The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) released their “preliminary 2022 assessment” of community water systems throughout the state on January 1. In total, the report covered 954 community water systems.

Plaquemines Parish native Catherine Wooton will have a packed schedule of activities, interviews, rehearsals, and shows the first weekend in February. She will be competing as a Miss contestant for Miss Louisiana USA, a state preliminary competition for the Miss USA Pageant.

As a service to its readers, The Plaquemines Gazette reports arrests and suits filed in Plaquemines Parish. Information listed here is obtained from sources believed to be reliable, but due to the possibility of human or mechanical errors in filing, entering, and transcribing documents, this information is not guaranteed. Before acting on this information, please consult the official records.

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Do you make New Year’s resolutions? I always do. A New Year always brings with it promise and uncertainty, but this coming year brings with it a greater foreboding than we have experienced in the past. _e Chinese have a saying: “May you live in interesting times.” But their de_nition means dangerous or turbulent. We in Louisiana and throughout America certainly live in “interesting” times today.

I think most would agree that over the past few years the landscape of America has changed. We’ve all been affected.

Here at _e Plaquemines Gazette, we are gathering great advice, advertisers, ideas, inspiration and more in one place to help you plan the wedding day of your dreams! Brides can look for this special coverage ‘Plaquemines Bride’ in the Feb. 14th edition of the Gazette.

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Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents cited three Georgia men for alleged red drum violations in Plaquemines Parish on Dec. 29.

_e Plaquemines Parish Sheri #8217;s Oce (PPSO) would like to take a moment to recognize Blue Marine Transportation (BMT) in Belle Chasse for making a monetary donation to the Plaquemines Parish Sheri #8217;s Oce that was dedicated to purchasing safety equipment for the Drug Interdiction Criminal Enforcement (DICE) Unit and to the PPSO K-9 Program.