Toshika Sylvester, daughter of John and Lucia Sylvester of Dalcour, won first place in four events at the Junior Olympic Southern Regional Track & Field Meet in Monroe, Louisiana on July 10-11. She anchored the 4 x 100 relay and the 4 x 400 relay with times of 47.52 seconds and 55.30, respectively. She, also, [...]
Generations of Buras High School graduates gathered on Saturday, July 17, to catch up with each other and reminisce about their alma mata.
The second [...]
Louisiana shrimp and catfish producers may be eligible to participate in the federal Trade Adjustment Assistance program.
The two commodities recently were certified as part of the program, according to LSU AgCenter economist Kurt Guidry.
“To become certified, commodities have to show they have had a greater than 15 percent reduction in the price received in the [...]
The boxes of books began arriving at South Plaquemines High and Elementary Schools in Port Sulphur soon after the 2009-2010 school year came to a close.
Box after box, shipment after shipment, the books began to mount. And by the first of July, more than two tons of books – in excess of 11,000 books – had [...]
For the most part, Bonnie turned out to be the kind of tropical storm people in Coastal Louisiana always hope for. It weakened, then fizzled, and finally disappeared.
But despite Bonnie’s collapse, the threat of a storm was enough to bring oil spill response efforts largely to a halt over the weekend.
With Tropical Storm Bonnie gaining [...]
Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser convened a Gulf Oil Crisis Summit July 21 to reach accord on long term strategy for the BP oil spill cleanup and more efficient communications to promote the recovery of the people of coastal Louisiana from the April 20 oil disaster.
Nungesser invited Governor Bobby Jindal and coastal parish presidents Steve [...]
A trio of lawsuits came before the 25th Judicial District Court of Plaquemines Parish last week that challenged the qualifications of three candidates running for parish council.
Two of the lawsuits took aim at Bill Hardin and Lyle Stockstill, both of whom are candidates for the District 7 council seat currently occupied by Jay Friedman, who [...]
Last week, Plaquemines Parish officials hosted two open houses – one at the Buras Auditorium and the other at Phoenix High School – aimed at arming residents with vital oil spill related information and connecting them to representatives from both BP and various government agencies.
In all, the open houses included representatives from BP, the Vessel [...]
The Belle Chasse Extreme Fast-Pitch Softball team placed first in the USFA Magnolia Classic National Qualifier Tournament in Gulfport, Mississippi, in June.
There were 17 teams competing in their age division of 12 and under. Teams from Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida were all competing for the number one spot.
OLPH junior indoor ball team won the Westbank Championship for 2010. Team members are, bottom row from left, Ethan Olsen, Collin Gallagher, Colby Lemoine and Jordan Ortega. Middle row, Cyle Clayton, Cameron Buquet, Christopher Pitre, Christian Clayton, Kyle Flettrich, Justin Ortega, Jeffrey White, Conner Laigast, Coach Rita Schaubhut, and Principal, Sr. Elizabeth. Top row, Michael [...]