in the garden

Late Summer Pruning Tasks Shouldn’t WaitFall landscape cleanup is in full swing in our area judging from the piles of branches, pruning waste, and bags of clippings I’m seeing on folk’s curbs.

Real Estate Transfers of Plaquemines Parish

August 28, 2025104 Magnolia Drive, Belle Chasse. Thomas Cody Preston to Brandon James Armand. $ 374,900.102 Jarrell Drive, Belle Chasse. Norbert Marion Voll, Norbert M. Voll to Ralph Perry III. $57,000.125 Sketchlers Drive, Port Sulphur. Latasha Marie Ancar, Latasha Ancar to William Dale Oldfather.

PPSO Hosts Dementia Awareness Training for First Responders and Public

Noticing the impact of dementia among residents in the community, Sheriff Jerry Turlich decided to institute a training class to better educate Plaquemines Parish Sheriff’s Office (PPSO) personnel when encountering an individual suffering from this horrible condition.

Plaquemines Parish Suits Filed

August 29, 2025Suit #69975: Kenwin Madison vs. Onpoint Industrial Services, Jerry Manning, Ned Malley Jr. - Damages.Suit #69976: Jefferson Financial Federal Credit Union vs. Magen Ancar - Open Account.Suit #69977: JPMorgan Chase Bank National Association, JPMorgan Chase Bank NA vs. Martin D.

Plaquemines Parish Arrest Reports

August 27, 2025Carlie Marie Chauvin, 28, Marrero: 3 bench warrants.

PPSO Make Three Arrests in Connection to Homicide that Occurred on a Fishing Vessel Near Venice

Plaquemines Parish Sheriff’s Office (PPSO) is currently investigating a homicide that occurred on August 28, at approximately 10:30pm, on a commercial fishing vessel near the Red Pass waterway located just west of Venice, Louisiana.

Indian Slavery in French Louisiana Subject of September 2, Historical Meeting

Although the first enslaved Africans did not arrive in Louisiana until 1719, a census of the colony in 1708 counted eighty Indian men and women held as slaves among Louisiana’s earliest settlers.