Montz News

Police arrested a Montz man in connection with an accidental shooting that left a Laplace man dead, according to Kenner PD spokesman detective Brian McGregor.

An unusually high rise in the Mississippi River has levee districts on alert and has already resulted in the closure of some parts of the Bonnet Carre Spillway in Norco.

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

Pernal Brumfield Jr., 24, 194 Tower Lane, Montz, was booked Oct. 8 with possession of crack cocaine and drug paraphernalia after being stopped for suspicious activity.

St. John the Baptist Parish school officials will begin work this month on acquiring rights of way for a new turning lane at Emily C. Watkins Elementary School in LaPlace.

Lionel McKnight, 51, King Drive, Tangipahoa, was booked Sept. 25 with theft after he allegedly stole a trailer containing assorted tools and equipment in St.

A master plan for the 20-acre Montz playground shows lighted ballfields, a walking path, covered bleachers, a community center and pavilions.

The St. John the Baptist Parish School Board will buy land behind John L. Ory Communication Arts Magnet School in LaPlace for additional recreation space and possibly future expansion of the school, the district's premier academic performer.

St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's detectives arrested 13 teenagers in connection with a rash of 70 car burglaries, authorities announced at a press conference Thursday.

St. Charles Parish's water meter readers sometimes go into hard-to-reach places, including industrial plants with beefed-up security and scattered houses on big lots.

St. Charles Parish officials have reopened Spillway Road connecting Norco and Montz, even though damaged spots in the pavement have not been completely repaired.

Brittany Laurent, 19, 100 Iris St., Apt. 6, Waggaman, was booked with DWI and reckless driving June 2. Tiffany Brawley, 31, 360 Magnolia St., Boutte, was booked with DWI June 3. Daynell A. Martin, 25, 969 Beechgrove Blvd., Apt.

Dorothy Mae Richard was a sociable person, always ready to lend a hand, say a prayer or give a ride to a neighbor or a friend.

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

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

A Montz woman died Friday afternoon after a collision with another vehicle sent her car swerving into the Borrow Pit Canal that borders Airline Drive in St.

The St. John the Baptist Parish School Board will save about $400,000 over four years under a new district copier plan, a school official said recently.

Vehicle she was in rear-ended, flipped Thursday, April 30, 2009 River Parishes bureau A 72-year-old Montz woman was identified as the victim of Sunday's fatal car crash on Interstate 310 in St.

Wednesday at midday, Jake Schexnaydre of Destrehan backed his aluminum flat boat with ease into the waters of the Bonnet Carre Spillway's west side in Montz, as his truck idled on the launch's recently refurbished concrete slope.

Saying he doesn't want a fight with the state Ethics Board, St. Charles Parish Councilman Marcus Lambert said he has resigned his sales job for a company that owns a landfill in the parish.