Sheriff Lonnie Greco was officially sworn into office June 18 with a small gathering of family and friends as witnesses. Greco stated that the official induction ceremony will be held in Buras the second week of July, but the Sheriff’s Office is still finalizing the details. Following the swearing in, Greco gave a short speech [...]
The Myrtle Grove Community got the answer they wanted at the June 14 PPC meeting. The council passed a resolution 7 – 1, directing Parish President Billy Nungesser to seek proposals for the Wilkinson Canal floodgate. For over a year, Myrtle Grove residents have been requesting a flood gate be constructed across the Wilkenson Canal [...]
When Blanche Edgerson returned to her Port Sulphur home after Hurricane Katrina, she was expecting things to look a little different. What she wasn’t expecting was a swimming-pool sized pit a little less than a city block away from her home. “I came home from Lafayette after Katrina and was shocked; I didn’t even know [...]
The Louisiana Air National Guard’s 159th Fighter Wing was sent off by family, friends and government officials in a deployment ceremony June 21 at NAS-JRB in Belle Chasse. The Air National Guard has not given a concrete figure on how long the troops will be gone, or a specific destination the troops will be patrolling, [...]
Parish President Billy Nungesser’s veto of the six-month moritorium on borrow pit permits was overridden 6-3 by the Plaquemines Parish Council at their meeting last week. The three “nay” votes came from District 1 Councilman P.V. Griffin, District 3 Councilman Stuart Guey, and District 9 Councilwoman Marla Cooper. The council wants the time to clarify [...]
After a comprehensive investigation into the hiring potential of 130 nationwide firms involved in the oyster reef restoration industry, the Duke University Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness today released a report, “RESTORING GULF OYSTER REEFS: Opportunities for Innovation,” finding that oyster reef restoration projects could provide quadruple economic returns for the Gulf Coast states. The study comes as Congress is in the [...]
Coach Ulysses Griffin was selected as Coach of the Year for the 2nd consecutive year in District 9C. This is the 4th honor for Coach Griffin who is serving in his 11th year as head boys basketball coach at Phoenix High School. He won coach of the year in 2004 for District 12 1A and [...]
Louisiana lawmakers concluded their 2012 session Monday, June 4. The whirlwind session concluded with legislators passing major education reform, a referendum regarding the tolls for the Crescent City Connection, and many other measures that effect Plaquemines Parish. Several projects in Plaquemines Parish are closer to construction as a result of Gov. Bobby Jindal signing into [...]
A little over a month after it opened to road traffic, an official ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Empire Draw Bridge was held June 12. District 7 Councilman Jeff Edgecombe led the ceremony and spoke about how happy he was for his district to have an alternative route in and out of Empire. “It’s [...]
Boothville-Venice Elementary School celebrated it’s annual D.A.R.E. Program (Drug Awareness Resistance Education), May 16, 2012. Officer Sammy Hymes of the Plaquemines Parish Sherrif’s Office congratulated the sixth graders for the completion of the program. Several of the students won the essay contest and read them to the parents and guests assembled. Ms. Le’Trinda Williams and [...]
