Destrehan News Archives

If you prefer warm temperatures, take it all in today. Brett Duke / The Times-Picayune Brandon Marshall clears a row of pumpkins October, 2007 at the St.

Sources tell Eyewitness News the FBI and U.S. Attorney's Office are investigating a local parish president and his involvement with three companies that have contracts with the parish.

Gov. Bobby Jindal dropped off an oversized check for $5.7 million and delivered a pep talk on the Louisiana economy before a crowd of more than 100 people in Destrehan on Wednesday.

St. John the Baptist Parish President Bill Hubbard has been in public office less than two years -- and already he's facing a federal investigation for public corruption.

Gov. Bobby Jindal will be in Destrehan at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday to present St. Charles Parish officials with nearly $6 million in federal hurricane recovery grants.

Former Destrehan High School band teacher Byron Toups reported to Nelson Coleman Correctional Center in Killona Monday to begin serving his one-year sentence.

Shaun L. Pierre, 30, 419 Boutte Estates, Boutte, was booked Sept. 10 with possession of heroin and drug paraphernalia.

Sixteen St. Charles Parish homes that have flooded several times will be raised to a higher elevation under a federal program designed to stop repetitive flood claims.

The state Bond Commission has renewed its approval for $100 million in GO Zone bonds to continue construction of a biodiesel refinery in St.

The "Fame" remake of the '80s classic focuses on a group of young students attending a high school for the performing arts.

Leon J. Marlow, 64, 124 Dunleith Drive, Destrehan, was booked Sept. 10 with aggravated battery.

A Hahnville man has been booked with raping a 27-year-old Des Allemands woman whom he offered to give a ride home, police said.

BRETT DUKE / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE Ethel Schoeffner Elementary School fifth grade students Marlee Miller, 11, and Julie Scheuermann, 10, show their enthusiasm during the Ethel Schoeffner Elementary Back-To-School Bash Thursday, September 10, 2009 at the Shriner's Hall in Destrehan.

St. Charles Parish Councilman Paul Hogan is calling for an investigation into how the design for the new East Regional Library in Destrehan expanded by 6,000 square feet, seemingly without formal approval by the autonomous board that governs the library system.