Belle Chasse News Archives

Plaquemines Parish will spray its citrus crop next week in an effort to stem the spread of c itrus greening disease , parish officials have announced.

When Hurricane Ike overwhelmed parts of Plaquemines Parish with water last year, the debate intensified over how to best protect the area from flooding.

Plaquemines Parish residents have a chance on Saturday to learn more about a controversial floodgate proposal that some say would put hundreds of homes at greater risk.

More than a year after he was indicted on charges of theft and malfeasance of office, William Roe, the former 25th Judicial District judge accused of pocketing money that should have been used to reimburse the Plaquemines Parish court for his legal seminars, goes to trial today in Belle Chasse.

Four Plaquemines Parish men have been arrested after police say they stole thousands of gallons of diesel fuel during the past few months, and heavily damaged expensive construction equipment.

Former Judge William Roe , an 18-year veteran of the 25th Judicial District Court in Plaquemines Parish, was convicted Tuesday of pocketing more than $6,000 he got from the state Supreme Court as reimbursement for judicial expenses, instead of depositing that money in a parish bank account.

BELLE CHASSE, La. The trial of a Plaquemines Parish judge accused of three counts of theft charges began 14 months after the indictment came down.

Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser is calling on the Army Corps of Engineers to scrap plans to build a floodgate south of Belle Chasse, proposing an alternative that he said would improve flood protection for 1,400 homes in the Jesuit Bend area at no additional cost.

The London Avenue Canal floodgates remained closed Sunday as rain fell steadily and the National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning around noon for most of the metro area.

The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for much of the Southshore through 2:45. A flash flood warning means that flooding of roadways and other areas is occuring or is expected to soon occur.

Ashley Danielle Simon and Derek James Broussard are pleased to announce their engagement.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a Belle Chasse company a $12.3 million contract to raise a nearly 3-mile segment of the Lake Cataouatche levee in western Jefferson Parish.

NEW ORLEANS a ' The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $12.3 million contract to Circle Inc.