Last month, four Vanderbilt Catholic High School students were tragically killed in an accident. Belle Chasse High School students were extremely touched by this loss and decided to do something about it. In one day, the Cardinal students and staff collected $3050.00 to be donated to Vanderbilt High School in memory of the four students. [...]
On the Eastbank and southern part of Plaquemines Parish, people often have to travel long distances for work, recreation and everyday needs. And since Hurricane Katrina, many of those things seem all the more distant. But one crucial service – access to medical care for children – has now returned, if only in limited part, [...]
Five months after President Barack Obama’s administration imposed a moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar Tuesday announced that government regulators are ready to again give the oil industry the green light to drill. The six-month moratorium, originally set to end Nov. 30, was issued in the weeks after [...]
Nearly three months after the BP oil well was killed, oil cleanup crews in Plaquemines Parish working seven days a week, weather permitting, have been removing significant amounts of oil from the most inundated areas. The Inland Waterways Strike Force collected 37,275 gallons of oil/water mix from Bay Jimmy in Plaquemines Parish over the past [...]
Graduates of Belle Chasse High School’s Class of 1960 gathered recently for their 50-Year reunion. Held at English Turn, the group reminised about their lives [...]
South Plaquemines High School invites the community to join them for the 2010 Homecoming festivities on Friday, October 15. The parade starts at 2 p.m. The Court and Alumni Tea at 4:30 p.m. is free, and all alumni from SPHS, Port Sulphur, Buras and Boothville-Venice High Schools are invited. Pregame Presentation including King and Queen’s [...]
Since its appointment by Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal in October 2008, the Louisiana International Gulf Transfer Terminal (LIGTT) commission – made up of a cross-section of maritime, business and government leaders – has been working to build an international deep water port near Southwest Pass in Plaquemines Parish. The proposed super-port would take advantage of increased [...]
In a 3-2 decision, the Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeal ruled Oct. 8 in favor of the Plaquemines Parish Charter Commission in its suit against the Plaquemines Parish Council. The suit seeks to force the council to submit the commission’s proposed charter to the voters of the parish. The Appeal Court ruling now sends [...]
District Attorney Charles Ballay reported that Martin Denesse was sentenced on Oct. 6, by Judge Joy Lobrano to serve 15 years at hard labor with the Louisiana Department of Corrections for the crime of Theft of Funds and Unauthorized Use of Funds. These crimes occurred from January 2007 through January 2009, when Denesse embezzled funds [...]
People who call Southeast Louisiana home know how to tell a good story, and with all the challenges of the last five years, there are certainly some stories to share. Now, as the BP oil spill disaster and recovery nears the sixth month mark, StoryCorps, a national storytelling organization, has come to the Gulf Coast [...]
