A Plaquemines Parish inmate walked out of a courthouse May 21, hopped in a race car and drove away and still couldn’t escape the parish. Herman Turlich, 42, of Gretna,
After 25 years in administration at Belle Chasse Middle School, Principal Joe Williamson is retiring to more relaxing endeavors. Williamson will stay on until mid-summer when he’ll turn the school
His Holiness Pope Francis and Bishop Chancellor Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences have extended a personal invitation to Plaquemines’ own Judge Joy Cossich Lobrano to
Sheriff Gerald A. Turlich Jr. is proud to announce the recipients of the Plaquemines Parish Sheriff’s Office (PPSO) Employees of the Quarter from January - March 2019. The program awards
On May 3, sixth graders from South Plaquemines Elementary School participating in the Plaquemines District Attorney’s Office’s Project LEAD program visited Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Joy Lobrano at
Robert Barnett did nothing but lose for the Plaquemines Parish Government, and now PPG wants its money back. On May 13 PPG filed a petition for damages in 25th Judicial
This spring all Plaquemines Parish YMCAs and Phillips 66 will provide every third grader in Plaquemines Parish the opportunity to participate in the YMCA’s Safety Around Water program. During this
Plaquemines Parish Government Assistant Attorney Bill Culver wasn’t on staff when the parish filed its lawsuit against former Parish Council member Keith Hinkley in 2016. But as the only PPG
Neither lung disease nor retirement can keep Plaquemines Army combat veteran Donald Sino Jr. from his traditional Memorial Day road march to honor fallen comrades. Sino, who is also a
A huge thank you to Plaquemines South Rotary Club for donating dictionaries to the third grade classes at Boothville Venice Elementary School. Mr. Bobby Thomas personally delivered the dictionaries to
The Plaquemines Parish Council needs to find $150,000 for the CARE Center before its Feb. 28 meeting. During budget hearings last November, council members voted to reduce the amount of
The Belle Chasse High School Girls Basketball team ended a six-year playoff drought last week as the No. 18 Lady Cardinals returned to the LHSAA 4A brackets for the first
Southern Queenz Cancer Organization, a non-profit dedicated to spreading awareness of cancer, held their “Fighting Cancer For All” on Saturday, July 27 at the Port Sulphur YMCA. Renown New Orleans
Plaquemines Parish debuted its new crown jewel facility Aug. 8 as the public was invited inside the Parish Courthouse in Pointe a la Hache.
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