Entertainment

LaPlace Skate Center closes after 5 months

LAPLACE — Just five months after opening its doors to the community, LaPlace Skate Center has shut down…

LaPlace

Patrols focusing on seat belts start Monday

LAPLACE — Extra cops in St. John the Baptist Parish are focusing on motorists, making sure they are…

Entertainment

New tourism association launches in St. John Parish

WALLACE — Proponents of St. John the Baptist Parish’s exit from the River Parish Tourist Commission launched a…

Entertainment

“Beauty and the Beast” adds extra local performance to summer lineup

RESERVE — River Parish Community Theatre, which brought you last summer’s sold-out smash musical “Annie,” recently released the…

LaPlace

Fallen officers remembered with balloon release

St. John Parish Sheriff Mike Tregre led a brief memorial service and balloon release Wednesday, honoring the fallen…

Education

Students shine at Spring Showcase

The St. John the Baptist Parish Public School District held its Spring Showcase of Music on May 9.…

Education

Viking Virtue celebrated

LAPLACE — Students at St. Joan of Arc Catholic School earn “Viking Virtue” cards for performing acts of…

LaPlace

St. John Parish arrests report: 5/15 – 5/17

5/15 Pierce Thomas Johnson, 23, 40508 Sagefield Ct., Gonzales, DWI – Operating while intoxicated Janettra Jona Brown, 41, 124…

LaPlace

Giving Back: Eagle Scout brothers help lead ambitious Troop 406

LAPLACE — If Alex Watkins of LaPlace isn’t the most decorated Eagle Scout in St. John the Baptist…

LaPlace

Is passenger rail travel from LaPlace possible? Locals asked to share input online

LAPLACE — Community input is requested to steer the conceptual plan for a passenger rail and multimodal transit…