Luling News

Nicole Colleen LeBeauf, principal at Raymond K. Smith Middle School in Luling, whose guidance recently help boost the school to its highest student performance score on the state accountability program, died Sunday after a battle with cancer.

The Hale Boggs Bridge over the Mississippi River between Luling and Destrehan will close Dec.

A Luling woman accused by authorities of stealing more than $300,000 from two Harvey car dealerships remains in custody after being arrested Monday.

Saying there is no evidence of wrongdoing by the St. Charles Parish Library Board, the Parish Council on Monday voted down a request for an investigation of how the East Regional Library expanded by 6,000 square feet.

RECOVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT schools and the central office will be closed. Operations and security personnel will report the the district's Welcome School at 2239 Poydras Ave.

St. Charles Parish's Emergency Operations Center has been closely monitoring the movement of Hurricane Ida.

A puppy in a pet store grows up to inspire a couple, their friends and music video fans in Norway Sunday, November 08, 2009 Sheila Stroup The first time Matt Touchard saw the silver ball of fluff, he wasn't sure what he was looking at.

St. Charles Parish Council members added $3.4 million to the parish's $134 million budget on Tuesday, prompting Parish President V.J. St.

A reserve Lafitte police officer was indefinitely suspended from his job after he allegedly broke into a car parked behind the town's police station -- in plain view of its owners, according to authorities.

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.

An argument over a handicapped parking space has led to the arrest of a Luling woman who allegedly scratched the car of the person who got to the spot first.

St. Charles Parish could use $8 million of its projected $33.7 million in cash reserves to complete construction projects and subsidize operations, but Parish President V.J. St.

Proposed cap and trade laws to stem the production of greenhouse gases will have an outsized effect on industrial manufacturers in the River Parishes, economist Loren Scott told an economic development forum on Monday.

Certified nursing assistants, process technology interns and firefighters were among the positions available at a job fair Thursday in Reserve.

Work on a bike path that is expected to be completed by December is conducted on the Mississippi River levee under the Hale Boggs Bridge in Luling on Thursday.

A Metairie woman accused of stabbing an ex-boyfriend several times was arrested Monday by St.

Volunteer Robert Gensure with the Rotary Club of St. Charles nails a board into a boardwalk at Wetland Watchers Park in the Bonnet Carre Spillway in Norco in October, 2008.

St. Charles Parish voters renewed three taxes Saturday. FIRE PROTECTION TAX Voters renewed for another 10 years the 1.58-mill tax that generates $1.54 million a year to fund operational expenses and buy equipment for the parish's nine volunteer fire departments.

A memorial has been placed to the victims of a 1976 Louisiana ferry disaster that killed 77 people.

An in-depth study of the St. Charles Parish Recreation Department will be considered by the Parish Council on Monday.