Plaquemine News

Continue dividing and transplanting hardy perennials. I suffered palsy of the check-writing hand when I bought enough rudbeckia to go across a bed that parallels my street.

Authorities have arrested seven people involved in a string of area burglaries, said Capt.

An Iberville Parish jury on Friday convicted a man of raping 9- and 11-year old girls while relatives of both children slept in a nearby bedroom.

Two Louisiana hunting guides have pleaded guilty to charges they helped a hunter kill an alligator in an area where they weren't authorized to hunt.

Promised Land Baptist Church Women's Ministry Conference: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Promised Land Baptist Church, 7234 Plank Road, with Stella P. Righteous preaching along with workshops and lunch.

The state Department of Education is trying to salvage its chances of receiving up to $400 million in federal money by tightening the policy requirements for a newly enacted "career diploma" program lawmakers passed to help keep non-academically inclined students from dropping out , Education Superintendent Paul Pastorek said Tuesday.

A three-judge panel of the Louisiana 1st Circuit Court of Appeal sided with the Iberville Parish School Board in ruling today that an upcoming trial challenging the legality of a school closure should be heard at the parish courthouse.

There are some facts that many students at Southern do not know about the university.

The West Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce holds its annual State of the Parish Address and Breakfast 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at Louisiana Bayou Bistro in Brusly.

God Answers Prayers Summit: 8 a.m. to noon, Abounding Love Ministries, 7076 Hooper Road.

It was five minutes that seemed like a lifetime. During those minutes Thursday morning, four commuters jumped from their cars to keep a woman from jumping off the Interstate 10 bridge over the Mississippi River at Baton Rouge.

"Air Products looks forward to expanding its U.S. Gulf Coast hydrogen production expertise in the Corpus Christi refining region," said Heather Remley, manager-West Gulf Coast Area Tonnage Gases for Air Products.

Grant Writing Workshop: 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Holiday Inn Baton Rouge - South, 9940 Airline Highway.

Owners of the River West Medical Center in Plaquemine have file suit against their insurer in Baton Rouge for $58.5 million.

A rural setting for one New Iberville Parish school is like a throwback to "Little House on the Prairie." The new school serves 50 students displaced after the closures of North Iberville High and Middle schools.

The public has an opportunity to help shape the state's next annual plan for the Atchafalaya Basin at three meetings this month.

The public has an opportunity to help shape the state's next annual plan for the Atchafalaya Basin at three meetings this month.

The public has an opportunity to help shape the state's next annual plan for the Atchafalaya Basin at three meetings this month.

The public has an opportunity to help shape the state's next annual plan for the Atchafalaya Basin at three meetings this month.

The first meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Iberville Parish Council chambers in Plaquemine, followed by a meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday in St.