International Marine Terminals of Port Sulphur made a donation of art supplies to Phoenix High School. New Orleans General manager, Mr. Adam Smith and Assistant Mrs. Zina were on hand to present the donation to the Art students in Ms. Tonia Rapp’s class. Pictured, from left, are Ms. Tonia Rapp, De’janae Sanchez, Cha’nera Harvey, De’aidra, D’Shaun [...]
Acrobatic Gymnastic Women’s Pair, J.C. Miller and Sydney Meyer from Fliptastics located in Belle Chasse, recently attended the USA Acro Cup at Bela Karolyi’s Training [...]
Raises for both administrative and council staff deferred Twelve parish employees were denied raises at the February 23 council meeting. However, the three resolutions that cover these raises will be on the March 8 council agenda for further consideration. “We are once again on the merry-go-round,” said District 5 Councilman Anthony Buras. “One person asks [...]
At the February 23 meeting, the Plaquemines Parish Council unanimously passed a resolution to hold all scheduled council meetings at the Parish Seat of Pointe-a-la-Hache, starting April 12. Councilman P.V. Griffin of District 1, who authored the resolution, made a last-minute change of location to the legislation before the vote. Initially, the resolution proposed the [...]
Suicide note discovered after suspect killed in Mississippi. Plaquemines Parish Sheriff Michael L. Lafrance, announced Friday that forensic evidence obtained from the home of murder victim James Durwood Jones, along with a pair of blood stained blue jeans that was recovered from the vehicle of murder suspect Carl Lance Wise, has positively linked Wise to [...]
Incoming Naval Air Station Commander Capt. John “Jack” Hill, left, and outgoing commander Capt. T. W. Luscher, salute the flag at the change of command ceremony on February 17. Photo by William Dilella Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base (NAS) New Orleans in Belle Chasse welcomed a new commander on Feb. 17, bidding adieu to Capt. T. W. Luscher. [...]
Friday morning, at 1:35 a.m., two barges collided in the Mississippi River near Reserve, Louisiana. In light of the spill up river, Plaquemines Parish President, Billy Nungesser has put the Belle Chasse Water Works on notice. PPG did not anticipate any problems; however, they said they will continue to monitor the situation and advise [...]
Plaquemines Parish Government is pleased to announce it has begun to use a robust technology system called Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (S.C.A.D.A.) for the protection of residents and businesses throughout the Parish during potential heavy rain events. S.C.A.D.A. systems are a safe and sure method used to monitor water levels in drainage canals, rainfall [...]
On Saturday February 11, a Plaquemines Parish jury returned a unanimous verdict finding Leonardo R. German guilty of attempted aggravated rape, aggravated burglary, aggravated battery and simple kidnapping. The case was tried before Judge Kevin Conner by Assistant D.A. Joe Roberts and 1st Assistant D.A. Bob White. The offenses occurred on April 26, 2009, in [...]
Seniors from Plaquemines Parish high schools were brought to view a “mock crash,” to warn them about the real thing. For fifteen years, Plaquemines seniors have been warned about the dangers of drunk or impaired driving at any age with a complete recreation of an accident scene, including make-up induced injuries and prepared death sequences [...]
