The newly formed ‘Plaquemines Parish Pastors & Preachers United’ gathered on Tuesday, June 23 at Greater Morning Star Church in Naomi.
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 2020.
Plaquemines Parish’s first major civil rights protest in generations took place June 12 without a single violent incident or even a traffic stoppage. But serious allegations of institutional racism were leveled that will require more than one peaceful protest to resolve.
Each year the online environment for artists gets more crowded, forcing new artists to navigate a conundrum: How to get press without notoriety, and how to achieve notoriety without press.
Limited site preparation is set to begin in the coming months on Venture Global’s Plaquemines LNG project after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) granted permission on June 15.
The day before the St. Bernard Parish Council was set to recognize The Couvillion Group for capping a leaking Taylor Energy well off the Plaquemines Parish coast, Taylor filed its seventh lawsuit to avoid culpability for the leak.
The Plaquemines Parish Council declared June 11 Ernest Wooton Day in the parish to honor the former Plaquemines sheriff and state representative who passed away on May 29. Council members shared their fond and funny memories of Wooton before presenting the proclamation with his family. District 9 council member Mark “Hobbo” Cognevich thanked Wooton’s family “for loaning him to us for so long.” District 2 council member Beau Black recalled how Wooton took him out to lunch after Black announced his intention to run for council and asked him “are you crazy” because, as Black stated, “he loved public service and wanted people to be in it for the right reasons.” District 1 council member John Barthelemy said he used to call Wooton “Wyatt” in their younger days because “he was quick on the draw and can’t be beat.” Others remembered Wooton for his sense of humor and his ability to maintain respectful relationships with people with whom he disagreed.
Ed. note: This report covers comments made at the Plaquemines Parish Council’s June 11 meeting ahead of the “I Can’t Breathe” protest planned for June 12 in Belle Chasse. Due to time and space limitations, only pictures of the June 12 event are featured in this edition. Full coverage of the protest will follow in the June 23 edition of The Gazette.
Gilbert V. “Gibby” Andry, IV, announces his candidacy for the office of District Attorney of Plaquemines Parish.
An ordinance to renovate a building at the Plaquemines Parish Government Complex suddenly became a referendum on the Pointe a la Hache Ferry at the June 11 Plaquemines Parish Council meeting.
Plaquemines Port brass sparred with commissioners and citizens alike at the June 11 Port meeting in Belle Chasse, but they walked away with the contract they wanted.
Pictured is four generations of the Acy Cooper Family. Froom left: Acy Joseph Cooper III, Acy Joseph Cooper Sr., Acy Joseph Cooper IV and Acy Joseph Cooper Jr.
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