Veteran journalist held in high esteem

NORCO – People always had strong opinions about Henry Eugene “Gene” Yoes Jr., publisher of the St. Charles Herald for more than 40 years. They loved him or despised him, but they always rushed for his HEY column, week after week, to see what he would write next…

Animal Control: It’s a dog’s life

LAPLACE – “People make animals what they are today,” St. John the Baptist Parish Animal Control Officer Sirena Julia said, as L’Observateur accompanied her on a recent call to pick up a stray Pit Bull reported by a resident on English Colony Drive in LaPlace…

Felines disappearing from LaPlace subdivision

LAPLACE – For the past six months, residents in the Riverlands Golf Course subdivision noticed fewer and fewer cats in the neighborhood and some feel foul play is involved in the disappearances…

School board seeks quotes from carriers

RESERVE – The St. John the Baptist Parish School Board’s Insurance Committee unanimously voted this week to seek quotes from new life and health insurance carriers…

Council reapportionment put on hold

EDGARD – Plans to approve reapportionment of St. John the Baptist Parish Council districts were put on hold at this week’s meeting, when two council members introduced some last-minute amendments…

‘Special K’ is all the rave

LAPLACE – One of the concerns, both of drug enforcement officers and area veterinarians, is the increased fascination by young urban drug users with ketamine, known on the street as “Special K.”…

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