Belle Chasse High Color Guard Places Third in First Winter Guard Competition

The Belle Chasse High School Color Guard, the part of the high school band that holds the school's flag and performs high energy dance routines, recently competed in their first Winter Guard Competition.

Plaquemines Parish Suits Filed

January 21, 2026Suit #70299: Capital One NA vs. Darryl Clay - Monies Due.Suit #70300: Braco Madjor vs. Joseph Taliancich - Partition.Suit #70301: Tonya Mayeux Solis, Tonya Mayeux vs. Tara Mayeux Falcon, Tara Mayeux, Tara M. Falcon - Domestic Relief.Suit #70302: Cynthia R. Norris vs.

Plaquemines Parish Arrest Reports

January 21, 2026Sandra Lynn Davis, 44, Buras: 4 bench warrants.Mark Clark, 34, Port Sulphur: theft.January 22, 2026Markell G. Mitchell, 30, Buras: fugitive warrant.Michael David Herrera, 23, Lake Charles: 6 bench warrants, fugitive warrant, resisting an officer with force or violence.Daniel A.

POINT OF VIEW

It seems like we have fallen through Alice's looking glass. The circumstances in Lewis Carroll's play are nearly the same… like Alice, we have entered a mirror world of reversed logic, madness, and nonsense, while encountering a collection of bizarre characters.

PEACE & JUSTICE

I don’t know about you, but I sure am confused about all this current debate over gender equity, gay rights, and transgender individuals. I keep reading in the newspaper about LGBT. I had to look up the lettering to even know what the abbreviation means.

FROM A RECOVERING POLITICIAN

Back in 2015, Louisiana employment broke the elusive two-million-jobs mark for the first time. It lasted only 4 months before slipping back under 2 million, where it has remained until recently.

The Ultimate Measure of a Man, or Woman…

“Delulu is the Solulu.” “When Confusion Replaces Competence,” and “Mac and Cheese.”Those previous editorials used levity to highlight a very serious situation. Today, there’s no humor—only hard truths.For too long, things at the Plaquemines Port were not improving.

THE FORGOTTEN KITCHEN

I succumbed to the siren call of Haight Ashbury in San Francisco in 1969. I wanted to eat food that had not been processed and live in peace and harmony with nature. I have no idea if we actually ever accomplished that goal.