In December PPSO Lt. Mark Plumer, along with 264 other law enforcement officers graduated from the prestigious FBI National Academy Program in Quantico, Virginia. Plumer attended the 243rd session of the Academy with men and women from 50 states, the District of Columbia, 22 international countries, four military and seven federal civilian organizations. The FBI [...]
After anxiously awaiting the results of the days-long accreditation process, the Plaquemines Parish School Board found out at a special information meeting that the district is officially endorsed by AdvancED. The news was delivered via a presentation by AdvancED to the school board, administration and community on Jan. 19. AdvancED is an organization that unified [...]
The Croatian American Society in Plaquemines Parish has been developing plans to create a cultural center in the central part of the Parish. The property and building were donated to the Croatian American Society to be developed into a center that would provide the organization with a means for promoting Croatian creative arts and preserving [...]
“It’s not the name of the store; it’s the development we need to be cognizant of here.” -Keith Hinkley, Councilman District 2 Retroactive nature of ordinance questioned; Public hearing scheduled Feb. 16 A temporary moratorium halting commercial construction in Belle Chasse was unanimously passed by the Plaquemines Parish Council, with a retroactive start date of [...]
