Education

LOOKS BRIGHT: Altar server contributing in, outside St. Peter classroom

As a seventh grader at St. Peter’s Catholic School in Reserve, Jenna Hickman is involved in a lot…

LaPlace

Know who you are voting for: Forum designed to introduce District 7 Parish Council candidates

LAPLACE — The more informed voters are, the better decisions they will make in the voting booth. That’s…

LaPlace

$500K theft accusation puts Baloney Funeral siblings at odds

LAPLACE — Brother has been pitted against sister in a St. John the Baptist Parish funeral home feud…

Edgard

Paradis man sentenced to 15 years after Edgard store hold up

EDGARD — A West Bank gas station robbery, thwarted by a quick-thinking attendant, came back to bite the…

Edgard

Pizza robbery ends in jail for 1, charge against 2nd suspect dropped

EDGARD — The 2015 armed robbery of a pizza man in Reserve led to jail time, according to…

LaPlace

Tree removal part of government building construction; new landscaping & greenery planned

LAPLACE — Joni Mitchell sang, “They paved paradise to put up a parking lot.” In LaPlace, they cut…

Edgard

St. John the Baptist Parish arrests report: 2/27 – 3/2

2/27 Harold Reginald Brown III, 18, 291 S. Emile, Garyville, violation of probation/parole Armando Alvarez Castillo Jr., 35,…

LaPlace

Norco suspect arrested; N.O. tow truck driver killed in St. John wreck

LAPLACE — A tow truck driver servicing a vehicle along I-55 north at milepost 11.8 in St. John…

LaPlace

Survivor Brunch Stories: Saturday event free for cancer survivors, $10 for caregivers & supporters

LAPLACE — Whether she’s having a good day or a bad one, Beverly Harris always gets fully dressed.…

LaPlace

D.A., Pres. & Council fail to reach St. John coastal consensus

LAPLACE — A festering dispute involving the highest branches of St. John the Baptist Parish government has been…