyons, Saturday, July 22, 2017 12:12 am

Lifestyle

Russell Jack settles in to new role as Registrar of Voters

LAPLACE — Russell Jack Jr.’s career in politics began, oddly enough, at the barber shop. Young, enthusiastic and fresh out of school, the Edgard native ... Read more

by Lori Lyons, Saturday, July 22, 2017 12:03 am

High School Sports

Pedal Valves beats Townsend Homes, 8-4, for Legion state title

METAIRIE — The road may have been longer and with a few more bumps, but the Pedal Valves American Legion baseball team took it right ... Read more

by Lori Lyons, Saturday, July 22, 2017 12:01 am

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