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St. John voters face tax ballots
St. John the Baptist Parish voters go to the polls today to decide on three propositions that could renew a mosquito tax, approve a bond issue or create a town.
With tens of thousands of homes destroyed in the New Orleans area and a shortage of workers to rebuild them, assembling chunks of homes built in factories in other states seemed like the obvious answer to ...
Important bond election faces St. John voters Saturday
Up for consideration on Saturday 's ballot is approval of funds for a wide range of parish projects, renewal of a millage for mosquito controls, and a final resolution on whether or not the town of Garyville ...
St. John vote turns ugly as racist signs are discovered
The fight over whether to make the small St. John Parish community of Garyville into a town is getting heated, as people who love there say they found racially offensive signs Friday morning, urging people to ...
Editor and Publisher GARYVILLE Over 2,000 residents of the Garyville area are eligible to go to the polls Saturday to vote on whether Garyville will become its own municipality.
River Parishes fare well in session
The 2008 Legislature was good to U.S. 61 in the River Parishes. The state allocated $5 million for the divided highway in St.
Judge to hear Garyville incorporation case today
An ad hoc judge is scheduled to hear arguments this morning in Edgard on whether Marathon Petroleum Co.
Garyville border case to be heard
An ad hoc judge is scheduled to hear arguments Tuesday in Edgard on whether Marathon Petroleum Co.
Robbery suspect nabbed in chase
A Reserve man was captured shortly after St. John the Baptist Parish deputies say he robbed a LaPlace restaurant manager at knifepoint late Thursday night.
We know that mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac posted sharp declines today.
Retired judge to preside over case
The state Supreme Court has named retired state Judge Anne Lennan Simon of New Iberia to preside over a case involving several Garyville area industries asking to be excluded from the proposed new town of ...
Panel backs Nalco's bid to expand
The St. John Planning and Zoning Commission voted Monday to grant Nalco Co.'s request to add an 80-acre site to an existing parish-approved industrial area, while deadlocking on a similar request by Safeland ...
Plants file to opt out of new town
Four more industrial plants have filed court petitions seeking to be excluded from a potential new town in St.
3rd man booked in hotel robbery
The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office has arrested a third suspect in a June 21 robbery at a Metairie hotel.
Local grad discovers teachin...
Teaching was never a part of the plan. Two years ago, if you would have told David Hand that he would begin each day shaking the hands of his fifth- and sixth-grade students, he would have laughed at you.
Exclude us from town, Marathon urges
Attorneys for Marathon Oil's Garyville plant have filed suit asking a state district judge to decide whether the refinery should be excluded from the boundaries of a proposed municipality, before the ...
Reserve resident arrested in rape of teen
Girl was on errand to home in Hahnville River Parishes bureau A Reserve man was booked with rape early Friday, after he allegedly attacked a 14-year-old Hahnville girl who was sent to pick up a package from a ...
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New Orleans Businessman to Serve on Federal Reserve Board Real Estate Industry Panel
The invitation only symposia," Reengineering the Real Estate Industry", is part of the Federal Reserve Bank "Recovery/Renewal/Rebuilding: A Federal Reserve Foreclosure Series". Members of the panel will seek to ...
A decision on whether land for a proposed Mount Airy tank farm should be considered an industrial area, excluding it from a proposed municipality, was put on hold until after a special election next month.
Port plans to expropriate property in Reserve
The Port of South Louisiana plans to expropriate 1,400 feet of Mississippi River batture that it says is needed to build a 700-foot pier extension off its Globalplex dock in Reserve.