Entertainment

Hemelt: Mardi Gras 2019 was a success

If Mardi Gras is the greatest free party on Earth, then my family certainly got its money’s worth…

Lifestyle

American Flag retirement ceremony open to community

RESERVE — “Please join us as we honor our Flag,” organizers say, for a flag retirement ceremony this…

News

LaPlace woman is 1 of 2 killed after car strikes tree off I-10

HANCOCK COUNTY, Miss. — A St. John the Baptist Parish woman was one of two people killed last…

Education

Looks Bright: LaPlace Elementary’s Theron Gross eyes dual plans as basketball star & robotics engineer

LAPLACE — If LaPlace Elementary fifth grader Theron Gross doesn’t become a world famous basketball star, his back-up…

Police Beat

Heroin sales targeted in St. John raids

LAPLACE — A Special Operations investigation of St. John the Baptist Parish heroin sales led to two arrests…

Police Beat

Local man accused of raping girl, 13, convicted for sex offender registration

EDGARD — A Garyville man arrested last year for the rape of a juvenile is expected to be…

Sports

Unselfish play revives lost season; RA’s strong close ends in semifinals defeat, 79-63

RESERVE — When Riverside Academy lost to University Lab by 10 points on Jan. 18, it dropped the…

Police Beat

St. John the Baptist Parish arrests report: 3/1 – 3/7

3/1 Louis A. Cloudet, 55, 1820 Squirewoood Dr., Harvey, headlights required, possession of alcoholic beverages in motor vehicles,…

DEVELOPING NEWS

Floods concerns reach St. John Parish

LAPLACE — Construction projects near the levee have been halted and recreational driving curtailed as the state monitors…

Lifestyle

Preservation Guild recording oral histories; Gospel & Gumbo fundraiser set at old St. Joan of Arc church

LAPLACE — Preservation keeps the River Region’s history alive, safe from falling through the cracks as untold accounts…