West Bank residents endorse recreation center

EDGARD – Six athletes from the West Bank sit at a picnic table in a little park on Castle Drive in Edgard. Its another summer afternoon and, although they would like to be out playing a game of baseball or football, the boys have no where to go…

Indictments handed down in bank robbery

LAPLACE – Two indictments were recently handed down in connection with the May 7 armed robbery of the First National Bank USA on Belle Terre Boulevard in LaPlace…

Barge operation meets with opposition

A barge fleeting operation seeking to dock 96 barges at Destrehan, near Brown’s Curve recently met with “strong objection” from the St. Charles Parish Council…

Hospital to hold blood drive

LAPLACE – River Parishes Hospital and the Southeast Louisiana Blood Center will host a community blood drive July 1 from noon to 5 p.m…

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