St. James News

Published: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 12:32 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 12:32 p.m. The following is a rundown of action taken Tuesday by the Lafourche Parish Council.

Levee bonfire construction in Gramercy was photographed in November 2008. After prohibiting construction on levees because of a high Mississippi River , officials announced Thursday that construction of Christmas Eve bonfires can resume in the River Parishes.

Yesterday, troopers with Louisiana State Police Troop I responded to a 3 vehicle crash on US 90 west of Darnell Rd.

A ship floats down the Mississippi River in Paulina where posts and a sign on the east bank mark the spot for a Christmas bonfire to be built.

The parishes hardest hit from hurricanes Katrina and Rita have until the end of this year to apply for more than $1.2 billion remaining in a special pool of recovery bonds or face the prospect of losing that capacity to lesser affected storm areas, the director of the State Bond Commission said Friday.

Mercy Kraemer is used to winning gold medals at the Senior Olympics every year in Baton Rouge, like several of her friends from the Ward 6 Senior Center on La.

ST. JAMES, La. -- St. James Parish sheriff's deputies say a worker wearing a safety harness died this week of injuries received in a 40-foot fall from scaffolding inside a storage tank under construction.

The owner of a St. James Parish fertilizer plant will invest $30 million in pollution control equipment and pay a $2.4 million civil fine as part of a settlement over emissions of sulfur dioxide, a byproduct of fertilizer production.

Mark Anderson is converting a former FEMA trailer park in Convent, La., into the Sugar Hill RV Resort.

St. James- Early this morning, a train struck and killed a pedestrian near Caze Street in St.

ST. JAMES, La. - A woman was killed when she was struck by a train in St. James Parish, after being hit near Caze Street, according to State Police spokesman Trooper Gilbert Dardar.

A 33-year-old Ama man was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday after a St. James Parish jury convicted him of second-degree murder.

A community group is asking a Baton Rouge judge to void the state's granting of an air permit for a planned petroleum storage facility along the Mississippi River in Vacherie.

ST. JAMES, La. - State leaders are negotiating an incentive package to lure a $2 billion steel supply mill that would eventually mean over a thousand new jobs.

ST. JAMES, La. - State leaders are negotiating an incentive package to lure a $2 billion steel supply mill that would eventually mean over a thousand new jobs.

As the River Region Chamber celebrates its fifth anniversary this year, its board wants to thank business owners in St.

In the River Parishes, residents and visitors alike can look forward to a few festive events that celebrate St.

Since 2005, local historic plantation homes that open for tours have formed alliances, implemented new programs, added festivals and increased promotion of wedding and event facilities to compensate for the loss of tourism revenue after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Nucor Steel, which is considering building a $4 billion pig iron plant in St. James Parish, has purchased nearly 890 acres for $16.3 million.