The Plaquemines District Attorney’s Office reported last week that Herman Turlich Jr., the inmate who escaped the courthouse on Main Street in Belle Chasse in May and fled in a
‘Tis The Season, Plaquemines Parish. Come join in for a Plaquemines Parish holiday tradition! Tree lighting ceremonies will start at 6 p.m. There will be caroling and hot chocolate. Be
Chevron Oronite recently announced funding for Woodlands Conservancy to implement the environmental service learning program, Seeds to Saplings, in fourth grade classrooms in Plaquemines Parish at Belle Chasse Elementary and
Plaquemines Parish voters wanted four more years of Chris Leopold, but Jefferson and Orleans Parish voters wanted nothing to do with the incumbent District 105 state representative. Political newcomer Mack
A lawsuit between the Plaquemines Parish Council and Plaquemines Port that has loomed over major decisions since March died without a whimper last week. The council, which sets legislation for
The Plaquemines Parish Sheriff’s Office is still investigating an incident that turned violent when sheriff’s deputies and school employees restrained a visitor on the field following Belle Chasse High School’s
The Coast Guard announced Nov. 13 that it had suspended its search for missing Empire fisherman Mark “RootEmUp” Matherne. Matherne’s boat was found sunk six miles south of Empire near
Everyone got their money at the Plaquemines Parish Council’s 2020 budget hearings last week. The council approved taking $2 million from the parish’s emergency fund in order to pay for
The first criminal jury trial at the new courthouse in Pointe a la Hache began Nov. 12 and concluded when the defendant entered a guilty plea to multiple sex crimes,
Lil G’s Cajun in Belle Chasse is asking for some volunteer help from the community during an upcoming appearance on the Food Network’s Restaurant: Impossible. Restaurant: Impossible will be filming
The Plaquemines Parish Council passed its long-anticipated industrial impact fee ordinance at its Nov. 14 meeting. Lead Parish Attorney Rennie Buras said the final ordinance is narrower in scope than
The Plaquemines Parish School Board recently received a donation from Chevron Oronite Oak Point to support the distance learning program.
A proclamation that officially establishes January 14, 2021 as “Dr. Frank J Patti Sr. Day” in Plaquemines passed by a unanimous 9-0 vote at the January 14 Plaquemines Parish Council Meeting. Dr.
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