The Plaquemines Parish Council’s final meeting commenced around 2 p.m. Dec. 9, and carried on late into the evening. It was not only the council’s last regularly planned public meeting of the year, but for council members Don Beshel, District 1, Jerry Hodnett, District 3, Jay Friedman, District 7, and Lynda Banta, District 8, it [...]
Belle Chasse Primary School participated in the fifth annual World Sport Stacking Association’s STACK UP!! on Thursday, Nov. 18. The Association is attempting to set a new record for “Most People Sport Stacking at Multiple Locations in One Day” in the Guinness Book of World Records. During the course of the day, each sport stacker [...]
The South Plaquemines High School football team lost Friday night, Dec. 3, in the final game of the playoffs – the game that would determine which team goes to the LHSAA State Farm Prep Classic Football State Championships – to Ouachita Christian School, 27-13. “We just had some things that didn’t go our way, as [...]
Following several years of hurricanes and freeze damage, the number of citrus growers in Louisiana has continued to decline, but citrus remains a valuable commodity, [...]
Hundreds of children from financially distressed families in Plaquemines Parish and the New Orleans metro area will be able to celebrate the holidays with what will surely be a welcome surprise this year: presents. Multiple pallets of donated toys were flown into the Naval Air Station, Joint Reserve Base New Orleans in Belle Chasse on [...]
The Venice Port Complex (VPC) organized its fourth annual Thanksgiving gift basket drive to support members of their community Nov. 19 and 20. The drive provided 200 families in South Plaquemines a Thanksgiving basket that included a turkey and traditional holiday fare. The VPC, VPC tenants, local businesses and residents gave contributions and assisted in [...]
With the looming state budget crisis of nearly $2 billion, every avenue of relief is being explored including an innovative idea of maximizing Medicaid funds Louisiana receives from the federal government. Act 434 of the 2010 Legislature was authored by State Senator David R. Heitmeier, O.D. and could mean as much as $10 million to [...]
It was a virtual homecoming over the weekend as hundreds flocked to Fort Jackson for the first time since Hurricane Katrina to celebrate the 64th Annual Plaquemines Parish Fair and Orange Festival. As tradition, the festival hosted a slew of contests and games for both children and adults. Kids could be found hopping in sack [...]
The Audubon Zoomobile visited Phoenix Elementary on Nov. 10. The children had a wonderful time learning about snails, snakes, alligators, and various types of lizard.
The Port Sulphur Volunteer Fire Department celebrated its 60th anniversary Oct. 9 at its annual Installation of Officers Banquet. This year’s event was held at [...]
