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Hahnville party leads to shooting, arrest for pair of teenagers
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Eight are booked in recent crime spree
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Dow St. Charles donates $3,000 to Beautification Task Force group
DESTREHAN - Dow’s St. Charles Operations facility recently donated a $3,000 Community Grant to the St. Charles Parish Council’s Beautification Task Force.
Rainbow Chevrolet celebrates 10 years in business
LAPLACE – Rainbow Chevrolet-Pontiac on Airline Highway will hold a special anniversary party to commemorate 10 years in business in LaPlace.
St. James may still get huge steel mill
WASHINGTON – United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., and Congressman Charlie Melancon, D-La., announced that steel-maker Nucor Corporation has applied for the necessary permits to build the first U.S. raw materials mill in 30 years in St. James Parish.
Associated Terminals to build 40,000 S.F. storage facility on Port property
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Jones unloads on judges, D.A.
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Death of woman is a suicide
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Whitney Bank opens branch on Belle Terre
LAPLACE – Whitney National Bank has opened its first branch in St. John the Baptist Parish. A Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony took place Wednesday, May 7, from 4 to 7 p.m. As the Whitney approaches its 125th anniversary, bank officials say this expansion into St. John Parish is a symbol of strength for both the bank and the market.
RR ballet wants dancers
The River Region Ballet will hold auditions for Company and Junior Company members for their 2008-09 season. Talented dancers with dedication and the desire to perform are urged to audition. Company and Junior Company members perform a full length Nutcracker and Spring Concert along with professional guest artists. Members also serve the community by performing in nursing homes and in various other venues. They attend free workshops, attend dance performances, and enjoy educational and social events.
Arrests made in shootings from rash of incidents in St. John
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Packed house turns out for Garyville meeting
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Chamber seminar on ‘Internet Safety’ has openings for this Wednesday
LAPLACE – The River Region Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a Lunch and Learn seminar on the topic of Internet safety.
‘MOM’ to THOUSANDS
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Car runs into downed utility pole
Employees with Entergy and RTC work to remove a downed utility pole along Main Street near U.S. 51, after a white Nissan Maxima slammed into it Wednesday morning. St. John Sheriff’s deputies investigating the one-car wreck said the
Council to move on animal shelter, road
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St. John officials want clearer A.G. ruling
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Barking Up the Right Tree
St. John Sheriff’s Office K-9 handler Brian Bertrand (left) yells a command at “Jango,” as he attacked Chuck Bazile, playing the part of a perpetrator. The K-9 “officers” for the St. John Sheriff’s Office were the benefactors of a car wash by the LaPlace Rotary Club on Saturday, when over $5,000 was raised to help purchase bulletproof vests for each of the dogs on the force.(Staff photo by Kevin Chiri.)
St. James has four principals honored for completing program
LUTCHER – Four St. James Parish Public School principals were honored in a ceremony for their completion of the School Leadership Center (SLC) of Greater New Orleans two-year Coaching Program.
Parish overtime reduced
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THE NATIONAL WINNER
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St. Charles sheriff reports drop in crime for first quarter of 2008
HAHNVILLE -- St. Charles Parish Sheriff Greg Champagne reports that crime in St. Charles Parish during the first quarter of 2008 fell 2.38 percent when compared to this same period in 2007.
Rape suspect arrested
GRAMERCY -- The St. James Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating a rape involving a 14-year-old victim that occurred in Gramercy on Wednesday, May 7.
Victim in Reserve home break-in shoots suspect
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