February 20, 2024 Part of Lot G, Linwood Plantation. Todd Wayne Eppley, Todd W Eppley, Michelle Marie Loup Eppley, Michelle Marie Loup to Stephen E Geise, Stephen Geise.

The Belle Chasse Garden Club would like to acknowledge the following Belle Chasse business/area and residences as recipients of Garden of the Month awards for February 2024: • Member: Nancy Fridge • Civic: Robinson Family Funeral Hom • Community: Ray & Julie Burlette.

The Plaquemines Parish District Attorney’s Office reports that on Tuesday, February 20, at the start of the jury trials of 68-year-old Ray Riley from Sunrise, and 42-year-old Christopher J. Matte from Belle Chasse, both defendants changed their pleas to guilty.

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signed an executive order on February 21 that limits the amount of requirements needed for companies to qualify for the Industrial Tax Exemption Program (ITEP) and also establishes a local board for parishes to vote on ITEP applications.

At the February 22 Plaquemines Port Harbor & Terminal District (PPHTD) meeting, commissioners approved an ordinance, introduced by district 1 commissioner Tyronne Edwards, to eliminate the ferry tolls in Belle Chasse until the Pointe a La Hache Ferry is back in service. The ordinance passed by a 6-2-1 vote.

At the February 22 Plaquemines Port Harbor & Terminal District (PPHTD) meeting, commissioners passed an ordinance that will enter the port into a six-month professional service contract with GLO Resources in order to temporarily solve some of the port’s sources tional staffing issues.

From Friday, February 16 through Saturday, February 17, hunters from around Plaquemines Parish, the Gulf Coast, and even the country poured into the lower end of the parish to participate in the 2024 Nutria Rodeo.

At the February 22 Plaquemines Parish council meeting, parish president Keith Hinkley and council members discussed a potentially major positive turn in how the Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority (CPRA) may view the diversion project being built in the parish. While nothing is set in stone at this point— and Hinkley admitted that many of the answers the parish government has received have been vague—the new CPRA leadership appears willing to work with the parish on the diversion issue.

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February 7, 2024 Alfred Singleton III, 26, Harvey: bench warrant, fugitive warrant. Carlos Cabral, 38, Gretna: reckless operation of a vehicle, learner’s permit violation.