Port Sulphur News

Cold, windy days in December -- like those forecast for this weekend -- typically have one of three affects on local anglers.

Court-martial records produced this morning by the U.S. Army confirm crucial claims in a new book by Port Sulphur native Beau Lejeune that he attempted to destroy stolen weapons while serving in Iraq.

Beau Lejeune 'had numerous things that he was in trouble for,' said Lt. Col. Michael Kazmierzak, spokesman for the Louisiana Guard.

The fusion of art and the environment takes place at the Port of New Orleans from December 1 - 16, 2009 with Matthew D. White's exhibit, The End of the Great River.

Stacie Garrett, a teacher at Belle Chasse Primary School, adjusts the lighting on a citrus exhibit prepared by the school's 4H Club on Friday, in preparation for the Plaquemines Parish Fair and Orange Festival at the Medal of Honor Park.

The Port of New Orleans will host an exhibit "The End of the Great River: Photographs of the Lower Mississippi River Delta" on December 1st through 18th featuring the work of New Orleans-based photographer Matthew White.

Adam Nguyen of Port Sulphur sits with his mother, Chuong Phan, and brother, Peter Nguyen, on cots set up at the Belle Chasse Auditorium for residents in the lower portion of Plaquemines Parish at risk of coastal flooding from Tropical Storm Ida.

The Army Corps of Engineers is seeking additional public input on improvements to Plaquemines Parish's federal levees in two public meetings, starting Tuesday.

The Coast Guard and other agencies were working Saturday to clean up an oil spill in a marsh near Port Sulphur High School.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Louisiana Recovery Authority recently announced $13.5 million in consolidated funding to enable the construction of a new, three-story medical facility in Plaquemines Parish.

Four young children gather in their FEMA trailer in Port Sulphur, Louisiana. Seven children and four adults from the family are still living in a FEMA trailer after their home was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.

Buras citrus farmer Jerry Ragas has been growing oranges, satsumas and grapefruit for years and was determined to get back to his groves.

SUSAN POAG/THE TIMES-PICAYUNE A crew from Zimmer-Eschette Services of New Orleans has been working for the past month prepping the former Buras High School for demolition as part of the ongoing restoration and rebuilding of schools in lower Plaquemines Parish.

A Port Sulphur couple who lost their home in Hurricane Katrina has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a lower court ruling rejecting their assertion that State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.

In States of Mind, Brad Herzog described Pastor Max Latham as Forrest Gump with a Bill Clinton twang.

A Port Sulphur couple who lost their home in Hurricane Katrina has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a lower court ruling rejecting their assertion that State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.

Just south of Empire in Plaquemines Parish, Melissa McGaha and her neighbors have been praying for the grass to grow on the newly repaired levees behind their homes.

At the edge of an abandoned cane field in Plaquemines Parish last week, a 19-acre pond morphed into a rotting fish graveyard overnight.

Alan Macken, principal of Hammurabi, says the south Florida-based company appreciates the value of strong structures to withstand Category 4 hurricane winds, but says theya TMre hard to come by.

Using a new construction system designed to stand up to hurricane-force winds, crews have begun building two fire station projects in Plaquemines Parish.