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Plaquemines Parish School System Hosts Trunk or Treat

Plaquemines Parish School System Hosts Trunk or Treat

Plaquemines Parish School System Hosts Trunk or Treat

News Staff
Monday, November 10, 2025
On Tuesday, October 28, the Plaquemines Parish school system put on a "Trunk-or Treat" event for its special needs students from all over the parish. Several stations out of the back of people's trunks were set up so these students could enjoy a trick-or-treating style event.

Plaquemines Parish Arrest Reports

News Staff
Monday, November 10, 2025
October 30, 2025Steward Francis Phillips III, 23, Port Sulphur: reckless operation of a vehicle, operating a vehicle with a suspended driver’s license.October 31, 2025Aretha Lashera Paddio, 46, Dayton, TX: bench warrant.Devon Lamar Robinson, 44, Baton Rouge: 3 bench warrants, fugitive warrant.
THE FORGOTTEN KITCHEN

THE FORGOTTEN KITCHEN

THE FORGOTTEN KITCHEN

Liz Williams
Monday, November 3, 2025
A charming little book that seems perfect for this season, as we look forward to pumpkins for Halloween, and other squashes for Thanksgiving, is called Zuchhini, Pumpkins & Squash. It was written by Kathleen Desmond Stang with illustrations by Diane Varney. It was published in 1998.
POINT OF VIEW

POINT OF VIEW

POINT OF VIEW

Ron Chapman
Monday, November 3, 2025
In August of 2005, residents of St. Bernard had no idea whatwasinstoreforthem. HurricaneKatrinawasaCategory 3 storm headed for the Florida panhandle. No worries. Or, so we thought.Within days, the National Weather Service changed that forecast to a Category 5 headed right for Southeast Louisiana.
PEACE & JUSTICE

PEACE & JUSTICE

PEACE & JUSTICE

Jim Brown
Monday, November 3, 2025
A Pulitzer Prize nominee, one of Louisiana’s best and brightest, was honored this week in Baton Rouge at the Old State Capitol. His name was Stanley Nelson, and he was a journalistic giant in rooting out the Ku Klux Klan activity in Louisiana.
Not Your Parents' Democratic Party

Not Your Parents' Democratic Party

Not Your Parents' Democratic Party

Garey Forster
Monday, November 3, 2025
Registered as a Democrat when Louisiana lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 in 1969 and years later, elected twice to the state House of Representatives in the 1980s in majority Black districts as a Democrat.
in the garden

in the garden

in the garden

Anna Timmerman Lsu Ac H A
Monday, November 3, 2025
Refreshing Garden Beds for Fall PlantingWe are getting to the point where it’s safe to say cooler weather has arrived. It’s time to get out into the yard and start preparing tired, crispy garden beds for our best gardening season.

2024 LLA Port Audit Highlights Numerous Issues

Justin Walton
Monday, November 3, 2025
Though the Louisiana Legislative Auditor (LLA) officially completed the 2024 audit of the Plaquemines Parish Port Harbor & Terminal District (PPHTD) in late October 2025, the audit has yet to be posted online for easy public viewing.
Dozens of friends and community members came to pay their final respects to Father Gerry Stapleton during his memorial on Oct. 27th at St. Patrick's Catholic Church. Photo taken by Tracy Newby

Dozens of friends and community members came to pay their final respects to Father Gerry Stapleton during his memorial on Oct. 27th at St. Patrick's Catholic Church. Photo taken by Tracy Newby

St. Patrick's Catholic Church Holds Memorial Mass for Longtime Port Sulphur Pastor

Justin Walton
Monday, November 3, 2025
In the late afternoon of Wednesday, October 29, the St. Patrick Catholic Church in Port Sulphur held a Memorial Mass to commemorate the life of the late Father Gerard Stapleton. He had served as the pastor at St.
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