Local

Gun, drugs leads to 10 years in jail for Reserve man

RESERVE — A Reserve man arrested for illegal possession of drugs and a firearm was recently sentenced to…

Health

St. James Hospital’s no-cost wellness visits for medicare patients showing results

LUTCHER — In a few short months, care coordinators at St. James Parish Hospital have helped diagnose colon…

Local

LaPlace man sentenced to 5 years after woman robbed at gunpoint

RESERVE — A local man received the maximum sentence under the law, according to prosecutors, following a violent…

Health

Lithotripsy now offered at St. James Parish Hospital’s urology clinic

LUTCHER — St. James Urology Clinic — a department of St. James Parish Hospital — is extremely excited…

Education

Cargill spends spring break sprucing up Fifth Ward Elementary

RESERVE — Employees from Cargill came during spring break on Friday to plant flowers and beautify the front…

LaPlace

St. John Parish arrests report: 4/6 – 4/9

4/6 Charles Isaiah Paxton, 26, 231 E. 23rd St., Reserve, contempt of court (misdemeanor) – two counts Akia Warnell…

Edgard

“Without Spencer” — Family heard in court as bus driver sentenced to 15 years

EDGARD — Bus driver Denis Yasmir Amaya Rodriguez was sentenced to 15 years in prison for instigating the…

Edgard

Driver in crash that killed firefighter Spencer Chauvin, 2 others sentenced to 15 years

EDGARD — The driver of a bus the killed three people, including a veteran St. John the Baptist…

DEVELOPING NEWS

Benefit account started after deputy’s daughter killed in tragic crash

A benefit account has been set up at Regions Bank following the tragic death of 5-year-old Addisyn Teekell,…

Entertainment

Regional approach limits St. John’s impact, tourism official says

LAPLACE — Dissolving, or at least restructuring the River Parish Tourism Commission will likely not have an adverse…