The Plaquemines Parish Health Department will be joining services with the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health, to introduce two public health [...]

Expenses incurred by Plaquemines Parish due to the BP oil spill were presented at the most recent parish audit committee meeting for review while the parish awaits additional reimbursement from the company. Regular compensation of $420,000, already incorporated into the parish’s budget, was listed and the $546,000 portion is for overtime pay, according to the [...]

During their stay in the capital, the Plaquemines Parish Council and Parish President Billy Nungesser visited with politicians to canvass for issues affecting their home. Council Chairman Dr. Stuart Guey, District 4, said the items on their agenda included coastal restoration, levee construction and bouncing back after the oil spill. “We made it known to [...]

2010 Crime Statistics at Lowest Level since 2002 Sheriff Jiff Hingle announced that overall crime in Plaquemines Parish reached an all time low in 2010, falling 16%. The 2010 numbers represent the lowest overall crime rate since 2002. Despite the fact that over 5000 temporary workers descended upon Plaquemines Parish in 2010 during the BP [...]

Flair follows in his grandfathers athletic footsteps It looks like playing baseball is in the blood for the Flair family, as Belle Chasse High School senior Nick Flair follows in his grandfather, Al Flair’s athletic footsteps. Al played for the New Orleans Pelicans minor league baseball team, before signing on to the major league with [...]

Track and Field Coaches Augie Bourgeois and Clint Harrison are looking forward to an exciting track and field season with the Cardinal boy’s and girl’s teams. This year’s boy’s team appears to be extremely balanced with key contributions expected from several young men. Garland Ingraham, a senior, is expected to supply leadership for the team [...]

What started with a first grade class discussion at Our Lady of Perpetual Help School about first flights in an airplane, led to a moving [...]

More than a thousand children between pre-kindergarten and fourth grade come through the front doors of Belle Chasse Primary School every day. Like any other elementary school, the kids skip inside with backpacks in tow, some eager to reunite with their friends, others searching for a missing homework assignment. However, the difference that separates BCP [...]

A fire ignited in a Belle Chasse warehouse – formerly a yeast factory – causing one lane of Highway 23 to be temporarily shut down. Four fire engines from Belle Chasse and Terrytown departments responded to the fire shortly after noon on Feb. 24. Pat Comiskey, a local who had a stock of phones books [...]

Persistence proved to pay off for the Perez family, who after long debate had a promise made to them by the Plaquemines Parish Council to grant the permit needed to build fishing ponds on their land. The council’s decision came after a suspension of the rules by Councilman PV Griffin, District 1, to reconsider the [...]