Destrehan News

More than three decades after the doomed ferry George Prince left the dock in Destrehan for the last time, construction is about to begin on a memorial to the 77 people who died aboard.

New Sarpy residents who say their community was unfairly shrunk during the redrawing of community boundaries in 2000 will have a chance to make their case before the St.

The St. Charles Parish School Board hired a company to finish renovations and improvements to the Destrehan High School athletic facility Wednesday, after the board had released the first contractor hired for the job in April.

New Orleans professional dancer Sami Young leads a Middle Eastern dance class Thursday, June 25, 2009 at the East Regional Library in Destrehan.

Workers awaiting materials for job River Parishes bureau A railroad crossing repair at Ormond Boulevard in Destrehan will require crews to close the street near Airline Drive for two or three days, St.

A $32 million project to replace the 72 cables that support the Hale Boggs Bridge is expected to begin in September, but the work shouldn't cause major headaches for the 40,000 motorists who use the bridge daily, state officials said.

Louisiana lawmakers wrapped up their legislative session Thursday after crafting a compromise version of next year's $28 billion budget that lessens planned cuts to colleges and health services.

For the second time in this legislative session, Gov. Bobby Jindal will ask lawmakers to tap the state's mega-projects fund, basically a bank account the state can use to offer incentives for major economic development deals.

The scene in Baton Rouge isn't quite fading to black yet, but as you read this sentence the credits are beginning to roll on the 2009 legislative session.

Cedrick Haynes led police on chase, police say. A New Orleans man led State Police and St.

Adding a new layer of policy and political intrigue to the ebbing legislative session, Senate President Joel Chaisson II has invoked a rare procedural move to delay delivery of the budget to Gov.

BATON ROUGE - With state spending in flux because numerous programs and projects are depending on money that's not in the budget, many workers in agencies are anxious.

Hospitals are facing major cuts this legislative session that would be devastating for their patients, their employees and our communities.

A Destrehan company was the apparent low bidder for the first phase of Wetland Watchers Park, which will include a roadway, a new fishing pier and sprucing up the shoreline of the three-acre tract between the Bonnet Carre Spillway levee and Bayou LaBranche.

A move to ask state transportation officials to lower the speed limit to 45 mph in St.

The president of the Louisiana Senate has set an August special election date to fill a seat that will soon be vacant.

Entergy Transmission and Substations, Louisiana Grid, in Destrehan has earned membership in the Voluntary Protection Programs of the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration at the star, or highest, level for achieving three years of excellence in employee health and safety.

BATON ROUGE - Half of the Legislature's planned partial restoration of $219 million in higher education cuts will do nothing to address the problem, the state's top college official said.

Gov. Bobby Jindal testifies in support of Senate Bill 283, which provides for eligibility for monies from the Louisiana Mega-Project Development Fund, Tuesday, April 28 in Baton Rouge.

Five days after a Montz woman drowned in the deadly Borrow Pit Canal that parallels Airline Drive in St.