Edgard News

The St. John the Baptist Parish Council hired firms Tuesday to begin design work on two $29.5 million bond issue projects on the west bank, During its regular meeting in Edgard, councilmembers unanimously authorized Chenevert Architects of Baton Rouge and Meyer Engineers, which has offices in Metairie and Mandeville, to work on bond issue projects ...

State highway officials took the 35-car ferry operating between St. Francisville and New Roads out of service Thursday after debris in the Mississippi River damaged the vessel's propeller.

The New Roads/St. Francisville ferry will be out of service until Sunday because of propeller damage.

Twelve day care centers, including three in the New Orleans area, have lost their state operating licenses because of safety concerns, the state Department of Social Services announced Tuesday, as it wrapped up a new round of inspections.

DESTREHAN - By the end, 77 balloons were drifting slowly over the Mississippi River near the spot between Destrehan and Luling where 33 years ago the ferry George Prince collided with the massive Norwegian tanker S.S. Frosta.

By the end, 77 balloons were drifting slowly over the Mississippi River near the spot between Destrehan and Luling where 33 years ago the ferry George Prince collided with the massive Norwegian tanker S.S. Frosta.

Glowing orange sparks flew against Letrell Fiffie's khaki school uniform pants, but he wasn't concerned.

The state's transportation chief said Tuesday that his office is considering charging pedestrians on three New Orleans area ferries $1 per ride, the same that is now assessed to vehicles.

St. Charles Parish residents, many of whom lined the levees after the Oct. 20, 1976, Luling ferry disaster , will come together again on Saturday to remember.

The Louisiana Department of Education released school and district performance scores Tuesday, basking in a statewide improvement of 4.7 points, from 86.3 in 2008, to 91 in 2009.

It was built as the home of the overseer of a sugar plantation. But an 1820s cottage on the grounds of Destrehan Plantation will see its latest incarnation as a testament to the petroleum industry in St.

With Louisiana facing a projected budget deficit, Gov. Bobby Jindal has given his administration orders to trim the fat, and state transportation officials suggest permanently mooring most of Louisiana's ferries, which they say are a perennial budget drain.

BRETT DUKE/ THE TIMES-PICAYUNE The Reserve-Edgard ferry landing in Reserve stands vacant Monday, October 5, 2009.

St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's detectives are investigating a fight in Wallace on Sunday in which one man was stabbed and the other was shot during an argument over a bicycle, a Sheriff's Office spokesman said Monday.

The theme song of the television sitcom "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" was retold in a whole new way Friday.

Shayla Guidry helps Blandy Young edit a video Tuesday at West St. John High School, where Young, an 11th grader, is an editor of a morning news show for the school.

About $3.4 million from a bond issue approved in April has been allocated to water tower work.

Adult education students Corey Brown, 23, Rachel Guillory, 33, and Holly Landry, 28, work on computers Thursday at the old Garyville Grammar School.

An Edgard man who allegedly fired a shotgun into a crowd outside a Killona bar and injured four people Friday night was booked with attempted murder, according to the St.

An Edgard man who allegedly fired a shotgun into a crowd outside a Killona bar and injured four people Friday night was booked with attempted murder, according to the St.