This is a special year for the Plaquemines Parish Fair and Orange Festival; not only is the fest being held back at Fort Jackson for the first time since Hurricane Katrina, but the festival’s organizers also hosted its first media day since the storm. The Orange Fest Media Day serves as an opportunity to promote [...]
Mrs. Pitre’s third graders at Our Lady of Perpetual Help School enjoyed lunch with Dep. Tony Seput, left, and Lt. Mike Buras from the Plaquemines Parish Police Department during Red Ribbon Week. The students are wearing their favorite sports shirt. Pictured kneeling from left are Tyler Nichol, Cole Petrovich, Kylie Hingle, Bryn Mailhos, Destiny Armstrong [...]
The Plaquemines Parish School Board’s Central Office participated in the Susan B. Komen Race For The Cure on Oct. 23. Many employees along with their [...]
Morris Bartholomew, 63, was sentenced by Judge Joy Lobrano to 20 years at hard labor with the Louisiana Department of Corrections, Plaquemines Parish District Attorney Charles Ballay reported. Bartholomew was indicted on March 3, 2009, with 2nd Degree Murder for the shooting of his wife, Misty Goldston Bartholomew, at their home in Happy Jack that [...]
After more than five years in the making, the Plaquemines Parish School Board broke ground on a permanent school building in Phoenix Monday. The school will cost $27 million and house 500 students, said Phoenix School Principal John Barthelemy. “The word phoenix means it rises from the ashes,” Barthelemy said. “Not only will we rise [...]
2009 Orange King Bill Bubrig passed on the Orange Festival crown to 2010 King Billy Nungesser at Saturday’s Plaquemines Parish Fair and Orange Festival King’s Coronation Ball. The event was held for the first time since Hurricane Katrina at the Buras Auditorium. It marks the first return to traditional festival venues since the storm annihilated [...]
$3.4 million construction to be heard at Thursday council meeting Another turn in Plaquemines Parish’s courthouse saga may take place at this Thursday’s parish council meeting. The preamble of Council Chairman Don Beshel’s legislation reads, “An Ordinance authorizing and directing the Parish President, Billy Nungesser, to take any and all steps necessary to immediately begin [...]
What do you get when you combine great weather, a fast cross country course, and talented cross country athletes? How about an assault on Belle Chasse High School and personal cross country records. Paced by Jade Stein, Katerina Morales, and Kelly Corso, the Lady Cardinals placed 12th in a field of 30 schools. It was [...]
If you are interested in buying a new house in Plaquemines Parish or on the Eastbank, the United Way would like to talk with you. [...]
Two men paddle 3700 miles down Mississippi River Last week, two young men added their names to the list of adventurers who have kayaked down the Mississippi River. Charles Vaught, 21, of Naples, Fl., and Tom Bailey, 22, of Belle Plaine, Mn. made the 3,700 mile, 147 day trek to raise awareness of the reality [...]
