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Hale Boggs Bridge closure changed to Dec. 5
The Norco Christmas Parade on Sunday, Dec., 6, would have been disrupted if the Hale Boggs Bridge were to close on that day.
Burnell Moliere sentenced to probation for role in Mose Jefferson bribery case
Norco businessman Burnell Moliere was sentenced to three years of probation last week for helping a former Orleans Parish School Board member cash a check that the federal government asserted was a bribe.
La. economist blasts 'job-killing" Obama policies
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.
St. Charles Parish Council approves park improvements, recreation study
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.
Big gains at several St. Charles, St. John schools
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.
Wetland Watchers Park work almost ready to begin
The first phase of Wetland Watchers Park , delayed since June because of wetlands permits, may get under way within 10 days, said John Campo, the project's architect.
Construction continuing on canal barrier on Airline Drive in St. Charles Parish
Construction is under way for a barrier along Airline Drive t o keep motorists out of the canal alongside it, but high water in the canal is slowing the work.
St. Charles property tax referendum set for Oct. 17
St. Charles Parish voters will decide whether to renew property taxes supporting medical services, the parish's nine volunteer fire departments and road construction in an Oct.
16 St. Charles homes that have flooded repeatedly will be raised
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.
$100 million in hurricane-recovery bonds approved for biodiesel plant in St. Rose
With no debate, the State Bond Commission gave unanimous support to the use of $100 million in hurricane-recovery bonds to help finance construction of a biodiesel plant in St.
Bonnet Carre Spillway giving up its clay for the sake of raising levees
Levee work in Jefferson Parish, photographed in July, and in St. Charles Parish will make use of clay being excavated from the Bonnet Carre Spillway.
St. Charles Parish school officials have developed a wish list of projects the district could build with the $10 million in federal stimulus bonds the district hopes to sell.
St. Charles Parish school officials have developed a wish list of projects the district could build with the $10 million in federal stimulus bonds the district hopes to sell.
On Aug. 7, police responded to a complex on Government Road were several garages and storage units had been pried open.
Nurse's care under review; join the conversation
Youngsville Medical is closed now, a darkened suite at the end of a strip mall on East Milton Avenue.
People unfamiliar with the 5-mile stretch of Airline Drive that parallels the Borrow Pit Canal in St.
Continue reading "Guardrail construction on Airline Drive in St. Charles Parish to begin Monday"
East St. Charles Parish Volunteer firefighters assist in hooking a chain from a tow truck to a submerged vehicle in the canal that runs along Airline Drive.
Saturday trial hours end at 2 library branches
A trial run of opening two St. Charles Parish branch libraries on Saturdays will end Aug.
US Environmental Protection Agency
River Parishes Oil Company Fined for Violating the Clean Water Act
The Environmental Protection Agency has fined the River Parishes Oil Company of Norco, Louisiana, $1,800 for violating federal Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure regulations outlined under the Clean Water Act.
4 Schools' covered play areas nearly finished in St. Charles
Work is nearing completion on four new covered play areas at St. Charles Parish elementary schools.