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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

Getting Kicked While Down

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?

Why Should Louisiana Have Levee Districts At All?

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.
THE FORGOTTEN KITCHEN

THE FORGOTTEN KITCHEN

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.