The Plaquemines Parish School Board hosted a showcase titled “The Road Less Traveled” for the community. There are many pathways to success available for students [...]

Rhett Orgeron, a senior at Belle Chasse High School, placed 6th in the Louisiana High School Athletic Association’s Class 4A Cross Country state meet, which was held at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches. At the meet, he was also recognized and awarded for making the LHSAA Academic All-State Cross Country Composite Team. In addition, Rhett [...]

On November 30, Boothville-Venice Elementary celebrated the November Students of the Month.  The following students were named student of the month by their teachers for being Respectful, Responsible, and Safe the entire month of November, a celebration was held in their honor.  Students received a certificate, a nice yard sign, and snacks provided by the PTO.  [...]

Louisiana has its coldest temperatures in January and protection of citrus trees becomes important to homeowners across the state.  However, it is difficult to pin point a “thresh-hold” temperature at which it becomes necessary to protect citrus trees.  The biggest difficulty in making such a determination is the difference between various citrus species in cold [...]

State Senator David R. Heitmeier, O.D., right, discusses a trial period of altering the hours that the Belle Chasse bridge opens for marine traffic with Belle Chasse resident Josette Seifert. The trial period runs Dec. 15 through Jan 17. Efforts are being made to identify if altering the curfew times in which the Belle Chasse [...]

Court gives him two weeks to turn himself in… William Roe, a former Plaquemines 25th Judicial Court Judge whose recent appeal was denied by the State Supreme Court, will have to turn himself in by December 20, to serve out his sentence for three counts of theft over $500. At the hearing held on December [...]

Questions of how residents received e-mails and phone calls from several campaigns this election season—and allegations from residents that information might have come from Parish Government sources—are being addressed by the Parish Council and the Parish President’s administration. People working in the campaigns themselves have offered to make their information available in response to these [...]

The US Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, is proposing additional improvements be made to a portion of the West Bank & Vicinity and Mississippi River and Tributaries (MR&T) levees, between English Turn and Oakville. Construction of Resilient Features would raise earthen levees and construct floodwalls to improve their resiliency and longevity of the [...]

A comment period on proposed governance changes to improve traffic flow in the operation of the Belle Chasse Bridge began on November 30, 2011, and will continue through January 31, 2012. In addition to written comments from both marine and vehicular users of the bridge, the comment period will include a trial alteration in the [...]

At last week’s meeting, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission announced a shrimping closure in a portion of Louisiana offshore territorial (outside) waters on Tuesday, December 20 at sunset.  The action, which characteristically takes place at this time of year, is designed to protect small white shrimp and provide the opportunity for these populations to [...]