St. James News

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.

A line of posts and cables -- expanding day by day in the median of Interstate 12 -- stands as a tangible sign of safer high-speed travel across St.

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The St. James Parish school system plans to start a new program to prepare its high school graduates to take the state cosmetology exam and get jobs as licensed cosmetologists.

State Superintendent Paul Pastorek didn't budge Monday on legislation being proposed to change how school boards operate.

Shivang Churiwala knows what he will do on weekends during summer vacation, a month before the holiday starts.