Norco News

The Valero St. Charles Refinery will move four large refinery units across River Road in Norco, causing intermittent closures over a three-day period starting Tuesday.

Water runs over the Spillway Road in the Bonnet Carre Spillway in this picture from May 15, 2009.

A Norco man was arrested after chatting online and sending links for pornography to what he believed to be an underage girl, who actually was an undercover detective, according to Kenner police.

St. John the Baptist Parish firefighters and the state fire marshal's office are investigating a Thursday afternoon fire at a longtime LaPlace barbecue restaurant.

"Boston" a 9-week-old yellow lab sits in Alex McCollum's arms after testing out his swimming skills Wednesday, June 10, 2009 in the flooded Bonnet Carre Spillway in Norco.

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 Destrehan company was the apparent low bidder for the first phase of Wetland Watchers Park, which will include a roadway, a new fishing pier and sprucing up the shoreline of the three-acre tract between the Bonnet Carre Spillway levee and Bayou LaBranche.

A public hearing on changes to a project to raise the St. Charles Parish East Bank Hurricane Levee, including shrinking the levee's footprint, will be held Wednesday at the American Legion Post in St.

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

The apparent low bid to build a 5.5 mile guardrail along Airline Drive in St. Charles Parish came from a Michigan company, according to the state Department of Transportation and Development's Web site.

A proposal to ban smoking in bars and gambling facilities passed the Louisiana Senate on Thursday and is headed to the House.

Motiva Enterprises LLC, a joint venture of Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Saudi Aramco, reported a fluid catalytic cracker upset at its Norco refinery in Louisiana yesterday, according to a parish official.

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.

BATON ROUGE, La. - Both the House and Senate will consider whether Louisiana's ban on smoking in restaurants and most buildings should extend to bars and gambling facilities.

China tells rich nations to cut emissions by 40 percent The Valero St. Charles oil refinery is seen during a tour of the refinery in Norco, Louisiana in this August 15, 2008 file photo.

The days of smoke-filled bars in Louisiana could be ending, if lawmakers approve a proposed ban up for debate in the House health care committee.

Lazy, a beagle walks with her owner Paula Bourg from Norco at the Friends of Jefferson Animal Shelter and the Jefferson Animal Shelter "Pet Fest 2008" at Lafreniere Park in Metairie.

A safety flare is seen at the Valero St. Charles oil refinery during a tour of the refinery in Norco, Louisiana in this August 15, 2008 file photo.

Some see smoking as a nuisance, while others believe it should be their choice. Either way, state lawmakers could soon extinguish smoking in bars across the Louisiana.