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High School Sports

Battle-tested Comets face semifinal challenge from St. Thomas More

LAPLACE — The Comets were 2-3 following a 19-point home defeat Sept. 28 to East Ascension. SCC coach Frank Monica noted his team was on ... Read more

by Stephen Hemelt, Friday, November 23, 2018 12:01 am

LaPlace

Opens Meetings lawsuit to end with Parish Council & President training through DA

LAPLACE — St. John Parish Council members, Parish President Natalie Robottom and administration officials are going to attend Open Meetings Law training conducted by the ... Read more

by Stephen Hemelt, Saturday, November 17, 2018 12:15 am

Local

Bystander questions SJSO’s account of gun, robbery

RESERVE — A bystander said an altercation that police said involved a firearm and led to the arrest of a Reserve resident was not as ... Read more

by Stephen Hemelt, Saturday, November 17, 2018 12:09 am

High School Sports

Rams will play physical with Homer

EDGARD — After having truly proven themselves as Louisiana Road Warriors this regular season, the West St. John Rams have no problem welcoming out-of-town guest ... Read more

by Stephen Hemelt, Friday, November 16, 2018 12:04 am

High School Sports

SCC looks to shoot down battle-tested Eagles

LAPLACE — Following a bye in Week 1 of the playoffs, St. Charles Catholic opens up postseason play this Friday in LaPlace by hosting Parkview ... Read more

by Stephen Hemelt, Friday, November 16, 2018 12:03 am

Education

School Board: Better planning, parental buy-in & certified teachers needed for growth

LAPLACE — The new (mostly re-elected) St. John the Baptist Parish School Board begins its next 4-year term in 2019. Although voters largely voted back ... Read more

by Stephen Hemelt, Saturday, November 10, 2018 12:22 am

Education

St. John Public Schools earn “C” – District leaders talk improvement

RESERVE — The Louisiana Department of Education released performance data this week detailing how well public school students performed during the 2017-18 school year, handing ... Read more

by Stephen Hemelt, Saturday, November 10, 2018 12:17 am

LaPlace

Early voting begins in 2 weeks for runoffs

LAPLACE — The Fall election season has entered Round 2. Local voters decided on six of the seven contested St. John the Baptist Parish School ... Read more

by Stephen Hemelt, Saturday, November 10, 2018 12:12 am

Columns

Hemelt: Answering questions is not always easy but is always important

Jaclyn Hotard shared with L’OBSERVATEUR recently that sometime back the Louisiana Attorney General’s office visited with St. John the Baptist Parish elected leaders to host ... Read more

by Stephen Hemelt, Saturday, November 10, 2018 12:03 am

BREAKING NEWS

Wildcats can’t overcome Spartans, field conditions in muddy postseason defeat

GONZALES — The field was muddy, the Wildcats sideline was downright disgusting and the temperature was cold, but none of it stopped an energized East ... Read more

by Stephen Hemelt, Friday, November 9, 2018 10:45 pm

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