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Education

School Board to see sales tax revenue in August

RESERVE — The St. John the Baptist Parish Public School District should start seeing an influx of sales tax revenue in late summer, Superintendent Kevin ... Read more

by Stephen Hemelt, Saturday, January 21, 2017 12:06 am

Columns

Hemelt: Lifestyle changes succeed where diets can fail

Diets rarely lead to long-term success, but lifestyle changes do. That’s a fact I have come to realize as someone who has struggled with weight ... Read more

by Stephen Hemelt, Saturday, January 21, 2017 12:03 am

Edgard

STUCK IN PARK: St. John Parish’s LACE traffic detail stalled

LAPLACE — The reintroduction of increased traffic enforcement in St. John the Baptist Parish doesn’t appear any closer with the start of 2017 as it ... Read more

by Stephen Hemelt, Wednesday, January 18, 2017 12:13 am

LaPlace

LVFD: We’re not slowing LaPlace fire protection

LAPLACE — LaPlace Volunteer Fire Department leaders say they are not the reason progress has slowed with manning the recently completed $2.9 million Fire Station ... Read more

by Stephen Hemelt, Wednesday, January 18, 2017 12:11 am

Lifestyle

Local elementary student grows to top of her university class

LAPLACE — Acadia Reynolds was the type of girl who would arrange her stuffed animals into a classroom setting and assign them all homework. That ... Read more

by Stephen Hemelt, Wednesday, January 18, 2017 12:01 am

Edgard

$2.9 million LaPlace fire station’s property in question

St. John leaders say concerns with new Hemlock Street station are getting resolved EDGARD — Confusion over land ownership underneath the recently completed $2.9 million Fire Station #51 ... Read more

by Stephen Hemelt, Saturday, January 14, 2017 12:10 am

Edgard

Councilman Snyder in as parish’s board chairman

EDGARD — St. John the Baptist Parish Council members executed a peaceful transition of power this week with Councilman Larry Snyder assuming the role of ... Read more

by Stephen Hemelt, Saturday, January 14, 2017 12:07 am

Columns

Hemelt: Whitney Plantation plans ambitious history celebration

Edgard native Courtni Becnel told me she heard all of the stories a few years back when the ambitious Whitney Plantation was under construction in ... Read more

by Stephen Hemelt, Saturday, January 14, 2017 12:03 am

LaPlace

State, Denka sign and share LaPlace chloroprene emissions plan

LAPLACE — On Jan. 6, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and Denka Performance Elastomer signed a formal document that outlines the company’s voluntary commitment ... Read more

by Stephen Hemelt, Wednesday, January 11, 2017 9:35 am

LaPlace

Police work to ID body found in LaPlace

LAPLACE — It could take a few weeks for authorities to positively identify the man found dead this weekend in a LaPlace waterway. St. John ... Read more

by Stephen Hemelt, Wednesday, January 11, 2017 12:10 am

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