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Entertainment

They won $225 & YOU could win even more in May

LAPLACE — Sandra Smith is a regular reader of L’OBSERVATEUR, and she chooses to purchase her local newspaper from the store or boxes around the ... Read more

by Stephen Hemelt, Saturday, April 27, 2019 12:18 am

Education

School Board tables decision on charter request to open at Riverside Academy

RESERVE — Over the course of approximately ten minutes, a St. John the Baptist Parish School Board attorney detailed the reasons why he could not ... Read more

by Stephen Hemelt, Saturday, April 27, 2019 12:10 am

LaPlace

Update: Vehicular homicide suspect moved to St. John Parish

LAPLACE — A Houma man was moved to custody in St. John the Baptist Parish this week, charged by authorities with operating his vehicle in ... Read more

by Stephen Hemelt, Friday, April 26, 2019 12:52 pm

Edgard

Charges dropped in fatal ’16 crash that resulted in deaths of 2 Garyville residents

EDGARD — Prosecutors dropped charges against a Houma man implicated by authorities as having caused a 2016 fatal wreck that resulted in the deaths of ... Read more

by Stephen Hemelt, Wednesday, April 24, 2019 12:16 am

Education

School Board scheduled to address charter issue

RESERVE — The St. John the Baptist Parish School Board is scheduled to meet Thursday evening in Reserve. One thing on the agenda is a ... Read more

by Stephen Hemelt, Wednesday, April 24, 2019 12:13 am

LaPlace

Opportunists striking St. John with large-scale financial crimes, businesses asked to add safeguards

LAPLACE —These kinds of crimes aren’t stopping anytime soon, according to Sheriff Mike Tregre, who is referencing this month’s arrest of Stephanie Parsons — a ... Read more

by Stephen Hemelt, Saturday, April 20, 2019 12:14 am

Columns

Hemelt: Charter school negotiation must stay in public eye

A final operating contract — in “executable form,” according to a School Board attorney — has been sent to St. John Parish School Board members. If ... Read more

by Stephen Hemelt, Saturday, April 20, 2019 12:03 am

Columns

Hemelt: Operating goal, measurable impacts would help justify festival spending

The Andouille Festival is remaining a St. John the Baptist Parish organized and operated event, with no plans to cancel the fun before the 2019 ... Read more

by Stephen Hemelt, Tuesday, April 16, 2019 12:01 am

Education

2019 opening negotiations continue for charter school; April benchmarks approach

RESERVE — Louisiana Premier Charter School representatives and St. John the Baptist Parish School Board members had, easily, their most productive back-and-forth dialogue Thursday morning ... Read more

by Stephen Hemelt, Saturday, April 13, 2019 12:25 am

LaPlace

Parish president keeping old office; SJSO still expanding in Percy Hebert Building

LAPLACE — Some of St. John the Baptist Parish’s top elected officials have called a truce, temporarily laying down their swords when it comes to ... Read more

by Stephen Hemelt, Saturday, April 13, 2019 12:22 am

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