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Reserve woman raped after 2 armed men barge into her home

RESERVE — Physical evidence is being processed and community members are cooperating with detectives as the St. John…

LaPlace

LaPlace carjacking suspect arrested

(Update: Authorities announced the suspect turned himself into police.) LAPLACE — On Saturday at about 8 a.m., members of…

Local

Reserve parents sent to Drug Court for home-based meth making

RESERVE — A Reserve couple that authorities said were cooking and using drugs in a home shared with…

Education

Opinions differ following student-led ‘walkout’ at ESJH

Division was apparent during East St. John High School’s National Walkout Day assembly, an event aimed to unify…

Edgard

St. John School Board approves magnet high school program for ’18-’19

RESERVE — St. John the Baptist Parish Public Schools is launching a magnet STEM program for grades eighth,…

LaPlace

Local contractor arrested for fraud in LaPlace

LAPLACE — A local, unlicensed contractor — who police said stiffed a material supplier and produced shoddy work…

LaPlace

St. John Council to review parish employees’ salaries

LAPLACE — A discussion involving the pay levels of St. John the Baptist Parish employees resulted in an…

LaPlace

6 displaced following 2 separate LaPlace fires

LAPLACE — Two unrelated fire incidents this week displaced a total of six LaPlace residents and launched a…

Education

Former Teen Andouille sets sights on Harvard

RESERVE — Riverside Academy junior Kash’mir Foley will spend seven weeks on the campus of the prestigious Harvard…

LaPlace

St. John resolves $200K project concern from ’01

LAPLACE — An issue involving the St. John Parish Government and Belle Terre Land LLC regarding a construction…