Sheriff Gerald A. Turlich Jr. is honored and proud to announce the recipients of the Plaquemines Parish Sheriff’s Office (PPSO) Employees of the Quarter from April - June 2020 as well as the “Employees of the Year” from the 2019 – 2020 fiscal year. The quarterly award program recognizes an employee in an enforcement position and an administrative role along with a correctional employee at the Plaquemines Parish Detention Center (PPDC).

A Town Hall Meeting featuring all of the candidates for Plaquemines District Attorney has been rescheduled for Sept. 3 at 6 p.m. at the Buras Auditorium. The meeting was originally scheduled to take place Aug. 25 but was rescheduled due to Hurricane Laura and Tropical Storm Marco. Due to distancing protocols, capacity for the meeting including audience, speakers and staff will be 50 people.

Three of the four Belle Chasse men indicted on second-degree murder charges in New Orleans are in custody as of last week.

Since the old Pointe a la Hache Courthouse burned in 2002, the District Attorney’s Office for the 25th Judicial District has been on a journey to find a permanent home.

The Plaquemines Parish Council issued two proclamations at its Aug. 13 meeting honoring two members of a prominent Plaquemines family who recently passed away. The council declared Aug. 13 as Germaine Ballay Curley Day and Aug. 14 as Kenneth Harvey Day in the parish. Curley was the parish’s first woman elected to the parish council. Harvey was a longtime employee of the Plaquemines Parish Sheriff’s Office.