Laplace News

A two-vehicle crash on the Bonnet Carre Spillway killed a Laplace woman, state police reported.

Shelter dogs, like this pair of mutt puppies , awaiting adoption at the St. John Animal Shelter will be getting new kennels soon with the brand new shelter finally approved by the Parish Council, and expected ...

Staff Reporter LAPLACE Voters in St. John Parish will go to the polls Saturday to decide approval on a $25 million bond package to be used for a wide range of capital improvements.

Staff Reporter LAPLACE At 4:58 p.m. on Friday afternoon, Judge J. Sterling Snowdy was just two minutes away from cruising uncontested to a third six-year term on the bench of the 40th Judicial District Court.

Two suspects in a Kenner bank robbery were arrested within minutes Wednesday, after a drive-through customer who saw the holdup dialed 911 and gave police updates while following a fleeing SUV until it crashed ...

Kenner Police are presently investigating a bank robbery that occurred at the Hancock Bank located at 4041 Williams Blvd., Kenner.

The St. John the Baptist Parish Council has voted to pay $6,000 for three youngsters to attend the Choice International School of Music and the Performing Arts in LaPlace.

I often get e-mails and phone calls about dogs and cats in need of someone to love them.

A Reserve man was captured shortly after St. John the Baptist Parish deputies say he robbed a LaPlace restaurant manager at knifepoint late Thursday night.

Incumbent judges Mary Hotard Becnel, Madeline Jasmine and J. Sterling Snowdy have launched their re-election campaigns in St.

This week the Louisiana Office of Entertainment Industry Development released an update on films in production in Louisiana for the first week of July 2008.

A LaPlace woman was slashed in the right bicep during an altercation with another woman last week, authorities said.

Louisiana lawmakers have filed their required 2007 financial disclosure forms, the last time they report income from just two sectors: governments and gambling interests.

St. John the Baptist Parish's newest elementary school may open in January, or it might not open until the 2009 school year.

To do his very best, to be fair, to be understanding . . . . St. John the Baptist Sheriff Wayne L. Jones gave his solemn word late Tuesday afternoon to uphold those promises in his fourth term of office.

Hours after a double shooting in Garyville left one man dead, St. John the Baptist Parish authorities arrested a suspect after an anonymous tip, a spokesman said Friday.

LaPlace woman's injuries are minor Saturday, June 28, 2008 River Parishes bureau A 30-year-old LaPlace woman, who authorities say was typing into a navigational system, was hit by a train Friday afternoon after ...

With the Internet knowledge of a savvy teenager and the law enforcement background of an old hand, two detectives enter into another world looking for sexual predators on the Web.

It's not cheap to fill up your car with gas. So imagine having to fuel a huge diesel rig up every single day.

The Louisiana Lottery Corporation reports one $200,000 Powerball ticket was sold for the Saturday game.