Civil Service Completes Port Employee Termination Appeal Hearing

On Wednesday May 7, the Plaquemines Parish Civil Service Commission held the second part of its appeal hearing for former Plaquemines Parish Port Harbor & Terminal District (PPHTD) employee Donnie Sexton.

Parish Voters Approve Sales And Use Tax For PPSO

On Saturday, May 3, Plaquemines Parish voters took to the polls to vote on a sales and use tax increase for the Plaquemines Parish Sheriff ’s Office (PPSO).

Plaquemines Nurse Named State Finalist for 2025 School Health Provider of the Year

The Louisiana Department of Education recently announced their state finalists for the 2025 School Health Service Provider of the Year Award. Plaquemines Parish School Board Nurse Coordinator Rebecca Amos was selected as a state finalist.

Plaquemines Parish Arrests

April 16, 2025Kartier Arman Boyd, 19, Meraux: operating ATV on roadway (2 counts), aggravated flight from an officer, reckless operation of a vehicle, no liability insurance.

Getting Kicked While Down

St. Bernard Parish was a thriving and growing community of 67,000 people and 23,000 homes during the Summer of 2005. All was peaceful and grand. One historian called us the most native area in the nation. By that he meant unchanging. That all vanished in an instant August 29, 2005.

Why Should Louisiana Have Levee Districts At All?

Louisiana’s governor is proposing he take over all levee districts in the state with him doing the appointing. Board members of several large levee boards are crying foul, and charge that flood protection will suffer and emergency responses will slow down.

A Few Think On Their Own

Many Louisiana state legislators are trying to copy what’s happening in Washington, DC.

THE FORGOTTEN KITCHEN

We get all sorts of interesting books and pamphlets at the SoFAB Research Center at Nunez Community College. We open boxes and find real treasures inside. We have found books written in braille, books from the 18th century, and books in many different languages.

An Old Cloud Drifts Away

Plaquemines Parish, like many areas in the Deep South, resisted school desegregation for years after the U.S. Supreme Court's 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education, which ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.